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Sierra Nevada Anniversary Ale

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91
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
10003.57/5.03.57/5.0Special5.9%84.7Shaker, Tulip
Commercial Description:
The 2007 Anniversary Ale features prominent usage of Cascade hops– the signature hop used in Sierra Nevada’s most popular product, Pale Ale. It is an American Style IPA with a big, fragrant pine and citrus hop aroma balanced by the sweetness of two-row pale and caramel malt. It finishes with an additional Cascade dry-hopping creating a big hop aroma Sierra Nevada fans will look forward to.
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Tommyp007 (27), Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/103/514/20
Aug 17, 2009  
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.


 zizzybalubba (358), Elizabeth City, North Carolina, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/103/511/20
Aug 17, 2009  
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.


 mabel (2590), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
Aug 15, 2009  
[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)


 NeoHippie2 (173), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Aug 13, 2009  
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.


 Narnad (689), Wonder Lake, Illinois, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Aug 13, 2009  
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.


 JaBier (1200), Capital City, Ohio, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Aug 11, 2009  
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.


 blindeyedbetty (151), Arlington, Virginia, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Aug 10, 2009  
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.


 Hopper (302), San Antonio, Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/515/20
Aug 10, 2009  
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.



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