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Anchorage Brewing Company

 

16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 11/7/2019. Pours very hazy deep golden amber color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big tangerine, orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, berries, citrus peel/zest, wood, mint, peppercorn, pine, wheat, white bread dough, light toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops and bready malt notes; with big strength. Taste of big tangerine, orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, berries, citrus peel/zest, wood, mint, peppercorn, pine, wheat, white bread dough, light toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Mild pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, mint, peppercorn, pine, wheat, white bread dough, light toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with a fantastic malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, fairly sticky, and lightly resinous/rindy mouthfeel that is fantastic. Minimal warming alcohol for 6.4%, or lingering hop burn after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic NEIPA. All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mild bitter/resinous/drying finish; fantastic soft feel. Fantastic Cascade, Motueka and Waimea profile. Extremely vibrant, juicy, an fairly dank/earthy hops; with a nice pillowy wheat/oat/malt backbone. Mild residual sweetness with lingering resin dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and outstanding spot on style example as expected of the brewery. Right on par with the rest of their NEIPAs.

 

16 oz can from Tavour. Normal pour for the style , hazy yellow golden with a small soft head. Citrusy aroma, grapefruit . Taste also presents citrus notes, light tangy and bitterness. a A toned down version of their bigger IPAs.

 

Beautiful pale straw yellow body; softly cloudy; huge soapy and billowy white head. Softly sweet and citrus-like on the nose; grapefruit and lemon; dank. Mildly tart and bitter flavor; citrus tang; white grapefruit; lightly toasted grain. Medium-heavy body; soft and lightly velvety; citrus pucker and dryness.

What an incredibly refined and nuanced cloudy IPA. The beer brings nice subtlety and depth to your beer glass and palate. Very enjoyable...

 

 

 

 

This one pours a very hazy golden orange color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.

This has a dry hoppiness on the aroma, lemon, grassiness, floral hops, mango, and grapefruit.

Anchorage almost always does good IPAs, and this doesn't change that fact. It's not really breaking any new ground, but it's good. There's a decent amount of tropical fruit, some dry floral hops - that part is probably the Cascade talking. There's mango and grapefruit, and no discernible malt character.

This is light bodied, pretty creamy, with a decent bit of drinkability to it.

I don't get all that excited about IPAs anymore. This is decent, but it doesn't really move the needle for me.