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Sierra Nevada Summerfest

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bottled
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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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 Jayb0 (752), Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/513/20
May 16, 2008  
perfectly decent lager from Sierra Nevada. bigger and cleaner than the typical american lager with hopping reminiscent of a german lager. Good summer seasonal alternative.


 malrubius (977), Valley Stream, New York, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/515/20
May 15, 2008  
12 ounce bottle in pint glass. Clear golden with lasting white flat head and some lace. Honey malt and mild lemony aroma. Sweet honey malt with exceptionally dry medium bitter finish. Medium-light body medium carbo. Very smooth and crisp yet also flavorful and fairly complex for the style. A refreshing pleasure.


 Butters (1637), Virginia, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/58/20
May 14, 2008  
Bottle 2008. Aroma Clean and lemony. Straw color with slightest bit of haze and white head. Slight medicinal taste with saaz hops evident. Smooth and refreshing but I don’t really care for it.


 dalepryor (172), Paducah, Kentucky, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/58/20
May 13, 2008  
poured into pint glass, pours a very light orange almost yellow and very thin quickly fading white head. the smell is mostly hops maybe corn not sure though. This is a pretty light beer, there isn’t a whole lot of flavor here that stands out compared to the other Sierra Nevada brews. Perhaps one of my least favorite of the brewery.


 zappafan99 (462), South Carolina, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/104/515/20
May 13, 2008  
Nice and clean sparkling puor. Mostly malt with a nice hop finish. Decent palate. Fine lawn mower beer. Hard water warsteiner.


pumpkinheart (63), Aurora, Illinois, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
May 12, 2008  
Bottle into Lager glass. Pours a rich, white-headed sun yellow. Aroma gives me some light floral and citrusy hoppiness, grains and a louch of malts. Flavor is basically the aroma, but a shade more bitter. Finishes with a mostly clean bite, although it kind of stuck on the palate a bit odd. Overall, a passable beer. Not too bad for just sitting around drinking, although the cost for a micro makes me expect something a bit more than one would get from a cheaper macro.


 ditmier (1057), Boise, Idaho, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/58/104/515/20
May 11, 2008  
2008 Bottle - Pours a translucent yellow with a slight white head, aroma of fresh grain and hops, taste is way more bitter than I expected (like an american heineken with more character), pleasant balance of hop and grain, indeed a great summer ale...


 Maverick34 (695), New York, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
May 11, 2008  
POurs yellow w/decent head. Some nice grassiness. Pretty well done lager and easydrinking of course.



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