Anderson Valley 20th Anniversary Imperial IPA

Brewed by Anderson Valley Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Boonville, California USA

(Draught at Oliver Twist, Stockholm) Amber colour with brief, white head. Fruity, malty nose with orange peel, toffee and a touch of pine needles. Fruity, malty taste with notes of orange peel, toffee, marzipan, caramel and pine needles resting on a solid malt foundation. Very nice and tasty beer in excellent balance.

22 oz. bottle pours gold-amber, light citrus, some smoke, aroma a little on the weak side. this is a good i p a , the hops are a bit overpowered by sweet malt. i was expecting more in this anniversary ale.

this was a big let down. very peachy and hoppy, high IBUs but still didn’t have that bitter aftertaste. very citrusy and fruity and not much else. malt base was non existent. serviceable, but expensive and not as good as their regular IPA so why bother?

This double IPA was kind of a disappointment. I was hoping for more of a bolder hop character from this one. It really lacked a big hoppy profile. I didn’t get that punch in the face that I like from my double IPA’s. The beer pours a clear copper color with a very minimal off-white head. The head doesn’t leave much lacing at all. The aroma is pretty decent, with a fruity, grassy and hoppy tone. The flavors is where this beer really lacks. Like I said, it didn’t have as much spicy and hoppy tones to it as I would have expected or liked. There is a definitive caramel and bready maltiness to the body, though. The finish is even a little on the sour side. This is unfortunately just an average Imperial IPA.

Bomber. Poured amber with a white head, lots of lace. Aroma of heavily hopped, with citrus, pine, floral, earthy varieties. Taste is also hoppy bitter with some malt sweetness. Finish is little bitter. Taste wasn’t as hoppy as I was hoping for or expecting. Malt was there, and made it a little sweeter than most IIPAs. Overall, an okay IIPa, with a nice nose and sweet taste.

fairly clear pour of amber with a off white head which shows decent retention. smells of citrus pith, non resinous pine, caramel, woody/earthy/spice and a touch of alcohol stinging. the palate is a touch on the sweet side but it does have a nice mildly bitter and dry counterpart... the flavor is a boring version of the aroma but there is nothing wrong with it... it seems to have an earthy almost muddy finish. the medium body is not sticky or cloying... combined with pleasant carbonation makes it easy fro drinking in quantity.7/3/6/4/15/3.5

Bomber. Clear gold with a massive white head. Very dusty nose, piney and floral. Drippy lace. Very floral flavor, light dust and bread. Seems very mild/bland - I kept waiting for this to pop, never happened. not bad, though.

Bottle. Pours a golden-amber color with a foamy white head. Aroma is strong with hops. Notes of citrus, pine, grass, and sweet malts stand out as well. The flavor is a little watered down for the aroma, but still a decent beer.