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Sierra Nevada India Pale Ale

Sierra Nevada India Pale Ale - India Pale Ale (IPA)

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79
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Brewed by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)

Chico, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
7213.36/5.03.36/5.06.9%55.3Shaker, Tulip
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Commercial Description:
Brewed using a blend of English malts. Magnum hops are used for the early hop addition, with Goldings for finishing and dry hopping. A very flavorful and hoppy ale.
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 Capa (952), Yokosuka, Japan
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/513/20
Sep 4, 2007  
Hazy orange with a bit of amber. Head was suprisingly small. Citrus hops, caramel malts, sorta weak aroma. Medium body. Flavor is pretty hoppy, but lacking in actual flavor. Citrus, pine, caramel. Finishes with a bite, but its almost unpleasent, not like a normal hoppy finish. Bitterness lingers. Shockingly dissapointed. Their PA is a work of art, this is a work in progress.


 jerc (3861), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Sep 3, 2007  
Bottle at Beer Bistro. Orangey lightly hazy body, moderate head. Resiny hops in aroma, but not a whole lot of them. (6+) Pleasant moderate bitterness, not nearly as much hops as expected. (6+) Average palate. Suffered from following a bottle of the SN Pale Ale which frankly had a lot more flavour and depth to it. Disappointing.


 tomthompson89 (1456), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Sep 2, 2007  
Nice orange color, foamy all over, nice hop nose flavour is citrus , some alcohol and weak malts, decent brew. At beer bistro


 kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Sep 1, 2007    Updated: Jan 17, 2009

Date: March 22, 1997
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: slightly hazy amber, lasting medium frothy head leaving thick lace
Aroma: mild floral hop aroma
Flavor: flavor starts off with mild malt, then the hops kick in and last through the finish
Overall: mild for a S/N, robust for anyone else

Date: June 15, 2005
Source: summits cumming
Appearance: clear amber
Aroma: light floral hop aroma
Flavor: good sweet carmel malt flavor with a nice dose of hops, light bitter finish

Date: March 01, 2006
Mode: draft
Source: taco mac
Score: iii to ii+
wonderful lace, picking up a lot more bitterness with a long bitter finish that throws it off balance

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4


 maeib (4677), Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/515/20
Aug 31, 2007  
Bottled. An amber coloured beer with patches of quite thick off-white head, and a little lacing. The aroma is pleasantly hoppy. Good pine notes. The taste has good clean piney hops. Some fruity moussey malts. A really nice IPA which doesn’t go for agression; just taste.


 DougShoemaker (2855), Toronto, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
Aug 30, 2007  
Faint hops nose, some malt, opaque orange, pours a large custard head. Assertive taste of the hops, grapefruit, quite good, light hearted malts though. Light bodied, balanced, sweet and pleasantly bitter.


 Pwn3d (1036), Manhattan, New York, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 27, 2007  
Everything Sierra Nevada touches turns to gold. This is my favorite IPA. Nice dark amber color, nice fluffy white head. It has all the hoppy ipa characteristics but is never too abbrasive to any of the senses.


 Enjoyit (1695), Vadum, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/514/20
Aug 26, 2007  
Amber of color with an off white head. An aroma of hops, grape and malt. A flavor of grass, grape and notes of malt.



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