beerman007 (8), Mountian View, California, USA
does not count  Jul 16, 2008 This beer taste’s excellent!!! One of Sierra Nevada’s best!! The hops are incredibly fresh and the flavor is absolutely amazing! One of my new favorites, I still love Boont amber ale the best, anything from Anderson Vally Brewing or Mendocino Brewing Company for that matter, but this is some good stuff! Good Job Sierra Nevada!
Veldy (41), Coon Rapids, Minnesota, USA
Jun 29, 2008 This is the best new beer I have tried in a year! The only beer that came surprising close to "outstanding" was this years version of Celebration Ale. The color of these beer wonderful and it is bottle conditioned, so you can just see the lees on the bottom. Fresh hop ales (like Bert’s) often surprise me, but often have a background flavor of chlorophyll or mint that I just don’t like. Sierra Nevada hit this beer on the head! The aroma is out of this world. The flavor is awesome, bitterness is balanced beautifully against a moderately malty IPA. These are clearly American hops, cascade and others, but they were grown in New Zealand! Thank God good hops are being grown somewhere besides the US PNW and the Noble hop regions of Europe. The hop gods have certainly blessed this beer ... I am in love! My nearest comparison in blind taste test might be Two Hearted Ale (which is probably a bit more caramel) and I KNOW that this beer is much better than that great beer! Not everything Sierra Nevada makes is a winner, but this beer is the beer to beat in its category!
Somebody prove me wrong :-)
ambroze (21), Old Hickory, Tennessee, USA
Jul 12, 2008 @ Flying Saucer in Nashville, TN - This is a great beer. I thought I’ve had their best beer until I tasted this one. This has to be the best beer I’ve had by Sierra Nevada. It has a very sweet and fruitful taste that is very clean and crisp. I would highly recommend this beer to anyone.
Gooney (33), Oregon, USA
Jul 15, 2008 24 oz bottle from New Seasons - This is an all-around fantastic beer. It looks very pretty in the glass. It smells delicious. It tastes very smooth, like silk pajamas.
 canary dog (376), Rutland, Vermont, USA
May 22, 2008 Updated: May 25, 2008Excellent appearance. Deep and orange, with a full meringue like hop head, fluffy and thick. Delicious spicyness of hops, with an overwhelming suggestion of freshness, as the label explicitly states. Delicious hops, but not overwhelming. There is no hint anywhere throughout an entire 24oz bottle that this is a bottled beer. Totally clean and deliciously fresh. After drinking a 24oz bottle of this, I poured myself a mug of the amazing Smuttynose IPA-- and it tasted noticeably less fresh (too polite to say stale-- still a great beer, though). Easily, easily the best Sierra Nevada I’ve had. A superb brew and an excellent value as I found it priced. Update and rerate-- bought 8 more bottles of this beer and will be buying as many more as I can find. Too bad this is a seasonal. Easily one of the 5 best beers I’ve EVER had and a very close second best IPA ever, behind Dogfish Head 60 from the tap run through the re-hopper.
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