Sierra Nevada Summerfest

Brewed by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Style: Premium Lager
Chico, California USA

This is basically a glorified American pale lager. It’s better than most, but not that great.

2009 bottle poured a light golden in color with heavy streaming carbonation and a dollop of white foam. aroma has pilsner malt, light bitterness, and some straw. light and refreshing mouth feel. flavor has nice pilsner malt, bitter aged hops, and just a touch of sweetness. this is not a wow beer but it is clean and easy drinking.

2009 batch. From the 12 fl. oz. bottle. The pour is a bubbly golden yellow with a small amount of fizzy white head that diminishes after a short time. But the carbonation keeps on bubbling. The aroma is of malts with a faint background of hops. There is also something citrusy about it. The mouthfeel is very good. Oh, the taste is a very pleasing balance of malts and hops. It has a freshness about it. I liked it.

12oz bottle. Pours a crystal clear, yellow body with a finger-width, fizzy, white head that dissipates quickly and leaves a good amount of soapy lacing. Aroma is lightly sweet and pale malts. Some metallic grass and a hint of fruit and honey. Flavor is initially a pale sweetness followed by a metallic, crisp grass. A light honey sweetness in there as well. Some light fruits come in towards the finish with a dry ending. Lingers with a light amount of grassy bitterness. Palate is light, but not watery while maintaining a soft, fizzy carbonation. Overall, a refreshing lager that I can see kicking back on a hot day. Simple, but has a balanced amount of hops that gives this significantly more flavor than any standard BMC offering.

Bottle - crystal clear light gold pour - minimal head that almost completely disappears - aroma of grassy saaz, clean pale malt sweetness, light fruity notes - a clean and crisp lager, with some honey sweetness up front, followed by a gentle noble hop bite, then some yeast notes and bready character - finishes mostly clean, with just some lingering pale malt - it’s a decent lager.

On tap at rattle n hum for Sierra Nevada week. Nasty metallic nose. Not much flavor beside some hop, spice and tang of metal. This beer does not tickle my fancy.

Clear yellow with a lightly malted and hopped up aroma. Light, refreshing and clean flavor of hops and malts. This is a light summertime beer and accomplishes everything it sets out to accomplish. This is the beer that Bud Light aspires to be. Good stuff.

A nice light summer treat from Sierra Nevada that pours a golden crystal clear liquid that is refreshing. a perfect beer for out in the heat of summer especially on some body of water.