Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale

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

Excellent beer. Nice nose with a bit of barley and a lot of hops. Rich full flavor with a heavy, creamy head. This one is a keeper.

Amber/orange pour with 1 finger eggshell head, much sticky lacing to the last drop. Medium caramel malt aroma, overcome with citrus/earthy hops. Taste is an explosion of everything that is good about beer! Solid caramel/pale malt backbone, heavy dose of hops that are primarily citrus, but some English earthiness as well. Bittersweet, with emphasis on the bitter. Very well balanced nonetheless, not biting but smooth. Really good stuff!

09’ I swear this gets better every year. pours deep amber with a thin white head. malt dominant with citrus hops on the nose. lemon, hops, barley, cloves, very bitter and slightly sour on the finish.

Pours a nice golden amber. Generous thick head. Malt dominates the nose with a hint of possibly some spice - possibly nutmeg (?). Looking at the description now while rating, I’m not seeing any spices suggested in the recipe. Huh. Malt is the reason for this beer and it is not bad finishes nicely but doesn’t go anyplace very interesting. I don’t hate it, but the rest of the 6 pack will be in the fridge for company looking for something that isn’t too scary.

poured amber with a nice white head. smelled like hops and citrus. tasted like bitter hops one of better sierra nevadas.

clear light amber with yellowish fine head. toasty aroma and sweet must hops -- tart like old lemons. similar flavor, hops dominate, sweet/sour front with mild biting bitter finish. somewhat thin body with mild carbonation. not sure what makes this a celebration, but it’s good, and i guess it is SN’s MO to overhop everything, so it’s unlikely they’d be able to make a winter ale.

Draft. Pours hazy copper with a thin, foamy biege head. Aroma of citrus, barley, dry hops, and hints of caramel. Medium bodied. Average mouthfeel; nothing special. Smooth, dry finish. Average IPA.

INteresting, I had to leave one bottle of this, but wasreally nice hopy flavour. Curious thing I wrote the name under the name of another brewery: Sierra Madre.