Anderson Valley Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Boonville, California, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Anderson Valley Brewing Company

Established in 1987

Contact
17700 Boonville Rd, Boonville, CA, 95415, United States
Description
At Anderson Valley Brewing Company we enjoy living in an idyllic corner of the world, and love to share our great beers. With our own well water, proprietary yeast, and award-winning recipes, beer this balanced and complex could only come from Anderson Valley.

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5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Can. Hazy golden color with white head. Aroma is raspberries, rosehip indeed, salt and wheat. Taste is raspberries, artificial-like, candy, salty. Metallic finish, sparkly carbonation. Aroma is fine, flavour is not for me.
Tried from Can on 08 Sep 2019 at 09:54

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
12 ounce can into pint glass, canned on 7/8/2019. Pours slightly hazy dark ruby red/brown color with a 2 finger fairly dense and fluffy light khaki head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of dark fruit, smoke, charcoal, wood, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/black/bready malts, light-moderate earthy hops, and light fruity yeast notes; with solid strength. Taste of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of dark fruit, smoke, charcoal, wood, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal, woody, grassy, peppery, roast, charred bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, brown bread/crust, dark fruit, smoke, charcoal, wood, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/black/bready malts, light-moderate earthy hops, and light fruity yeast flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no acrid/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth and moderately creamy/grainy/sticky/chalky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 3.8%. Overall this is a very nice session American brown ale. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/black/bready malts, light-moderate earthy hops, and light fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and pretty refreshing to drink with the mellowly bitter/drying finish. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Nicely rich malts, balancing earthy hops, and restrained fruity yeast. Mild residual sweetness with lingering dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and well made style example for the ABV.
Tried from Can on 31 Aug 2019 at 19:16

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
8-3–0-19 Cap. S. WF
Tried on 30 Aug 2019 at 22:29

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 10 Overall 7.5
Creamy light brown head left a spotty cover on an unclear reddish brown still body. Malt, demerara, spices & berry aroma. Medium bodied, lovely carbonation, smooth on the back & a cloying aft - excellent! Malt, syrup, Christmas spices, brown sugar, Molasses & caramel tastes with slightly fruity finish.
Tried on 29 Aug 2019 at 21:17

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Amber color. Citrus, melon and a hint of grass in the aroma. Firm grassy hopbitter flavor with citrus and toffee notes. Long grassy aftertaste with some tropical fruit. Pleasant.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:06

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle. Deep dark brown color, almost opague. cappuccino and milk chocolate in the aroma. Hint of licorice. Medium to full bodied, but with a somewhat watery mouthfeel. Sweet, velvety, cappucino, chocolate milk. Pineapple. Nice!
Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:06

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 7
Bottle. Orange blonde color. Grapefruit and oily, earthy hops in the aroma and flavor. Hints of plastic. Yeasty notes. OK.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:06

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 6
Bottle. Deep golden color. Lychee, peach and oily hops in the aroma. Oily hops, lychee, peach and citrus in the flavor. Perfumed. Oily mouthfeel. Not my favorite.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:06

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Bottle. Deep golden color. Soft dusty raisinny aroma. malty sweetish alcoholic raisinny flavor. Sharp almost perfume-like notes.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:06

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Bottle. Dark amber color. Toffee and red berries in the aroma. malty sweet, spicy flavor (anis, coreander). Sticky mouthfeel. Toffee. Lacking balance.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:06