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Sierra Nevada Harvest

Sierra Nevada Harvest  - India Pale Ale (IPA)

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 Percentile 
98
overall
Brewed by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)

Chico, California USA

bottled
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
10833.85/5.03.84/5.0Autumn6.7%98.4Shaker, Tulip
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Commercial Description:
Our Harvest Ale was the first American beer ever brewed with 100% fresh picked, "wet hops." In just one day, we harvest hops in Yakima, WA, ship them that night to our brewery in Chico, CA, and then rush them into the brew kettle as they are unloaded at dawn the next day.

This extraordinary effort creates a beer with unmatched aromatics of pine and citrus with layers of spicey sweet notes that hop fanatic like us dream of all year. Enjoy!
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 JaBier (1130), Capital City, Ohio, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Apr 5, 2009  
24oz bottle. Semi-cloudy amber pour with a medium off-white head. Hoppy aroma with a somewhat caramelly malt character. Bitter hop aroma with a touch of malt and a lingering bitter finish. Not bad by any means, but lacking the crisp citrus character I like in my hoppy beers. I definitely favor the Southern Hemisphere Harvest over this one.


944play (64), Santa Rosa, California, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/57/103/510/20
Mar 28, 2009  
24oz in De Koninck glass. Pours brilliant red with abundant fluffy off-white head. Toasty and red-peppery notes. Sierra’s bright, sulfate-driven house flavor is there. Lots of caramalt sweetness but substantial bitterness to hold up to it. Reminds me of Arrogant Bastard. You know what’s missing, though? Hop character. I’ll take a Celebration next time.


 BeerBaron617 (306), Novi, Michigan, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/102/517/20
Mar 26, 2009  
24 oz. bottle. Thanks to my pops for sharing this with me! This poured a clear, dark amber, with big fluffy head. The aroma is nice and piney, and is actually quite refreshing. This had a subtle sweetness in addition to classic IPA flavors and aromas that made it unique. Great beer from a great brewer! Cheers!


 thill25 (216), Orlando, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/104/514/20
Mar 22, 2009  
Bottle...pours dark amber with a full off white head that shimmies its way down the glass sip after sip. The aroma was pine and citrus laden hops. Surprisingly, the flavor wasn’t all about the bitter. This was well balanced effort balanced out with some caramel tasting malts. I expected to be blasted by bitter hops all the way through this beer, but the bitterness only lingered for a bit. The subtle hop flavors would come in and out of each sip and just fade off the palate. Light bodied, mild carbonation, and easy to drink. My kind of IPA!


Wellestone (17), Andover, Minnesota, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/517/20
Mar 20, 2009  
Pours a nice orange with some red highlights and a very nice 2-3 finger off-white head that stuck around and laced up nice. NOT as hoppy either in taste OR aroma as I anticipated. That being said, nice and piney with very little citrus and well-balanced with some caramel malts. There is a bit of alcohol in the finish. Nice creamy mouthfeel. Very very nice beer but it could do with some more hop bitterness to make it more interesting.


 luv2brew (177), Chesterfield, Virginia, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/517/20
Mar 20, 2009  
Soft white head that lingers for a while. You can really smell the hops on this one in front of an earthy malt nose. The beer is malty with an earthy hop nose. There is a sharp bitterness on the end that disappears at the end of the drink. Unlike a lot of Sierra Nevda, you can taste the alcohol in this one, but overall a great brew.


 johndoughty (2150), cheslyn hay, West Midlands, England
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Mar 18, 2009  
Bottle. Not as hoppy as i had anticipated. Medium body with traces of bitter and nuttiness.Pleasant.


 ben4321 (957), Rockville, Maryland, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/513/20
Mar 15, 2009  
Location: 12th release 24 oz bottle from a Grocery store in Manhattan, 3/14/09

Aroma: Earthy, pine hops, some citrus
Appearance: Dark orange/red, sizable off-white head
Flavor: Some pine, hops, but not bitter
Palate: Full body, sticky and wet
Overall Impression: This was a nice offering from Sierra Nevada.



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