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Sierra Nevada Summerfest

Sierra Nevada Summerfest - Premium Lager

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 Percentile 
47
overall
Brewed by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Style: Premium Lager

Chico, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
12173.01/5.03.01/5.0Summer5%87.6Lager glass
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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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 TheGrandMaster (1846), Auckland, New Zealand
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/58/20
Aug 12, 2009    Updated: Oct 6, 2009
Draught at The White Horse on Parsons Green (London), pours a clear and bright gold. Bitter and grainy, disappointingly average.


 fidel (886), Livermore, California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Aug 9, 2009  
Poured clear golden yellow, crisp. citrus, grassy, orange peal, lite hop finish.


 Dough77 (771), Aurora, Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/105/514/20
Aug 9, 2009  
Outstanding, drinkable sessionable lager. Honestly, maybe the best hot-day beer I’ve had to date. Does it blow my mind? maybe not, but its a well made thirst quenching beer with few flaws.


Bamos (18), Florida, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/56/104/511/20
Aug 9, 2009    Updated: Aug 13, 2009
Poured from a bottle, clear gold color. Grassy, citrusy aroma. Malt and hops in the flavor with a bitter hoppiness bite in the end. Fizzy. Not stellar, but drinkable.


 ScottyP (314), Brentwood, Tennessee, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/510/20
Aug 8, 2009  
Pours a clear pale golden with off white head. Aroma of grass, citrus. Light, crisp beer, nothing special though


 Nate (2533), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/510/20
Aug 6, 2009  
On tap at the Knickerbocker. Light spicy nose, sweet with a bit of coriander or orange peel. Not much hop aroma. Pale golden clear with thin white head. Medium light watery body with heavy-fizzy carbonation. Starts with medium acidity and very little malt sweetness. Carbonic fizzy bite combines with strong hop bitterness. Bitter finish with clea after. Nice bite. Clean and refreshing.


nursekev (4), Ohio, USA
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3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/510/20
Aug 5, 2009  
A very nice, refreshing, well rounded lager type beer. I was very pleasantly surprised by this beer.


 Gethinbeer (995), Nova Scotia, Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/104/511/20
Aug 5, 2009  
Ichydd Da JoeMcPhee for this bottle. Very clear golden colour. Thin white lace. Fresh fruit aroma with grapes and a hint of honey. not so much on the malt side for a lager beer. Initial burst of malt and hops in the flavour. Crisp bitter lager. Very refreshing. Low carbonation for a lager beer.



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