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Anderson Valley Mendo Mello Harvest

Anderson Valley Brewing Company
Boonville, California
Beer style: Pale Ale - American (APA)
Ref: ratebeer.com May2024

Common descriptors are
Estate Hopped Pale Ale. This Estate Wet Hop Ale is brewed with 100% hand-picked Chinook and Cascade hops from our own hop fields located in Boonville, CA. Within hours of the harvest, these “wet” hops are added directly to the kettle, imparting herbal, hoppy aromas that hide hints of pine and garden-fresh green vegetable. The flavor has a crisp, hop bitterness supported by a light, bready malt backbone with undertones of toasted bagel. Although the bitterness is fairly high, the lean body and clean hop flavors giving this beer a high drinkability.