Sierra Nevada Anniversary Ale

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

Kind of mild for a Sierra Nevada beer, A nice copper hue with a white head that had nice retention. Aroma had less of a pine note then I’m accustomed too and more sweet malt notes. Flavor was good but a too malty.

rerate I bought a six pack of this thinking I had never tried it before. I’m surprised I gave it such a low rating last year. Maybe my tastes have changed since then. But this is an excellent IPA. Full of strong ascade aroma and flavors. Moderate to heavy bitterness. Not as good as the Torpedo though.

Bottle. Transparent golden with a large white head. The aroma is citrus hops. The flavor is mild, a balanced mix of pine and hops, but nothing extravagant. Mildly bitter finish. A nice all around IPA but rather average. Aug. 20, 2008 [7.4.7.3.14]

Tapped here at a local pub. Golden and clear with huge head. The flavor was much more mild than other ipa’s. I like my pine and citrus in my ipa’s and this seemed to not accentuate either of those flavors.

Copper color with huge white head. Smells of hops, caramel, and malt. Nice balance. Crisp and refreshing.

Brown bottle, 12 ounces, 2007, gift from Ian Guénard, savoured on August 19 2008; eye: copper with a golden hue, clear, light effervescence, tan head made up of rather large bubbles and that turns into a sheet over the beer, good lacing; nose: resinous hops, grapefruit, caramel, pine; mouth: resinous hops, grapefruit, resinous hops returns, tiny layer of caramel, pine, finale in resinous hops with a presence of diluted caramel, slightly sweet, rather bitter, medium body, slightly harsh texture, not much carbonation; overall: quite likable FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 12 onces, 2007, cadeau de Ian Guénard, savourée le 19 août 2008; œil : cuivrée avec une teinte dorée, claire, légère effervescence, mousse fauve formée de bulles plutôt grosses et qui se transforme en une couverture, bonne dentelle; nez : houblon résineux, pamplemousse, caramel, pin; bouche : houblon résineux, pamplemousse, houblon résineux de retour, petit filet de caramel, pin, finale en houblon résineux avec une présence de caramel dilué, très légèrement sucrée, plutôt amère, corps moyen, corsée, texture légèrement rugueuse, peu carbonatée; en résumé : bien aimé

This one tasted as if the hops had been lightly toasted: very bitter for a fresh hop beer. However, it did have a good balance of malt to balance out the bitterness. Overall, this brew was very smooth on the palate. Nice lacing on the glass as it went down.

Excellent nose -- full of strong caramely notes. Three fingers of picture-perfect fluffy head. A nice hoppy bite at the beginning, but not overwhelmingly so, and a clean, only-vaguely-sweet finish.

clear amber pour with a nice frothy head - very nice fruity aroma of citrus hops and malt - excellently blended flavors of peppery hops, citrusy hops and a very nice malt backbone. I don’t think that you could get a more perfect blend of flavors than this!