Anniversary Ale
84/100
The short takeAn enjoyable fruited IPA whose juicy tropical fruit is kept in balance by hop bitterness. Smooth malt rounds the palate, while the light body favors drinkability over richness.
Tasted Karl HillHow we score
In the glass
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Appearance
Golden yellow and slightly cloudy, with a thin white head.
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Nose
Mango and pineapple lead the aroma, accompanied by bright citrus and a light, fresh hop character.
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Palate
Juicy tropical fruit sits over a smooth malt base. Gentle sweetness rounds the fruit, while hop bitterness keeps it in balance. The body is light, favoring a refreshing, easygoing impression over richness.
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Finish
Citrus and tropical fruit linger after swallowing, followed by hop bitterness with moderate persistence.
How beer-like is it?
Fresh hop aroma, malt support and a lingering bitter finish give the tropical fruit a recognizable fruited IPA setting.
Structure
- Light body
- Medium finish
- Rounded
The beer
Hop bitterness gives the juicy tropical fruit a useful counterweight in Beaglepuss Anniversary Ale. Mango and pineapple lead, with bright citrus adding freshness and a light hop aroma keeping the fruit company. The sweetness is gentle, and the bitterness gives it enough balance to remain refreshing.
Golden yellow and slightly cloudy beneath a thin white head, this fruited IPA has a light body and a smooth malt base. The malt rounds the palate and supports the tropical flavors without making the beer feel rich. That combination gives the fruit room to stand out while keeping the overall impression easy to drink.
Citrus and tropical fruit remain after the swallow, followed by moderately persistent hop bitterness. The finish carries both sides of the palate forward: the fruit lingers, then the hops leave the closing impression. Its appeal rests on that balance of juicy flavor, gentle sweetness and bitter definition. There is enough flavor to hold interest, with a lightness that favors drinkability over richness. An enjoyable anniversary beer with fruit and hops sharing the glass.
Exact can. Karl Hill’s photograph confirms Anniversary as a non-alcoholic fruited near beer containing less than 0.5% alcohol by volume. It was brewed and canned by Beaglepuss in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and the one-pint can carries the identifier recorded in frontmatter. The anniversary copy thanks supporters for the brewery’s first year. These package facts are separate from Karl Hill’s existing firsthand tasting and 84-point score.
The bottle
Production Naturally low alcohol
Evidence Press sourced
Production type describes how it is made, not how it tastes. What this classification means.
Research notes
The exact can identifies a non-alcoholic fruited near beer containing less than 0.5% alcohol by volume, brewed and canned by Beaglepuss in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Head brewer Kevin Barnes previously described Beaglepuss beer as limited-fermentation brewing rather than full-strength brewing followed by alcohol removal; that process classification remains press-sourced.
Where to buy
- Beaglepuss
- Package
16 fl oz
- Typical price
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$5.49 / 16 fl oz
- Also listed
- Beaglepuss - Anniversary Fruited Ale · Producer
- Availability
beaglepuss.com (DTC $17.99/4pk), The Lab by Monday Morning (San Marcos, CA), NA Beer Market, alc0.com, DRAY Drinks
Prices and availability are independently observed and may change. Retailer listings do not imply endorsement. A different package is labeled as a different format. Reader-service exceptions and commercial links are identified above; neither affects scores, rankings, classification, verification, or editorial coverage.
Product facts
- Producer
- Beaglepuss
- Bottle / can
- 16 fl oz (1 pint) can; producer offers a four-pack
Sources disagree on Ingredients.
Sources & verification
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Where sources disagree
Sources disagree on the following points.
- Ingredients: Completeness question (2026-10-06): the only published list (producer-authored Airgoods B2B, exact SKU) reads Water, Hops, Yeast, Malt, Wheat — no fruit or flavoring despite the fruited-ale branding. Applied as published; can-label check advised.
Evidence at a glance
- Bottle verified6 facts
- Producer documented2 facts
- Distributor sourced2 facts
- Press sourced1 fact
- Retailer sourced1 fact
Cited facts
- Method Arrested fermentation Verified from producer documentation
Sources
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Bottle / can label Bottle label
- Style
- Volume
- ABV
- Identifiers
- Region
- Barcode (EAN/GTIN)
6 notes
- Style
- Exact can identifies the product as Fruited Near Beer.
- Volume
- Exact can declares one pint (16 fl oz).
- ABV
- Exact can says contains less than 0.5% alc/vol, replacing the earlier brand-level secondary ceiling as canonical evidence.
- Identifiers
- UPC transcribed from the exact can and check-digit validated.
- Region
- Exact can says brewed and canned by Beaglepuss, Bridgeport, Connecticut.
- Barcode (EAN/GTIN)
- Barcode recorded from packaging or producer listing
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Note
- Price
- Live single-can price matches the editor-reported purchase price. One can purchased; purchase date not supplied.
Product record history Sourced changes and open disagreements. Prior claims stay on the record when sources conflict.
- ReviewedReviewed and published.
- OpenDiscrepancy · IngredientsCompleteness question (2026-10-06): the only published list (producer-authored Airgoods B2B, exact SKU) reads Water, Hops, Yeast, Malt, Wheat — no fruit or flavoring despite the fruited-ale branding. Applied as published; can-label check advised.
- Classification changed · ClassificationCorrected from Unclassified to naturally-low-alcohol. Head brewer Kevin Barnes, Rhode Island Monthly 2024-02-23: 'We call it limited fermentation. That means we are limiting the amount of alcohol that is created during the fermentation of the beers to be less than 0.5 percent ABV.' Limited fermentation, explicitly contrasted with starting as full-strength beer and dealcoholizing. Brand-wide statement about their brewing approach.
- ABV verified · ABVCorrected from Undeclared to <0.5%. Head brewer states their beers are limited to less than 0.5 percent ABV during fermentation (Rhode Island Monthly, 2024-02-23). This is a brand-level producer statement in press, not a can-specific spec: the producer product page states only 'Non-alcoholic' with no numeric figure, and the statement predates this first-anniversary release. Recorded as a sourced ceiling at secondary tier; the label figure is still unconfirmed.
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