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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
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Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
10843.85/5.03.84/5.0Autumn6.7%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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 fiver29 (703), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/55/103/512/20
Oct 9, 2008  
Bottle pours dark amber with a thin white head. Aroma is grass. Flavor is more grass with some sweet caramel, then finishes with a sharp hop bite. Overall this is just an ok brew.


 pepsican (884), The Student Ghetto, Iowa, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Oct 7, 2008  
Dark amber pour with a thin white head. Aroma is grassy hops. Flavor is more grass, plenty of caramel and grain to finish it off, just a bit of citrus. Finishes very bitter on the tongue yet not so much in the throat, more dirt. I dunno, this seemed a lot better last year and years before. Eh....


edmajorjoe (79), Vail, Arizona, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/515/20
Oct 6, 2008  
Nice looking amber beer with a thick long-lasting head on pour. Very hop-py scent and taste which make up for its average palate. All in all a must taste tester.


 afireinside96 (817), Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/104/516/20
Oct 5, 2008  
On tap at KSBF ’08. Amber-orange body with a small head. Nose and flavor sing with resinous pine and grapefruit. Slightly floral. Probably my favorite beer that I had all day.


 carruthm (1112), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Oct 4, 2008  
AKA wet hop harvest
V - cloudy brownish orange color
A - typical ipa hoppiness
T - good hop bite, elevating it above most other IPAs
P - great balance


 Arayaga2 (934), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Oct 2, 2008  
Reddish, with a high. dimpled tan head. Aroma is piney, floral and sweet. Sweet, smooth, and clean, with a long biscuity flavor note. Bit of hop bitterness stings in the finish, but it is overall mildly hopped. $4/22oz


 thickfreakness (130), AUSTIN, Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Oct 1, 2008  
12th release Harvest Wet Hop Ale. Pours amber with a thick white head that never completely goes away. Aromas of grassy hops and slight floral spice. Taste is again grassy hops and floral. It has a nice chewy resinous mouthfeel. A delicious beer.


heynik1885 (53), tonawanda, New York, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Sep 28, 2008  
Has a nice amber color to it with a big fluffy 2 finger head, with some lacing on glass. Smell is hops and flowers, taste is excellent and well put together. Very good beer.



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