Sierra Nevada
Chico, California & Mills River, North Carolina
Sierra Nevada Pat-Rye-Ot Revolutionary Pale Ale in May
Sierra Nevada Pat-Rye-Ot Revolutionary Pale Ale will be one of the beers in May’s return of Beer Camp Across America.
The last round of Beer Camp Across America in 2014 featured 12 hand-picked breweries that created their own unique beer. In 2016, 30 breweries come together, paired by geographic locations.
Sierra Nevada Pat-Rye-Ot Revolutionary Pale Ale covers the northeast region of the United States – a collaboration with Devil’s Backbone (Virginia), Dogfish Head (Delaware), Lawson’s Finest Liquids (Vermont), Stoudt’s Brewing (Pennsylvania), and Trillium Brewing Company (Massachusetts). For those of you that remember history, all those states were among the 13 originals.
Sierra Nevada Pat-Rye-Ot is an “old-meets-new” take on a pale ale by brewers all located in the original 13 colonies. It features rye and apples, which were among the first ingredients used by American breweries in the colonies, alongside bold American hops-hallmarks of our modern craft beer “revolution.”
Sierra Nevada Pat-Rye-Ot Revolutionary Pale Ale will be a 12 ounce bottle offering in May, a part of the brewery’s Beer Camp Across America 12 pack. The beer will also be featured at the special Beer Camp events across the country.
Style: Pale Ale (w/ Apples)
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft.
Release: May, 2016
5.6% ABV
Sierra Nevada Otra Vez Gose, a first taste
Sierra Nevada Otra Vez will join the brewery’s year-round lineup in January, 2016.
Sierra Nevada Otra Vez is a goes-style offering; definitely departure from their library of hop forward beers. After 5 years of working to perfect this recipe, this final recipe features prickly pear cactus and grapefruit.
“We wanted to make one of the easiest drinking craft beers out there, and funny enough Otra Vez has been a bear to get just right,” said Ken Grossman, Sierra Nevada’s founder. “We brewed several test batches a week for nearly a year, and even delicate changes made a big difference. Then it all clicked with perfect balance and complexity. We think folks will really enjoy it.”
Today we got to taste this beer a few weeks ahead of the launch. It’s crazy good. Sierra’s nearly 2 years of test batches show not only the breweries desire to get Otra Vez right, but to perfect the American version of the style. (Which means cactus and grapefruit in this case.) The taste is tart (with grapefruit overtones), while still being crisp. Touch of salt on the finish. A 6 pack won’t last you very long.
Sierra Nevada Otra Vez will be a draft,12 ounce bottle and can offering. Bottles first, cans by the end of January, 2016.
Style: Gose (w/ Cactus, Grapefruit.)
Availability: 12oz Bottles, 12oz Cans, Draft. Year-round
Release: January, 2016
4.5% ABV
Sierra Nevada Five Hop Experimental IPA headed to Variety Pack
Sierra Nevada Five Hop Experimental IPA arrives in January, part of the 4-Way Variety Pack.
Boast 5 hop varieties that aren’t even named yet, Five Hop Experimental IPA promises to be an India pale ale flavor you’ve never tried before.
Our quest for unique hop flavor led us to the Yakima Valley to explore a mix of vintage and newly developed hop varietals – so so cutting edge they are known only by numbers. This blend creates compelling flavors of vanilla, cedar, coconut, and orange for an IPA like we’ve never tasted before.
Sierra Nevada Five Hop Experimental IPA will be part of the next 4-Way Variety Pack, with 3 other hop forward offerings, to be announced.
Style: IPA
Availability: 12oz Bottles. Variety pack offering.
Release: January, 2016
Sierra Nevada Alpha Hops Society coming in 2016
Sierra Nevada Alpha Hops Society debuts in 2016. The club, like so many other brewery membership programs, will give paid members access to beers the public won’t.
AHS membership is a year-long pass jumping you to the front of the line for what’s next at Sierra Nevada.
