JRBowie (18), Atascosa, Texas, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 10/10 | 4/5 | 20/20 |
Sep 23, 2009 This beer is a big, full-flavored ale bursting at the seams with fresh, spicy and aromatic hops. The 2009 Anniversary Ale is brewed in the style of an American IPA, a style that Sierra Nevada create. This beer is a complex brew made up with a combination of four varieties of malts that add a rich and complex backbone to showcase our signature hop variety: the Cascade. This hop produces the big piney and citrusy flavors that Sierra Nevada beers are known for and is one of the varieties that have become the definition for what the new styles of American beers represent.
welho (30), Finland
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Nov 29, 2008 2008 bottle, from swedish systembolaget. Little bit bitter, for my likening, nice hops.
 Uglyradio (776), Greenville, South Carolina, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Aug 25, 2009 Amber pour with a nice white head...Very nice hop aroma of pine and citrus...Medium body with crisp carbonation...Hops dominate the flavor...Just enough malty sweetness to balance out the finish...Very mild lingering bitterness...Well balanced IPA...Enjoyable experience
jhanske (18), Seattle, Washington, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 19/20 |
Oct 14, 2007 Great Ale, Very excited to see this in the store. Has become a standard purchase. I was at a beer festival many years ago and had the chance to talk to Bert Grant. I asked him if he had a favorite brew. He said (of course) "My own, Grants. But if I had to choose another it woulld be Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, they really make a great beer." I never worry about a Sierra Nevada product. I dirnk them with impunity. You should too.
philbertk (186), Seattle, Washington, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 26, 2009 Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Anniversary Ale 1980-2009. 2009 Release. 12 oz. Bottle. 5.90% ABV. 46 IBU’s. 4.5 / 5.0. Massive foamy lacy fluffy white head.Clear rich bright dark gold color.Floral Cascade Hop mild caramel fruit pine nut front.Mildly crusty dry sweet tasty bisquit caramel mild fruit pine hop resin malty body.Balanced mild hop spice malt minimal citrus end. 8/4/2009. 6-Pack--$6.99
prosqtor (408), Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Oct 14, 2007 Now this is an IPA! I’ve been sampling for a long time, and a lot of IPA lately, and this is one for the top of the heap.
Tilley4 (218), Huron, Tennessee, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 19/20 |
Dec 17, 2007 One fine beer here. Very drinkable and hoppy.
Copperish color
with a fairly good sized head.
Nice aroma of hops and a slight tone of malt to this.
Hop Lover’s Dream here! Piney flavor with a strong grapefruit flavor to this. Very drunkably and tasty. One of the better IPSa here.
mesperon (153), Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 24, 2008 Pours hazy dark amber with a good sized head that leaves plenty of sticky lacing. Aroma is full of flowery hops, with just a hint of citrus, not sweetness or alcohol.
Mouthfeel is full, not fizzy, slightly on the watery side.
Tastes hoppy bitter to start, piney and flwery notes come out. Ends with a piney/grassy/bitter orange peel bitterness. Could have been a littel sweeter, malt base is missing.
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