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Sierra Nevada Summerfest

Sierra Nevada Summerfest

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A Premium Lager brewed by
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company

Chico, California USA

bottled
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on tap
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10623.02/5.03.02/5.0Summer5%86.9 Lager glass P  Stats

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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 alobar (624), Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20

Jul 13, 2008  
Pours a nice light straw color. Limited head with an aroma of wheat, hops, and some malts. Taste is refreshing-wheat, and malts mostly.

jkaiser (74), USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/517/20
Aug 30, 2008  
Smooth mildly bitter lager. A lager with bite. Yummy and refreshing. Ginormous lacing and pretty head. Pale gold in color. Crisp. Aroma of hops more than malt. Not bad for summer.


ilherps (52), USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/55/102/59/20
Aug 29, 2008  
I love sierra, this is really their first beer I haven’t been too fond of. Given the style its alright, better than macro lagers, but this beer really is lacking that great sierra nevada taste. There is flavor of malts, with a thin, hard to detect hop finish.


 redlight (1048), Winter Park, Florida, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/510/20
Aug 28, 2008  
draft. Yeasty, sulphury aroma wth sweet malts and hints of grassy hops. Pours clear blonde with a thick white head. Sweet cereal like malts up front with honey, a crisp hop bite with some sweet grassy notes in finish. Very light and crisp nice for a summer day.


 JCB (1001), Durham, North Carolina, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Aug 26, 2008  
12oz from Sam’s, Durham. I almost feel guilty giving such a low rating to a SN beer, since I have such a high regard for their stuff in general. But this is effectively not too far from macro stuff, a lightly flavorful lager that’s thin on the hops and, alas, in the taste.


smerrell (1), St Louis Park, Minnesota, USA
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2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/54/104/515/20
Aug 22, 2008  
I’ll start off by saying that I love a good lager, especially one with a good amount of hops. This beer has a very soft floral aroma with an even balance of grains, is light golden in color, and has a fair head for a lager. It is lighter than their Pale Ale, as it should be for a Summer seasonal, but still has a decent body. The overall palate is dry with floral, citrus undertones to compliment the malt grainy majority that creates a very crisp beer.




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