Sierra Nevada Harvest

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

Draft. An amber beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma is sweet and very hoppy giving it notes of grass and grapefruit. The flavor is also sweet and very hoppy - giving it notes of grass and grapefruit, but also with note of caramel. I also had this bottle, where I found it had lost some character, bottled scores 6/3/7/3/13=3.2

(Bottle 72 cl) Courtesy of MaltOMeal. Vintage 2007. Clear, amber coloured with a small, off-white head leaving a neat lacework. Fresh, citrusy aroma. Medium body with a light caramel sweetness and again these fresh, citrusy hop accents that also leave a solid bitterness. Incredibly crisp and refreshing IPA. 021107

Sampled draught at O’Briens, San Diego.
Clear nut bown. Somewhat restrained grapefruity hop aroma. Clean straight forward malt profile. Lingering salty bitter finish.

From 24 fl oz bottle, blind tasting at Papsoes - beer no 4. Pours golden orange to light brown with diminished head. Lovely fruity aroma and with a base of caramel malt. Flavour is decent bitter on top of a sweet malt base. Ends in a nice caramel and hoppy blend with mild bitterness. Well balanced.7-4-7-3-15=3.6

24 fl oz. bottle, thanks to sunevdj. Pours clear orange with a diminishing light orange head. Fresh hoppy floral aroma and with a mild caramel malt base. Flavour is very fresh floral to fruity. Has a mild yet clear caramel malt base that stays dry due to the quite dominant hops. End has a very dry bitter and lovely floral hops flavour. Fresh.8-4-8-4-16=4

Bottle 24fl.oz.
Alc. 7.0%. Clear medium orange amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090801]

Bottled (as Sierra Nevada 12th Release Harvest Wet Hop Ale)@SBWF2009. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is caramel, wood, fruits and some slight notes of grass. Flavour is fudge, grass, caramel, some fruits, wood and quite much herbal notes. Aftertaste is vegetables and grass. Balanced and quite nice.

Bottle. Clear orange coloured with a medium sized off hwhite head. Fruity aroma of caramel, hops, pine needles and grape fruits. Fruity flavour of caramel, hops, pine needles and grape fruits. Hoppy finish. 7-4-7-3-15 Draught at Falling Rock as Wet Hopped Harvest. Clear orange coloured with a medium sizedcreamy off white head. Fruity aroma of hops and pine needles. Fruity flavour of caramel, hops and pine needles. Dry hoppy finish. 7-4-8-4-14.

Name: Harvest Ale
Date: November 12, 1996
Mode: Draft
Source: Taco Mac, Sandy Springs
Appearance: deep amber, thin head
Aroma: pleasant hop aroma with a touch of underlying malt sweetness
Flavor: heavy sweet malt flavor with lots of hop flavor and smooth underlying bitterness lasting through the finish

Name: Harvest Ale
Date: November 12, 2005
Mode: draft
Source: brick store
Appearance: dark amber, solid off white head leaving lots of wonderful lace
Flavor: nice big bitter hop flavor balanced with tons of sweet carmel malt

Name: Harvest Ale
Date: October 25, 2006
Mode: draft
Source: brick store
Appearance: same great beer
Flavor: good citrus flavor to the hops

Name: Harvest Ale
Date: October 12, 2007
Mode: draft
Source: falling rock
Score: 4.1 to 3.6
Aroma: sweet crystal malt aroma with lots of citrus hops
Flavor: well balanced between the citrus hop flavor and the sweet crystal malt
Overall: as good as ever but the bar keeps getting raised

Name: Harvest Ale
Date: October 20, 2007
Mode: bottle
Source: Bulloch’s
Score: 3.6 to 3.8
Aroma: sweet resony hop aroma blends well with the sweet crystal malt
Flavor: huge fresh hop flavor, just enough sweet malt to deliver the hops, long bitter finish
Overall: the first bottling brings back the magic lost on draft

Name: Harvest Ale
Date: January 25, 2008
Mode: bottle
Source: blind tasting with anniv vs cele vs harvest
Score: 3.6
Appearance: a bit better head
Overall: same aroma as the celebration but a lot lighter, back to the sweeter malt flavor from the celebration and more like the anniversary, touch of toasted malt, earthy and floral hops change it up

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.8/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4