Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale

Brewed by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Chico, California USA

Bottle. This is what you expect from an american IPA but nothing more. Not very visionary brew for the holidays...

Bottle. Redorange with white head. Smells grapefruit hoppy. Bitter hoppy taste with some citrus flavors.

Dark amber in color with a decent off-white head. Aroma is of caramel, hops, and lots of spices. Taste is of hops and malt.

good hop and spice combo. Very easy to drink. Carmel and hop. full flavor and feel

On tap at Ashley’s in Ann Arbor. Pours a deep golden amber color. Nice aroma big of hops and a winter spice combination. Taste is big hops, little malt flavor. Nice macro IPA.

12 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy orange to brown with a dense, creamy and slowly collapsing off-white head. Sweet caramel and pinewood hoppy to grapefruity hops aroma. Sweet, dense caramel flavoured base with a distinct grapefruity hops note swept through. Mild pinewood hops note. Medium dry and slight wooden to solid bitter dry finish. Good body and nice balance.

BOTTLE: Bought a case of it CHEAP at Costco in late January, figuring the Christmas label a month afterward explained the bargain price. It was a Sierra Nevada, and the label didn’t mention any nasty spices added (I’m firmly of the "Get your friggin’ fruit and spice flavorings out of my beer " camp), so I took a chance. Definetely a hint of some spruce or pine in here, which works beautifully. The beer is light brown, medium bodied, pleasantly bitter, and winter hearty. happy to say Ii have 20 more bottles to go. BUY AGAIN? Sure. I’ll look for it again (after) next Christmas.

Hops, spices, caramel, wood. Dark amber. Somewhat of a bitter aftertaste. Very good.