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Sierra Nevada Harvest

Sierra Nevada Harvest

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An India Pale Ale (IPA) brewed by
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company

Chico, California USA

bottled
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on tap
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Broad Distribution
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8753.85/5.03.85/5.0Autumn6.7%96.1Shaker, Tulip P  Stats

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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 Beer Guy99 (250), Maineville, Ohio, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Mar 26, 2003  
This is a wonderful beer. I had it on draft and the keg was two years old! It was delicious. We used CO2 to dispense the beer but the head was so tight and creamy it appeared to have been poured with a nitrogen / CO2 mixture. This really is a great effort by Sierra Nevada and it makes me feel better about the brewery since I think their flagship pale ale has been slipping in flavor in recent years.


PieTaster (32), Humpton, California, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Dec 15, 2003  
Heavy shit baby. This beer packs tons of hop and malt flavor. I wish it was available year round but due to the way they make it this would be impossible.


Giant (4), Minnesota, USA
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5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Dec 17, 2004  
This is an incredible wet-hopped ale. Nice and citric. Very nice body and color. A must have in autumn.


 GreatLibations (1327), Sasquatcho, Arizona, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Oct 9, 2007  
Pours copper w/ a full, thick froth. Superb hangtime reducing slowly to a full fluffy ring and island spatter. Aromas of fresh, bright, crispy hops. Nice! Full nectar w/ creamy residual effers. Abundant citrus rind tempered by a dense caramel malt component. Beautifully balanced this specimen is exceptional. The finish is long and thirsty. Overall: I really like the sharpness of the hops. The balance is supreme. Highly recommended.


ilherps (93), Carbondale, Illinois, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
May 1, 2008  
This beer is excellent. Pours a reddish copper with a thick white head. Aroma is citric, like fresh cut oranges, and as others have said, also has slight hints of what you think might be marijuana. The fresh hop taste is incredible, I found myself looking at my glass after sips and thinking, well done sierra. The hop flavor is perfect and deep, so far this is the best of this style I’ve tasted.



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