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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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 topherh (899), 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.


 RedSox2004 (354), Pacific Palisades, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/513/20
Jun 10, 2008    Updated: Jun 11, 2008
Clear golden yellow with a two finger head that reduced quickly to a thin film but stayed there and left nice lacing. Hops dominates the nose with a bit of lemon. Malts are much more prominent in the taste, but the hops leave a clean dry finish. Very soft mouthfeel, good carbonation and very pleasing aftertaste. This will be a great beer for hot summer days.


 hoplover (166), Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Jun 10, 2008  
This is a very good lager. For the summer time, if your in to lighter beers, it’s on eof the best. I’m realy not into lighter beers but if I were, this would be the one.


JaPe (69), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/58/103/518/20
Jun 9, 2008  
A descent lager. sweet with a slight alcohol taste. Not water , but it has a soft easy palette. I like this. As lagers go this is very good.


 afireinside96 (826), Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Jun 9, 2008  
12oz bottle served in a lager glass. Pours an effervescent pale gold with a big foamy white head. Smells of lemon zest and herbal hops. Flavor is nicely balanced with some doughy notes and bitterness. Finishes semi-dry. It was 100 degrees today and this is really hitting the spot right now.


sketchmind (17), Omaha, Nebraska, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/513/20
Jun 9, 2008  
12oz bottle. Was clear orange/yellow in appearance, small head, dissipated. Aroma has hop, a little caramel and yeast. Flavor is much the same. Nice hop balance though, not too much bitter - some nice sweet notes run through, some lemon, a little spice. It was refreshing, not what I was expecting.. but clean and refreshing.


 thooper41 (384), Oregon, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/104/512/20
Jun 8, 2008  
12oz bottle: pours golden brown with decemt sized white head, aroma had a lot of hops in it for a lager followed by a hint of malt, flavor was well balanced decent amount of hops lager yeast so it cleaned out all the fruity tastes and malty. decent beer but not my style.



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