North Coast Twentieth Anniversary Ale

Brewed by North Coast Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Fort Bragg, California USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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[4948-20121116] 500mL bottle. Light apple wood toast aroma. Clear, golden orange body with a quick foamy white head. Boozy fruity barrel wine flavour has a thick toasty malt aftertaste. Medium body. Interesting, quite woody. (7/3/7/4/16) 3.7
(c/o JoeMcPhee, w/ him, jercraigs, Radek Kliber)

Clear golden pour with small head that quickly dissapated. Aroma of malt, yeast, icewine and fruity. Taste of malts,honey, vanilla,caramel,white wine,slight oakiness. Little hard to rate this as the aroma and the first few sips were pretty awesome but soon became very cloying and by the end of the glass I had had enough. The more I drank the score got lower, but excellent beer in small quantities.

24 karat pour with no real head or lacing to speak of. Floral and fruity aroma with hints of vanilla as well. Honey, caramel, vanilla, candied citrus, and buttermilk biscuit. Bit of a tequila quality with the additions of agave. Pretty damn sweet...couldn’t drink a ton. Alcohol well hidden and dangerous.

Pours amber with a fading head. Nose shows wine-like notes, fruity tequila, very soft bourbon, coconut. Pretty wierd and different. Not sure I like the fruity white wine character though. More coconut as a flavour along with bourbon and booze. Some fruity wine notes are still there. Boozy-feeling body, low carbonation. Some burn. A bit too boozy and white wine-like in my opinion.

Bottle poured into snifter. Have passed on buying this bottle for some time now but I finally decided to give it a go. Light pour, no real foam or heavy carbonation. Light golden brown color. Aroma is predominately malt forward with big hints of honey and slight vanilla. The flavor, while masking the ABV quite well, is just a little too sweet for my liking. Luckily I shared this bottle with my brother and wife because 2 glasses would have been rough.

Nice brew. The agave nectar worked well bringing up the sweetness of the brew… As well as adding to the fermentable sugars increasing the alcohol hence the added heat in the flavor. This one still could have sat a tad longer in the cellar and improved

2012-11-16. Crisp dark yellow body, small beige head. 3+ Sweet aroma, lightly honey-floral like notes, alcohol, vaguely woody undertones. Super interesting. Brief hints of mushroom like earthiness. 7+ Flavour is similar, sweet honey and floral like character - agave? Good amount of alcohol, it is warming in the throat and stomach. Light oak and vanilla comes out more as it warms up, as does the alcohol. A pleasant vanilla character grows in the finish. 7++ Smooth average bodied palate has a soft carbonation that seems to suit it. 3+ Agave character becomes slightly more distinct in the finish. I like it, but the alcohol is just a little too prominent for me to enjoy more than a small glass in a sitting. Bottle from the brewery shared by JoeMcPhee

"You taste the barrel retro-nasally..." - JoeMcPhee

Bottle 750 ml
Aroma: sweet sugars , clean welcoming nose . Soft with hint of Arabic gum , alcohol with mild barnyard et edge. 8-
Look: clear amber , medium off white top. Low carbonation noted.
Taste/palate: Medium bodied , dry sharpness followed . Hint of pear , some alcohol candy sugar with Belgian yeast vibe. Slight vanilla on top. Quiet hot finish. Work in progress, will age well.

Pale golden pour with a thin white head. The nose is quite aromatic. A bit of honey and some bright estery character. A touch of ethanol. Some pepper and a touch of booze. There is a lot of barrel character retronasally even though it's not all that bourbony. A light sort of peppery flavour. Very subtle sort of barrel character but it's quite lovely. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Pretty unique strong ale. Surprisingly complex with lots of fruit and sweet malt.