Sleeman 20th Anniversary Ale

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 3 | Mouthfeel: 2 | Flavor: 2 | Overall: 2

This is not a good beer. The aroma is very off-putting with a sour skunkiness that I can't place. The clear rust colour makes me wonder if it the cap is rusty...and the flavour was metallic and 'empty' of beer flavours. Yuck! Certainly not the way one should be celebrating an anniversary.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Bottle: 3 weeks from bottling according to the date code on the box, so I have a fresh sample in prime shape. Appearance: Pours a deep burnished gold color with a very decent 2 finger fine-poured sticky white cap. Fair cap retention, decent lacing. Moderate fine bubbled carbonation. Aroma: Sweet grainy-doughy aromas mix with some fruity notes and wet grass tones. Profile: Nice flood of bicuit malt in the front light sweetness with a pleasant peach fruity-herbal undertone, silky creamy mouthfeel, finish goes to a mild balance of fruit esters,bicuity maltand earhy-herbal hops, clean finish light metallic after taste. Very pleasant smooth and drinkable ale, if it has a fault it is that it is a tad thin in the finish and the profile understated but others would say this is its subtle strength in a mild golden ale. I believe this to be a cream ale like those commercially made in the region prior to prohibition. One of Sleeman’s better efforts.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

20th Anniversary Ale? This could have been brewed to celebrate the purchase of a box of no-name Kraft Dinner. A marketing ploy that will only lower my thoughts on the over rated beers produced by Sleeman.
Stunk right from the get go. Poured out a clear amber brew with a small white cap that retains only clinging to the rim. Smells like some cheap crap out of a can that would cost less than a buck. Wet grass, sweet, apples, some decent barley. The taste was also a let down: Sour, unpleasant bitterness, outright drying effect. Pretty much totally unpleasant without being a total loss. Good thing this bottle was given to me.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Clear bottle just like all the sleeman’s brews, don’t know why but I like there bottle design. Mild skunk aroma coming from the beer smoke. Crystal clear copper body with a thin white film floating on top. Grassy, malty aroma with more hops then the normal Sleeman beers. Some apple is also in the aroma, it reminds me of a weaker version of a Euro lager. Taste is also Euro like but milder. Melon tasting hops, corn, hony, and old bready malts make up the flavor brew has a metallic finish. Beer has enough flavor to be interesting and light enough to be easy drinking but it just a plain old everyday beer what I think is a strange choice for an anniversary beer.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

First new brew from Sleeman since Sapporo bought them. 20 years of brewing... oh yeah !! Let's see... pours a golden-orange colour with a big off-white head, that actually stays up a while. The lacing is pretty sticky too. The nose starts off fresh and malty, and turns into hop. Mouthfeel is a mix between watery and syrupy. The taste seems really on the corn side. A little hoppy finish, but nothing exciting... especially for an anniversary brew.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Much, much better out of the glass than the bottle. Out of the glass, it's merely average and drinkable. Out of the bottle the ratings would be: Aroma - 4 and smells like piss. Appearance - 5. Mouthfeel - same. And as I said, taste is abominable out of the bottle. Overall, i this is one of Sleeman's poorest brews.It's like a poor man's Amsterdam Blonde. Sleeman - a "premium" brewer that brews swill that thinks it's premium.