30th Anniversary - Fritz And Ken's Ale - Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

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rAvg: 4.25
pDev: 9.41%
Reviews: 644
Hads: 239

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Brewed by:
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

California, United States

Style | ABV
American Double / Imperial Stout | 9.20% ABV

Availability: Limited (brewed once). bottle (565), on-tap (74), growler (4), cask (1).

Notes:
This beer is retired; no longer brewed.

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Reviews by jeffjeff1:

jeffjeff1

California

4.43/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

My fiance picked this up for me while I was out of town.

Appearance- black color, nice thick head

Smell- roasted coffee, chocolate, very nice

Taste- roasted coffee, chocolate, very nice

Mouthfeel- full bodied

Drinkability- really good, I loved it.

Serving type: bottle

04-11-2010 23:15:59 | More by jeffjeff1

More User Reviews:

fehrminator

North Carolina

4.25/5 rDev 0%

06-17-2013 00:27:04 | More by fehrminator

tadmuchowski

District of Columbia

4.25/5 rDev 0%

06-09-2013 22:34:33 | More by tadmuchowski

TheBeerAlmanac

Kentucky

4.25/5 rDev 0%

06-08-2013 15:35:04 | More by TheBeerAlmanac

DeutschesBier

Maryland

4.25/5 rDev 0%

06-07-2013 19:52:21 | More by DeutschesBier

AngusOg

Maryland

4.25/5 rDev 0%

06-07-2013 02:31:41 | More by AngusOg

templar316

Pennsylvania

4.89/5 rDev +15.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Wow!! I hope they brew this again! Pours thick and black with a toasted oak head. Smells awesome; figgy dark fruit, rich chocolate, dark rye. The mouth feel is incredible, it rolls smoothly leaving behind layers and layers of biscutty, bready malts. Chocolate, caramel and bitter rye; there's a depth of flavor and heavy body which makes me wish I'd bought a case!

Serving type: bottle

06-04-2013 03:44:15 | More by templar316

FUwolfpacker

South Carolina

4.25/5 rDev 0%

06-01-2013 03:13:38 | More by FUwolfpacker

BenZ

Virginia

4.4/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5

This beer is great. 95% of ISs have something not quite balanced: too sweet, too bitter, not bitter enough, too roasty, etc. This thing is thick, really well balanced, not cloying, very complex. I would have figured the booziness wouldn't have been so pronounced since it's been cellared for a couple of years, but it helps keep the beer ethereal. Man, I really wish I had bought a few more of these. I also didn't have it fresh, so I don't know if it got better or worse. Really great beer.

Serving type: bottle

05-27-2013 00:16:25 | More by BenZ

GRG1313

California

4.5/5 rDev +5.9%

05-23-2013 06:14:58 | More by GRG1313

JayQue

Virginia

4.21/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Can't believe I held onto this one so long! The last of my 4 30th Anniversary beers. Poured from a corked and caged bottle into a pint glass. Big light tan head with excellent retention. Dense brown color with only a tiny bit of light at the bottom of the glass. Thick film of tan lacing down the opposite side of the glass from where I tilted it up. A good looking beer.

Nice aroma of toasted malts and a little vinuous (port wine) flavor. Taste is pretty similar, but there is an element of semi sweet chocolate that is missing in the nose. Really flavorful. The aging probably helped.

Mouthfeel is rich and creamy. There is a warming alcohol effect but no alcohol bite (probably because of the aging).

This is a great beer. I drank the whole bottle myelf and enjoued every sip.

Serving type: bottle

05-23-2013 01:06:58 | More by JayQue