Anderson Valley 20th Anniversary Imperial IPA

Glowing orange amber with a fleeting head. Fairly mild but nice floral and spicy hop aroma. Smooth medium body. Nicely balanced flavors of caramel malt with bittersweet floral and citrusy hops. A nice PNW style Imperial IPA here.

22 oz bottle from BevMo! Really liked this. Pours a copper color with a thick, persistant, light orange head. Faint hoppy aroma. Complex, full flavor with carmel, grapefruit, and hoppy bitterness at the finish. The strong flavors balance well with the alcohol, and has a slightly creamy mouthfeel. Less bitterness as it warms up.

Date: 05/07/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Liquid Solutions

Appearance: cloudy burnt orange, fine dirthy white head, streaks of drippy lace,
Aroma: sweet crystal and pine aroma,
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, lots of crystal sweetness up front, big bitterness kicks in mid way through and takes over, long bitter finish,
Overall: too disjoint between the sweet crystal and the big bitterness, needs more middle hop flavor to tie it together,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

I think every beer I have had for the past couple of weeks has been from a trade. I love you traders. A very sweet malty aroma with a little citrus in there. Pours a cloudy orange. Flavors of sweetness and hops but a muted sort of hop aroma. Mostly malt and sweetness up front and then a finish of a bitter hop finish with some citrus/grapefruit as well. Decent double but look for a lot more hops and a little less sweetness in my favorite doubles.

(22oz. bottle) Pours a lightly hazy orange body with a medium-sized creamy off-white head. Aroma of citrus, peach, light pine, and alcohol. Flavor of hops (citrus, tangerine, light pine) and caramel malt with a bitter finish.

Bomber poured a clear amber with a lasting light amber head. Aromas of carmel, earthiness, light pine and light citrus. Palate was medium bodied and smoothj with a dry finish. Flavors of carmel, grapefruit rind, light earthiness and light pine with a smooth dry lingering bitter finish.
Overalll a bland dissapointment of a beer.

Bright golden-amber. Rich woody hop aroma with slight peachy notes. Earthy palate with some thick caramel, and an earthy hop finish. A little bland.

Bottle, Thanks to Bu11zeye. Poured a nice hazy orange copper with medium beige head with ok retention. Aroma was malty and hoppy citris like grapefruit. Flavor was much the same, nice hop flavor, a nice hop strength with nice bitter. Has a full body with medium carbonation. Very good beer.