Sierra Nevada
Chico, California & Mills River, North Carolina
First Look: Sierra Nevada’s New Seasonal
Say hello to Sierra Nevada Flipside, a new seasonal “red” IPA. Touted as an in between seasonal with tropical & citrus hop flavors, Flipside sounds like a great transition to darker brews. Expect this seasonal in September, 2013
Flipside Red IPA is a rebuttal to the mild-mannered beers of summer. Tropical fruit and citrus hop flavors from the use of whole-cone Citra, Simcoe and Centennial hops are the perfect notes for this in-between season.
Style: IPA
Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft
Arrival: September, 2013
6.2% ABV
Cask: Sierra Nevada Barrel Aged Porter
Consider this just a massive teaser, while enjoying the thought that it exists at all. Sierra Nevada Barrel Aged Porter. A bourbon barrel aged porter with vanilla bean, and cocoa nibs. What is it? 10.8 gallons. Where is it? We are working on that.
It’s Monday. Think about something tasty, regardless.
Style: Porter (Vanilla Beans, Cocoa Nibs. Barrel Aged, Bourbon)
Availability: TBA
7.8% ABV
This Is Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp Sampler 2013
The next release of Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp is upon us. Lucky attendees make a pilgrimage to Chico, California all year long to try their hand at brewing. The best of the best make it into a sampler pack. This August, look these beers in the 2013 edition (See L-R):
#93 IPA–This IPA sacrifices nothing for its drinkability, flexing big time flavor and complexity. The light color disguises the depth of the malt backbone, a pillar that balances the potent whole-cones of the piney-citrus Cascade and tropical fruit-like Citra hops.
#94 Belgian-style Black IPA–This beguiling black IPA takes a tropical detour with a dose of new world hops, featuring lemony Sorachi Ace and fruity Nelson Sauvin varieties. A Belgian yeast works with the exotic hop profile, emphasizing its complex and fruity flavors.
#95 Imperial Red Ale–Our aggressive Imperial Red Ale is a massive mix of smooth malts and West Coast hops that have no patience for the lupulin leery. This crimson beer starts with caramel-like malt flavor that can’t suppress the assertive, citrusy hop finale.
Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Beers are available in 12oz/12 pack cases, and very limited draft offerings.
Styles: IPA, Belgian-Style Black IPA, & Imperial Red
Arrival: August, 2013
Sierra Nevada Hop.Confusion 101
Sierra Nevada to Team Up with 12 Breweries
To celebrate the opening of the North Carolina brewery, Sierra Nevada Brewing is scheming up some beers featuring revered craft brewers across the country. One beer per brewery will be released in the summer of 2014 in a variety 12 packs. This will also include festivals with no specific path determined yet. The following breweries will be visiting Chico to develop recipes and brew:
- Allagash Brewing Company, Portland, ME
- Ballast Point Brewing Company, San Diego, CA
- Bell’s Brewery, Inc., Kalamazoo, MI
- Cigar City Brewing, LLC, Tampa, FL
- Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA
- New Glarus Brewing Company, New Glarus, WI
- Ninkasi Brewing Company, Eugene, OR
- Oskar Blues Brewing Company, Longmont, CO
- Russian River Brewing Company, Santa Rosa, CA
- Three Floyds Brewing, LLC, Munster, IN
- Victory Brewing Company, Downingtown, PA
- Local brewing community in Asheville, NC
“We want to highlight the success of craft beer, not just our own next step. Craft brewers are a close bunch, and we’ve all helped each other get to this point. This is a fun way to showcase even just a fraction of the talent that’s out there, and somehow 12 beers doesn’t feel like enough. If this weren’t already a logistical mammoth, we’d brew with even more of our great peers.” Ken Grossman, Sierra Nevada’s founder.
Sierra Nevada Breakfast at Chico’s
Terra Incognita: The Blending Session [VIDEO]
Sierra Nevada and Boulevard Brewing are taking a SAVOR collaboration mainstream. Here is how it’s blended.
