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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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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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 jeff789 (359), Pennsylvania, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/516/20
Nov 20, 2008  
Amber with a fluffy head that lingers.... Aroma of citrus and piney hops.... Citrusy hops continue through out.... I like this better than the Chico Estate, but this is not nearly as interesting to me... The balance is excellent for me, and it finishes very clean....


 aplusbreaks (330), , Colorado, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Nov 20, 2008  
24oz bottle. Pours an orange amber with a large white head and spotty lacing. Aromas of grassy, piney, citrusy hops. Flavors of citrus and grassy hops with little to no malt backbone.


 BuckeyeBoy (1645), Boise, Idaho, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Nov 19, 2008  
Pours out a nice amber topped with a cream head. Aroma of cut grass and citrus. Tast more of the fresh citrus and grass. A nice malt mix also. Another great IPA from Sierra Nevada.


 CaryTheDude (1113), Longmont, Colorado, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/102/514/20
Nov 19, 2008  
Crushed with Jakebra. Dude, something missing. Has the potential for excellence but misses out. Leaves the mouth drier than a old lady’s…yeah, I won’t quite go there. But still pretty yum and I’d get it again.


 tomthompson89 (1460), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Nov 18, 2008  
nice floral pine hop nose. Amber body white foam. flavor is spicy hops well balanced with sweet malts , very nice fresh hop beer


 Sparky27 (1559), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Nov 17, 2008  
24oz bottle. Pours a clear amber with a one finger off-white head and great lacing. Nose is caramel malt, floral hops and light pine. Taste is malt and light citrus hops with a nice resin finish. Medium mouth feel. Decent beer.


 tarheels86 (704), Washington DC, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Nov 2, 2008    Updated: Jan 22, 2009
2008 version. Bomber. Pours a nice copper with low carbonation and a nice, tan head. Excellent lacing. Aroma is pine, resin, molasses. Taste is at first watery and then a slam of resiny hops hits the palate. There are also some nutty flavors in there like chestnut and Brazil nut. Aftertaste is long and bitter. More watery than creamy on the palate like a lot of IPAs. Also not too bitter or unpleasant from the wet hops- smooth and balanced. A very different take on the IPA style.


 mar (1740), Rowlett, Texas, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Nov 2, 2008  
amber pour with a thick cream head. great fresh hops, pine and citrus notes with an underlying scent of malts. very smooth on the palate with a great hop flavor that is very creamy and well balanced. smooth finish with no hop bitterness at all.



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