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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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on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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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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 joeyplush (328), Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Jan 1, 2009  
2008 edition. Pours a medium amber, slightly cloudy, with a thick off-white head that sticks around, and outstanding lacing. Aroma of citrus and pine hops balanced with sweet caramel malt and spices. Taste is very nicely hopped, with an excellent balance of sweet malt. This is an outstanding beer.


 msante79 (782), Orland Hills, Illinois, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Dec 31, 2008  
24oz bottle. Pours amber with golden edges. Nice light tan head. Aroma is hops, caramel malts, pine and some citrus. Flavor is hops, pine, caramel malts and some citrus. Sort of has a piney soapy finish. Decent IPA but my least favorite of their three harvest ales.


 travita (1861), Frisco, Texas, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Dec 31, 2008  
2008 bottle. Nice large light tan head. Look is almost clear copper colored. Smell is hops, caramel, malts, toast, and some fruits. Taste is hops, caramel, toast, fruits, and malts. Pretty good.


 jrob21 (1252), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/56/102/515/20
Dec 28, 2008  
Pours a beautiful caramel color. Aroma is grassy an dpiney hops. Slightly sweet caramel malt flavor with a bitter grapefruity finish. Looks good, smells good but the flavor is a bit quick and a little thin. Very drinkable though and if I am not careful, in large quantities.


 EnSiFeRuM (501), Quebec, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 27, 2008  
Bouteille de 660 ml 2008. Nos yeux contemplent une bière de couleur cuivrée-rougeâtre ainsi qu un beau col de mousse fauve qui tient. Au nez une attaque de houblon citronné percute mon sens de l odorat. On découvre aussi de effluves de conifères et de caramel. En bouche le corps est moyen avec une effervescence moyenne. On goûte un parfum unique de houblon floral, pamplemousse et de conifère sur un fond de caramel. HUMMMM!


 Wasatch (270), Layton, Utah, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/516/20
Dec 27, 2008  
24oz. Bottle Pours a very nice clean/clear golden orange color, very nice carbonation, very nice thick/creamy one-finger off-white head, with some thick/creamy sticky lacing left behind. The nose is hoppy, slight maltiness, with some citrus and slight pine. The taste is nice with some hoppiness, very slight malts, bitter, with some nice sweetness, and some citrus notes. Medium body. Very drinkable, this is a nice one, glad I got a chance to finally try it out, thanks Joe.


 flemdawg (485), Naples, Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Dec 26, 2008  
Dark brownish red body with a bubbly white head that leaves very nice lacing down the glass. Citrus rind hop arroma with some caramel, honey and florals. A light, not over powering bitter hoppy flavor with some florals. The bitterness intensifys near the finish. Not bad at all.


 doboy (175), Morehead City, North Carolina, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 25, 2008  
Pours an orangish yellow with a nice white head. Great hop aroma. Good carbonation. Great hoppy flavor in the mouth with nice mouth feel.Nice bitter finish on the back side! Glad I have 1 more bottle!



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