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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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 DarkSong (101), Dacula, Georgia, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/103/511/20
Jun 28, 2009  
12 oz bottle. Pours a light golden color with a small white head. It tastes of hay and grass with a hint of toast and a nice hop aftertaste. This isn’t a bad beer and is nice for it’s style.


 Birdiebeagle (777), Perkasie, Pennsylvania, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Jun 27, 2009  
Bottle 2009 Pours a clear gold with big fizzy white head. The head leaves quickly. Aroma is sweet grass, light hops, and touches of spice. Has a decent carbonation. The flavor is not bad for what it is. Decent balance with a hop kick. For a lager not awful. Light bodied and easy drinking. I got for a cook out and it went well with steaks and hanging by the pool.


 Rciesla (3500), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/55/103/511/20
Jun 27, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a pale golden body with a white head. Thin and simple, light grass y bitterness with hint of hop resins and a malty body. Eh decent.


stephenj007 (25), Houston, Texas, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/512/20
Jun 24, 2009  
A good tasting beer, certainly enjoyable after yardwork. Nothing fancy, just tasty, with a small bite on the finish.


 baraciisch (138), USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/102/512/20
Jun 24, 2009  
Flavor is extremely light, almost thought it was a hefeweizen, not much in the way of complexity but I could see myself enjoying it on a nice summer day... Crisp finish with not much that lingers on the palate... Light crisp flavor with hints of banana... Okay beer


broozer81 (63), , New Jersey, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Jun 23, 2009  
can we expect much from a premium lager, they are what there made for, to drink in abundance with little depth or character..I thought summerfest was a good representation of the style from Sierra but I was left asking for a little more flavor..Good beer but i prefer a pilsner-style lager with more bite like prima pils...


 Hopper (271), San Antonio, Texas, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/57/102/59/20
Jun 23, 2009  
If I was going to drink a pale lager I would drink this one over the Buds & Coors.The flavors are well balanced, & easily drinkable


 Jblauvs (530), Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Jun 22, 2009  
straw pour with a slight fizzy head and an effervescent character. slight hop aroma and light grassy notes. mild malt character in the mouth, but nothing that sets this above many other halfway decent light lagers. So ill stick with halfway decent and certainly drinkable



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