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New Helvetia (916) Pale Ale

New Helvetia Brewing Company
Sacramento , California
Beer style: Pale Ale - American (APA)
Ref: ratebeer.com May2024

Common descriptors are
(916) is an Uber hopped American pale ale, made with 25 hop additions. Buckets of Centennial, Cascade, Citra, Fuggle and El Dorado went into this beer, a celebration of the hop growing prowess of the Sacramento region. This beer is aromatic and deeply hoppy without being to bitter, massive late hop additions creates a beer that wallops you from a mile away with its intense hop aroma. Its nose is full of deep earthy spice notes, with overtones of pear and fresh stone fruit.