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Anderson Valley 20th Anniversary Imperial IPA 3.53 235

Anderson Valley 20th Anniversary Imperial IPA

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89
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
2353.55/5.03.53/5.0Special8.7%44.1Snifter, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Anderson Valley Brewing Co. first opened in downtown Boonville on December 26, 1987. This was a dream come true for those wishing to savor high quality, flavorful and perfectly balanced beers. To celebrate our 20 years of continued success, we have created a unique beer. Our Imperial India Pale Ale is loaded with excessive amounts of malts and 20 seperate additions of the finest Pacific Northwest hops. We hope you find it most enjoyable!
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 carruthm (1163), Seattle, Washington, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/511/20
Mar 4, 2009  
clear orange pour. might have been a bad tap but I just got nothing from this, flat aroma and taste. big fan of AV so ill be giving this another chance.


 LooseCannon (936), Norfolk, Virginia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Mar 1, 2009  
22oz bottle. Pours clear amber in color with tan head. Aroma citrus hops and sweet. Taste Hops, hops and grapefruit with bitter finish.


 Kinz (2213), Glen Allen, Virginia, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Feb 27, 2009  
Medium orange amber, decent head. Aroma was bitter citric hops. Flavor was very, very bitter, just a faint hint of biscuit malt, and much less hop flavor than I would have expected, just a bit of pine and citrus. Too bad, I was looking forward to trying this. Thinner than I wanted, bitterness out of balance with the rest of the beer, and the hops didn’t shine.


 DocLock (4648), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/514/20
Feb 25, 2009  
Draft at Craft Ale House. Poured deep golden with dark straw edges and off-white head. Nose was heavy tangerine, pineapple, some juicy hops, mild breadiness. Palate was medium heft, with hefty tropical fruity hops, but I noted a lack of malt bill that served to slightly unbalance this one. I had this after a Green Flash IPA, and the Green Flash blew it away. Then again, Green Flash IPA blows away most IPAs, so that’s not surprising. A good, but not great beer.


 argo0 (6969), Washington DC, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/513/20
Feb 24, 2009  
(22oz bottle) Medium off-white head atop crystal clear amber body. Aroma is medium sweet, grapefruit, some cattiness. Taste is medium sweet, grapefruit/catty, some caramel/bread. Medium body, fairly chewy.


 zebracakes (1216), Washington DC, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/512/20
Feb 24, 2009  
On tap. Clear orange with white head. Aroma is hoppy, fruity, floral. Flavor is floral, graham cracker, kiwi, syrupy.


 GMCC2181 (874), Bear/Elkton, Delaware, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Feb 23, 2009  
Bottle. Nice hops nose on it. Clearish red in color, decent head. Taste is malty and sugary. The hops have lost their touch on this beer. Still hoppy but just a little dissapointed considering they used 20 separate hop additions. I wish I could of had this fresh....I bet it was alot better. Still overall, not a bad DIPA at all


 baraciisch (140), USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Feb 22, 2009  
Golden orange color... Almost a fruity aroma.. Flavor is sweet and flavorful with well balanced hoppiness... A little more bitter than the Dogfish 90 minute, but still very tasty...



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