Sierra Nevada Anniversary Ale

Brewed by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Chico, California USA

33 cl bottle, Fargo, ND, USA. Slightly hazy amber colour, head is tinged wtih some hazelnut type colour. Impressive hop aroma, warming. Bright first sip, smooth, with a warming mellowness. Full hoppiness is well balanced, with a nice bitter bite on the finish. Very nice.

This reminds me of anchor liberty. The slickly citrus notes of grapefruit and lemon end on a high dry note and the aftertaste just as a soothing bitter cascade essence. The nose was cascadey and sharp..there was a touch more malt character here compared to liberty ale, but I dig it...just not as much.

2009 Anniversary Ale. This beer pours a hazy burnt orange color. The aroma is hoppy and light. The flavor is hoppy with a crisp bitter finish.

On tap as usual, very nice hop aroma, pours a very nice light copper color with a white head. Starts with a nice finger width head, slowly dissipates, leaving very nice lacing the whole way through. Hoppy, bitter yet very well balanced, what else can you ask for!!! I had this last year in bottles and love it more on tap. This is definitely a very fine IPA and very easy drinking. I would grab some before it’s gone, this is a seasonal brew.

Poured from a 12oz bottle. The beer poured a translucent orange/amber with a thin white head. Nose is very strongly citrus and hoppy. However, it’s not overpowering, there is a subtlety to the aroma that leaves you desiring more. Flavor profile is similar, definitely heavy on the citrusy american hops.Fairly bitter but not face meltingly so. Has a very smooth mouthfeel with a clean finish leaving only a hint of bitterness on the back of the palate. Overall a well balanced and flavorful beer.

A nicely hoppy beer, but not too overstated. A sessionable, understated IPA.

Golden, darker than SNPA with a dense white pillow of a head, smells hint of citrus hops, . Delicious, well balanced and something I could drink several of. This is a beer that is hoppy but subtle. More flavorful than SNPA but not as good as Celebration. Sierra Nevada was probably one of the first micro-brews I drank, about ten years ago, so congrats to them on twenty-seven years. Honorable mention goes out to the label as I think it is their best so far. Hopefully they will send some bottles of Harvest Ale this way. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 09-05-2007 16:06:40

Enjoyed via tap in a pub glass. The beer pours a light amber to almost straw-colored, with a nice white head that lasts throughout its consumption. The nose is all hops, showing a tremendous amount of Cascade, and perhaps just a bit of Centennial or Amarillo. The palate is very firmly bitter, almost in the category of something like Stone Ruination. Malt sweetness does come through, but probably not to the extent that it should, Hop bitterness and flavor dominate the palate, perhaps to just slightly too great an extent. Overall, a very well done and rather "sessionable" IPA at 5.9%abv.