Most of all, AHS is a backstage pass for the beer-obsessed and your ticket into the weird and wonderful world of small-batch beers at Sierra Nevada.
The membership package will set you back $250 dollars a year. There are pickup dates each quarter, at Chico, CA, Mills River, NC, and the Torpedo Room in Berkeley, CA.
What that gets you:
- Twelve 750mL bottles of extremely limited barrel-aged beers (350 bottles or fewer!)
- Alpha Hop-only access to quarterly cellar tours, barrel tastings, Pilot brewery samplings, and other beer-focused events.
- A first taste of new beers from Sierra Nevada
- Early access and invites to Sierra Nevada events and festivals.
- Guided tastings of vintage beers and other exclusive creations.
- AHS t-Shirt
- Growler
- Monthly newsletter detailing the Alpha Hop beers and other small-batch events at Sierra Nevada.
- AHS Membership Card
All the beers that will be available in 2016 have not been announced yet. What we do know is coming – an American Wild Red Ale, a Barrel-Aged Stock Scotch-style Ale—Aged in Brandy and Absinthe Barrel, Barrel-Aged Pentuppel with Chilies.
Memberships can be purchased right now, for $250. [Membership]
Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Across America Returns in 2016, With 30 Breweries
Sierra Nevada (Chico, CA/Mills River, NC) will re-create the Beer Camp Across America Series again in 2016. Today, the brewery released a little teaser video, now that the brewery process has already begun.
Last years Beer Camp featured 12 breweries creating their own Beer Camp recipes around the United States. The 2016 party will feature 30 breweries, chosen in six regions of the United States. (See graphic below).
These 30 breweries are in groups of five (plus a brewer from Sierra Nevada). Each will devise a new recipe for the Beer Camp Across America mixed pack, coming in 2016.
Next year, expect Beer Camp Across America release parties and special events in the six regions, starting with Northern California.
In the meantime, flashback to Beer Camp Across America 2014’s lineup.
Stone Brewing Co. & Sierra Nevada team up with a hoppy result
Stone Brewing Co. and Sierra Nevada have teamed up, and the result will be in glass and bottles very soon. This is NXS IPA.
What it is.
Stone/Sierra Nevada NXS IPA is a blend of fresh hop IPAs, aged in used spirits barrels. Sierra Nevada founder Ken Grossman, and Stone brewmaster Mitch Steel split the collaboration right down this middle. 50% of the beer was aged in rye whiskey barrels, while 50% was aged in gin barrels. Finally, the resulting beer was blended with fresh IPA, resulting in something truly hoppy… and special.
This special-edition beer conveys the true character of collaboration with touches of inventiveness and creativity. Two batches of an IPA were brewed and expertly blended to craft this multilayered beer. The first batch was split down the middle, with 50% being aged in gin-infused bourbon barrels and the remaining half aged in rye whiskey barrels.
Sierra Nevada Stone NXS is available in 22 ounce bottles as of December 1st, 2015.
Style: Imperial IPA (Barrel Aged. Rye Whiskey. Gin.)
Hops: Magnum,Amarillo, Chinook, Cascade, Centennial & Mosaic
Availability: 22oz Bottles
Debut: 12/1/15
8.2% ABV
Sierra Nevada 35th Anniversary Our Brewer’s Reserve
35 years of craft brewing is reason to celebrate. Meet Sierra Nevada 35th Anniversary Our Brewer’s Reserve.
The story is one I’m sure you’ve heard before, Ken Grossman, a young home brewer, took that passion and opened a beer supply store. By 1979 he had started work on brewery using recycled dairy equipment. In 1980, Sierra Nevada opened.
Sierra Nevada 35th Anniversary Our Brewer’s Reserve celebrates decades of craft brewing, with a strong ale partially aged in bourbon barrels. Available in 25.4 ounce bottles.
Style: American Strong Ale (Partially Barrel Aged. Bourbon.)
Availability: 25.4 oz Bottles
Release: Brewery only
8% ABV
