4.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
A great festive ale, with lots of centenial hops great hop profile, with carmel, floral sweetness a perfect blend of hops and malts. Warms you up on the coldest days a perfect ski beer!
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Looks and Smells very nice.
Bitter to me. -- My label says 6.8% alc by vol.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: NOV 6, 2010 2001, on tap- A fantastic IPA. Copper body, slight caramel flavor in the malt (I love that in an IPA) and tons of hops, as would I have come to expect from this brewery. Not as perfectly balanced as the Pale Ale and therefore not as good in my book, but maltier and still incredibly good. By far their 2nd best brew.
2010, in bottle: Nice caramel malt and hints of cooking spice lead into a bitter, hoppy aftertaste. Straddling the line between IPA and Holiday Brew, with alcohol covered well.
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
A much better ale than their other offering
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Not quite as good as Big Foot Ale, but good just the same.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Re-rate. I really like this winter brew. The first batch i sampled had an extremly excess of sediment.
1.9 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Overhopped even for an IPA as all their IPAs are, overwhelming. ugh.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Not a bad IPA. I am not sure what year I had, but by the sound of it they can differ greatly. I found this particular one have: nice hoppy aroma, a nice hoppy start (nothing to overpowering), a slight bitter middle and finish. Nothing jumped out at me about this beer. I prefer their Pale over this one.
4.7 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Balance Scmalnce. Drink it for the hops.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Always an excellent Sierra Nevada brew. Great flavor and body.
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