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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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Beese (79), Watford, Hertfordshire, England
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Sep 18, 2007  
Pours a golden colour with a little white head that soon disipates. A nice grassy smell with definite hop and resinny notes. The flavour is hoppy and quite bitter, for a lager, but with a malty, sweet aftertaste.


 Capa (964), Yokosuka, Japan
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/104/512/20
Sep 18, 2007  
Pours clear golden with a rocky, white head. Your typical lager aroma but with more pronounced hops, and a little sweet fruit malts. Definite Malt backbone. Body is smooth with proper carbonation. Malt is strong in the flavor with a bit of hop citrus, and fruit. Crisp, short finish. Above average, but probably not something I’d drink again.


 darkerdabetter (255), Michigan, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/514/20
Sep 15, 2007  
Traditional lager style, but with a bit more flavor. Not much of a hop flavor, but good, crisp finish.


 Ibrew2or3 (2724), Safety Harbor, Florida, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Sep 14, 2007  
Pours a clear gold with white medium size bubble head. The aroma is light with vague sweetness, pale maltiness, floral hop spice and very faint metal. The taste is pretty nice for a hot weather beer. The carbonation heightens the initial flavor of floral hops, citrus lemon bite and pale maltiness. Then the taste slowly fades with some mild malt sweetness.


 pojo41 (315), Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Sep 11, 2007  
Bottle. Crystal clear, gold color with a quickly dissipating head. Some hop aroma and flavor but, for the most part not very tasty. Just didn’t do it for me.


 AR (423), Georgia, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/513/20
Sep 9, 2007  
A clear, light-colored beer, The Summerfest has a spicy, kumquat flavoring. Smooth drinking with more fullness than a lot of lagers. Great for a hot day.


 biggmike (480), Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Sep 8, 2007  
Poured a clear golden color with a white head that didnt last too long. Light hoppy aroma that is a bit citrusy. Kind of disappointing for a Sierra Nevada beer. My brother made the remark that this would have been better as an ale. Taste was ok with a bit of hop character and fruitiness, but something just wasnt quite right. Decent, but thats about it.


 onlyrocknroll (219), Cork, Ireland
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/103/515/20
Sep 6, 2007  
Clear gold with an average, although fading head. Grassy aroma. Light bodied. Very clean and balanced. Malty sweet with mild bitterness. An above average lager.



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