Sierra Nevada Anniversary Ale

Pretty solid IPA. Orange color with good head retention. Taste is hoppy, but not very bitter. I actually prefer a little more bittterness with an IPA, so the overall rating is lowered to reflect that. Overall, a good beer I’ll probably buy again.

12 oz. bottle from Total Wine. Pours pale orange with a thick and fizzy white head. Aroma of pine, fresh cut grass, and peach. Taste is rather floral and grassy with not much else offered. Palate is thin. It’s alright but I wouldn’t recommend this very high.

[2313-20090719] 12floz bottle. Lovely citrus orange hops aroma has mild pine notes. Murky, orange light brown body with a long-lasting creamy off-white head and lots of small bubbles and floaties. Bitter orange hops flavour hints at young evergreen. Bitter medium-full body. Wow, what a great brew, very drinkable.
(From Premier Gourmet, Buffalo, NY; Vintage 2008; w/ DuctTape, jerc)

Pretty solid IPA. I liked that while this brew maintains its hopiness it isn’t overly bitter. Which, while i like a good IPA, I’ve never been a big a fan of bracingly bitter beers. Nice floral presence to it as well. I really enjoyed it and I’ll be buying this one again.

2009 version. Pours a deep cooper color with an off white, very creamy head. Aroma has a modest amount of caramel malt with a slight biscuit note but the hops rule it. Lots of citrus hops presence backed by a lesser but still strong pine hops aroma. When both combine the it makes a sweet and only slightly bitter presence in the aroma. Flavors mirror the aroma. It starts off with a very sweet melding of caramel and citrus (lemon) with a light pine bite toward the end. Brew is sorta one dimensional but that one dimension is done very well. Solid feel with a creamy smoothness to it and lots of lacing on the glass. Overall a typical SN, lots of citrus hops and caramel that really work well together.

On tap at Barley’s Smokehouse. Pours clear copper with a medium off-white head. Floral and citrusy Cascade hop aroma with some malt for balance. Bready malt flavor with a bit of fruit and some citrusy hops. Pretty good, but almost too balanced. I prefer the more bitter ones like Southern Hemisphere.

12 oz. bottle pours a clear amber orange with a healthy frothy off white head which leaves a generous lacing as it melts. Aroma is creamy wet earth with pine. Caramel and malt front palate with strong hit of hops and finish of pine and citrus. I expected this to be similar to the SNPA, but was delightfully surprised that while still being earthy, it was more complex and much lighter than I thought it would be. Delicious with roasted chicken and rosemary potatoes.

An unclear golden orange beer with little head. A nice hop aroma of pine & citrus. Taste was very crispy hops which comes first then backed up by the malt. A very nice & refreshing IPA.