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Sierra Nevada Summerfest

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
12193.01/5.03.01/5.0Summer5%87.6Lager glass
Commercial Description:
Summerfest is a delightfully refreshing example of a traditional style lager beer. While lighter in body than our ales, Summerfest displays significant hop aroma and a tangy hop bite. The long lagering period adds a smoothness that makes this beer a great summertime treat.

Bittering Hops: Perle & Saaz
Beginning Gravity: 11.8 Plato
Finishing Hops: Saaz
Ending Gravity: 2.7 Plato
Malts: Two-row Pale, Dextrin Malt, Munich
Yeast: Lager Yeast (bottom fermenting)
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 Lowe1983 (1029), Fairborn, Ohio, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/56/103/513/20
Jul 13, 2008  
Pours a lighter golden color with a white head. Aroma is floral hops and grassy tones. More hops come out on the flavor which was better then I was expecting it to be. Slightly bitter finish on this one.


 alobar (1015), Harleysville, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
Jul 13, 2008  
Pours a nice light straw color. Limited head with an aroma of wheat, hops, and some malts. Taste is refreshing-wheat, and malts mostly.


 Cybercat (784), Georgia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Jul 12, 2008  
Pours an appetizing, semi-transparent honey-golden with a little white head. Aroma is fairly strong, malty, wheaty and inviting. Flavor is mainly malty and wheaty with a hint of hops and a whisper of fruit, not too complex but still pleasing and refreshing. Texture is smooth so it goes "down the hatch" easily.


jcdsmack (88), Henderson, Nevada, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/104/517/20
Jul 10, 2008  
I really like this beer, I first had it at a fathers day BBQ here in Las Vegas. It was 100+ degrees outside and we were poolside for a number of hours. I really appreciate the light crispness and clean refreshing taste of this beer as a lager. Where it really got me is that it still offers a good balance of hops and malt sweetness on a smaller more refreshing scale. This is defintley not a purist lager drinkers beer I think it would be a little too sweet. But I am an Ale drinker who is happy to have a refreshing summertime alternative for the unbearable Las Vegas summer heat. I would also like to note that this beer unlike some other lagers did not lose it’s appeal at higher temp, if anything it opened up some character which is nice here in the desert.


WhatDidIDrink (10), , Utah, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/518/20
Jul 9, 2008  
I think those that have rated this beer low have failed to recognize the American Lager Style. It is not supposed to be overly hoppy. If you compare to other american lager’s (i.e. Bud, Miller, Coors) this is a wonderful example. One of the best American Lagers I have had. Beautiful.


 Ethereal (1500), London, Greater London, England
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/59/20
Jul 9, 2008  
On tap at the White Horse, Parsons Green, 4th July 2008. Unsurprisingly, I couldn’t drink half a dozen SN beers on the trot without encountering one duff one, and this was it. Bright gold with a cheap & nasty corn aroma. Very fruity yet also funky, the taste is over sweet and I was glad I’d only bought a half pint. The worst SN beer I’ve had.


 DocHop (278), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/103/514/20
Jul 8, 2008  
Pours a clear, crisp gold with a short white, frothy head. Plain, grainy, light taste. Very drinkable summer session beer, nothing great.


 chicagodri (1041), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Jul 8, 2008  
Kind of surprised I hadn’t had this beer a lot earlier. Pours a clear yellow with a decent size head. Citrus aroma. A little bit of bitterness, citrus, and hops. Average beer, was hoping for a little more from Sierra though.



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