Rondy Brew (2013)
Anchorage Brewing Company

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From:
Anchorage Brewing Company
 
Alaska, United States
Style:
Belgian IPA
ABV:
7%
Score:
91
Avg:
4.14 | pDev: 7%
Reviews:
4
Ratings:
23
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Dec 08, 2014
Added:
Feb 25, 2013
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  2
Ale brewed with Citra hops and coriander. Fermented and aged in French oak foudres with a wit yeast. Dry hopped with Citra hops. Bottle conditioned with brettanomyces yeast. Drink fresh or age to bring out the funk.
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Ratings by MasterSki:
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Reviewed by MasterSki from Canada (ON)

4.14/5  rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bottle from brewboone - thanks man!

A - A generous amount of white foam settles to a thick collar, wisps, and specks of lace. Hazed, unfiltered, pale orange body.

S - Lots of Citra hops present, with some lightly sugar malts, spicy oak, and a fairly low brett presence at this stage. Balanced between Belgian yeast, vanilla malt, and citrus-heavy hops work together, with only mild coriander.

T - The taste is a little bit less present than the aroma. There's some nice citrus hoppiness, spicy oak, sweet and bready malts, and some growing funk in the finish, but it's a bit tepid and hollow relative to the smell.

M - Medium body, chewy, and lightly dry in the finish. Alcohol is well-hidden, but for some reason I was expecting a bit more spritz here.

D - Good beer that falls squarely in the middle of Anchorage's output. I wish the brett had cleaned up some of the malt sweetness a bit, but perhaps I didn't give my bottle enough time for the yeast to do its work. I'd certainly drink it again if it were available locally, but there are a number of beers I'd rather have shipped to me from Alaska.
Mar 24, 2013
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.75 by olradetbalder from Sweden

Dec 08, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by zestar from California

Aug 01, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by nicole309 from Alaska

Jul 14, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by atorres from Illinois

Jun 21, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by notchucknorris from California

May 20, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by ucsbmullet from Colorado

Mar 31, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by Eighty from Washington

Mar 20, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by JoeSatran from New York

Mar 08, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by beerloverofbham from Washington

Oct 09, 2013
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Reviewed by DrinkSlurm from New York

4.1/5  rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Purchased at a grocery/supply store on my way up to Denali for like $6...but drank it a week later at the Eagle River Nature Center Yurt camp...cooled in the eagle river. Brewed February 2013.
Nice citra funky aroma with some good wheat/malt notes. Taste is bready, citra, and barnyard funk...mild funk, but works really well with the hops. Really approachable and enjoyable. Very glad to have had it. Would definitely buy again.
Aug 13, 2013
 
Rated: 5 by YeastBreeder from Alaska

Jul 10, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by Soneast from Wisconsin

Jul 09, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by Reswald from Alaska

Jul 03, 2013
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Reviewed by HuskyinPDX from Washington

3.98/5  rDev -3.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Bottle opened on 6.9.13

A - Pours a cloudy pale light orange with a huge off-white head with good retention.

S - Brett, dry wood, orange zest.

T - Brett, Belgian yeast, orange citrus, lemon, wheat.

D - Tons of carbonation with a light body.

O - Light Belgian IPA with lots of Brett and citrus, mostly lemons and oranges.
Jun 20, 2013
 
Rated: 4.5 by DucksFan16 from Tennessee

Jun 02, 2013
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Reviewed by ccrida from Oregon

4/5  rDev -3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Appearance is hazy gold with a fluffy white head leaving foamy lace. Super cloudy on the back 1/2 of the bottle, but that's a testament to the bottle conditioning.

Smell is robust, funky brett, horsehair and pineapple, which plays up the punch of the citra hops, which are by now a touch stale. Cat piss brett.

Taste is stronger on the brett side, but the hop citrus is notable as well. Nice yeasty bite rounds out the text book BIPA components. Funky, skunky, some tropical fruit, well done.

Mouthfeel is light, slippery, dry.

Drinkability is pretty good if you like the brett. Solid BIPA, the citra really plays well with the tropical fruit notes of the brett.
Jun 02, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by itracy63 from Washington

Jun 02, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by joshbhs04 from Pennsylvania

May 24, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by InfernoBoss from California

May 23, 2013
Rondy Brew (2013) from Anchorage Brewing Company
Beer rating: 91 out of 100 with 23 ratings