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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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 AllAboutStout (605), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/54/102/55/20
Jun 16, 2008  
Pours a very, very pale yellow in color with only a little froth of a head forming on the pour. Very lagerish on the smell and nothing else to note. It looks very BMC’ish. Taste is prickly and very BMC’ish. I was expecting at least some West Coast hops, but nothing. Really disappointed. Don’t waste your time.


buckyp (32), Rio Rancho, New Mexico, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Jun 15, 2008  
12 oz. bottle. Bright, clear gold with thin white head. Fresh aroma with lemon and flowers. Zesty mouthfeel with plenty of carbonation. Flavor is lemon zest with floral notes. Malty mid-tongue with slight bitter hops finish. Not a bad lager to drink after mowing the lawn.


 Changed (161), Ithaca, New York, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
Jun 15, 2008  
12 oz bottle. pours yellow-ish. small head. pretty average in every regard. drinkable on a hot summer day though.


 wcampbell (572), Central, South Carolina, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/510/20
Jun 12, 2008  
A decent light lager, but overall not that good. Pale lager taste with a little bit of hop flavor. Lightly sweet. Reasonably drinkable and somewhat refreshing, but not much to it.


 shanepardue (107), Raytown, Missouri, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/57/102/514/20
Jun 12, 2008    Updated: Jul 9, 2008
Clearish yellow body with barely a head. Decent hop flavor and bitter aftertaste. I definitely see why it’s a summer seasonal.


 Fantomasus (122), USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jun 11, 2008  
A solid base hit of a traditional lager. Clean and crisp. Can’t wait to drink one by the pool tomorrow.


 topherh (889), Kearney, Missouri, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/57/104/510/20
Jun 11, 2008  
Pours a pale golden. Aroma is hoppy with malty sweetness. Flavor is lemony spicy hops, grainy, with an odd metallic aftertaste.


 joekfsu (138), Boardman, Ohio, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Jun 11, 2008  
12 oz bottle. Pours golden with 2 cm of off white head, mostly diminishing. Aroma of lemony hops. Malty start, slight hop finish, balanced and light in the middle. Some lacing, light carbonation, light body, and light on alcohol. Overall drinkable as a summer beer, if you need something light and like the style.



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