Sierra Nevada Anniversary Ale

Brewed by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Chico, California USA

Pours a bright amber color from the tap with a trim off-white head. Smells of red apple, cinnamon, and hops, with notes of caramel, pine, flour, and mildly bitter hops in the taste. Enjoyable, but a bit too tentative in its flavor choices.

This beer begins with an amazingly bright, royal honey gold color- luminescent and glowing. The head is frothy, marshmallowy, and very well retained, leaving heavy white lacing after each sip. Of course, no Sierra Nevada ale would be complete without a great big, juicy Cascade hop profile, and this one is certainly no exception. The aroma is citrussy and floral, full of grapefruit, lemongrass, orange peel, sticky honey, and pepper. There is a ridiculously well-balanced doughly malt character that rounds this brew out quite well. The taste is big, bright, crisp, and full of fresh, wet hops that taste like they were harvested only hours before being added to the kettle. This beer is really impressive, and for a 20th Anniversary brew from one of America’s pioneer breweries (the brewery that basically introduced the WORLD to cascade hops), I wouldn’t expect any less. The body is medium to full, well carbonated, and very dry and satisfying at the finish; again balancing itself out with a generous amount of rich, toasty malt. Excellent!

This is a really good beer. Strong smells and tastes of floral hops and citrus. Very clean and refreshing; this is my favorite from Sierra Nevada.

Went to the store and was disappointed that they were sold out of the SN Pale Ale. So I picked up the Anniversary Ale and hoped for the best. Wow. Very nice brew. So, the Aroma is fresh pine and dried fruit. Pours a golden amber with a foamy off white head that laces the glass. Flavor is big hops to open, then you pick up the nice malt as it makes its way down the hatch. Finish is back to a dry hopped kick. Excellent. Well done fellas.

bottle picked up at metzlers in denton, tx. poured a clear gold/light amber with an off white head. aroma of citrus, pine, and grass. flavor of pine resin and grass. not to bitter at all. medium body and med carbonation. a pretty good IPA.

mid amber in color. Sweet and lightly hoppy in the aroma. taste is slightly grassy, citrus, with a full malt background without being too sweet. Clean and

Pours clear amber with off white head. Piney hop aroma. Bitter hop flavor balanced nicely by sweet malts. Medium body with average carbonation. Another solid beer from Sierra Nevada.

2008 version. Hazy medium orange body, medium creamy buff head. Bitter rindy, piney, citrusy hops nose. Hops-forward body with bitter pine and citrus, backed by bready malt. Fresh-tasting, bright. Solid. Not a favorite, but solid.