Another in the same style as the last one, but one I liked quite a bit more. From a brewery that once distributed here, my first time having this, from a 4-pack picked up in Wisconsin.
Imperial IPA, India Pale Ale, Anderson Valley Brewing Company, Boonville, Mendocino County, California, …"This IPA was first created in honor of our second decade as a brewer and purveyor of the finest ales in the world. This limited release, over-the-top brew is loaded with excessive amounts of malts to balance 20 separate additions of the finest Pacific Northwest hops to create the kind of product that made California craft ale famous." 8.7 % alc/vol."brewed from only the finest hops, malted barley, yeast, and pristine Boonville mineral water."
Well, isn't that something. Let's drink the damned thing.
Appearance: clear, bright crimson, fine layer of white foam rests above.
Aroma: deep and dank, strong, pungent, and hopperific. Tangerine, grapefruit, lemon, and orange, with a herbaceous twist. Very lively. Mmm, liking.
Taste: Big hop bitterness on the palate, juicy malt, slight alcoholic sting, then some smoothness. Tasty, tasty smoothness. Velvety sleek till the bitter factor loads in, and deploys hop-tastic tasti-tude. Full flavoring, shining bright. Great, big bouncing bitterness, massive malt, not too hard to push past the palate.
Mmm-hmmm, I can dig on this. Floods the mouth with hoppy goodness. Yep, it works. Right on.
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