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Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale

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97
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
20413.77/5.03.76/5.0Winter6.8%96.1Shaker, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale represents a time honored tradition of brewing a special beer for the holiday season. There are generous portions of barley malts and fine whole hops of several varieties, creating a brew with a full, rich and hearty character.
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 JohnQPublic (387), Brooklyn, New York, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Jan 6, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a ruby red-amber, with a one finger fluffy off-white cap that fades quickly into a thin layer around the edges. Nice lacing. Nose is orange rind, clean, with a bit of resiny astringency underneath. Delicious. Taste is caramel malt and bright citrus up front, a bit of resiny pine, with the finish bringing more of the resiny pine alongside a bit of a medicinal astringency. Long and bitter over the entire palate. Full bodied and with an active but not overwhelming carbonation. A more robust malt backbone than often found in West Coast IPAs, this one is very nice.


 beastiefan2k (1595), Lawrence (formely NYC), Kansas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Jan 2, 2009  
You know its tick time if I am rating this, tap @ Standings Bar. Aroma has great clean hoppiness coming through with lots of grassiness and citrus peel. Its fresh and strong. Taste has a similarly great mix of hops with a nice bitterness to round it off and a dry finish. The cleanliness of the malts with the sparkling mix of the right hops really makes this the standard for brews. Its also nice to see that Sierra Nevada is still keeping it up.


skylarsutton (1), Akron, Ohio, USA
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3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/103/512/20
Jan 2, 2009  
12 oz. bottle. Pours nice, good head. Hops were a little too "green" for my personal taste. Wasn’t labeled as an IPA so it caught me off guard.


 Brewbie (220), New York, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/516/20
Jan 2, 2009  
12oz bottle. amber, nice white head. very hoppy with a bit of sweet finish balance. good beer


 smjohnst (202), , Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Jan 2, 2009  
Didnt like this one quite as much as their others. I do like IPAs but it was a little strong for me. little bit too hoppy but very good quality like the rest of their beers.


 Barrios (852), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Jan 1, 2009  
Draft at Flying Saucer. Golden brown and pretty clear. Hoppiness to be expected. Bit of a peachy taste going on.


 DTM (541), Winters, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jan 1, 2009  
Bottle from Safeway in Fairfield, CA. Another brew from Sierra Nevada. I don’t know if its just me but most of their beers taste almost the same to me. I not saying they are bad, but just not outstanding. Hoppy beer with a bitter finish. Enough said.


snook91901 (34), USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Dec 31, 2008  
a lot like their pale ale. i would venture to say the yeast and hop characteristics are identical except maybe an addition of more bittering hops but with a strong dark malting that is much more rich and bitter. they definitely achieved what they were going for!



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