Sierra Nevada

Sierra Nevada Hips Helles

Sierra Nevada Hips Helles.  

Style: Helles Lager
Availability: Draft only, as of 5/10/12

4.7% ABV

Sierra Nevada Foundation Ale

Sierra Nevada Foundation Ale. 

Style:
Availability: Draft only
Arrival: TBA

8% ABV

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Sierra Nevada Hips Helles

Sierra Nevada Hips Helles

Sierra Nevada Hips Helles.  

Style: Helles Lager
Availability: Draft only, as of 5/10/12

4.7% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Sierra Nevada

Sierra Nevada Blindfold

Sierra Nevada Blindfold

Sierra Nevada Blindfold.  

Style:
Availability: Draft only, as of 5/9/12

7.4% ABV 

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Sierra Nevada

Sierra Nevada Foundation Ale

Sierra Nevada Foundation Ale

Sierra Nevada Foundation Ale. 

Style:
Availability: Draft only
Arrival: TBA

8% ABV

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Sierra Nevada

Sierra Nevada Wood-Aged Hellraiser: Knock On Wood

The above is a new variation on a Sierra Nevada beer mentioned before – Knock On Wood.  The first edition, is a stout, aged in bourbon, with cocoa & chili pepper.  This 2nd edition: Wood-Aged Hellraiser: Knock On Wood.  It’s 5% Porter, 95% Ale aged in bourbon.  Same abv, no mention of chiles, cocoa, or the like.

Style:                    (Barrel Aged)

Availability: Draft only, as of 5/6/12

9.2% ABV


by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases, Seasonal Return, Sierra Nevada

Sierra Nevada Ovila Dubbel Returns In 4 Packs

Sierra Nevada has just re-released a beer in the Ovila Abbey Ale lineup- Dubbel.  This year, Dubbel returns in a smaller 375 ml format.  It’s a series of abbey style collaborations with the monks of New Clairvaux in California.

Ovila Abbey Dubbel is brewed in the abbey tradition, and prefect for the rebirth of spring. Clear and deep copper in color and perfect for the rebirth of spring. Clear and deep copper in color, this Abbey Dubbel has a complex and rich malty sweetness with hints of caramelized sugar.  The aroma is a heady and layered mix of fruit and spice with hints of clove, raisin, and black pepper from the use of abbey —style yeast.

Style: Dubbel
Availability: 375 ml bottles. 4 packs.

7.5% ABV 

pic via @greensbeer

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer Backstory, Coming Soon, Sierra Nevada

Sierra Nevada Solar Storm

Sierra Nevada Solar StormSierra Nevada Solar Storm.  

Style: 
Availability: Draft only, as of 4/19/12

5.8% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Sierra Nevada

Sierra Nevada Belgian Style Golden Arrives This Summer

Sierra Nevada Ovila Golden Ale

Sierra Nevada’s Ovila Series expands this summer with Belgian- Style Golden.  The Ovila series is a montastic collaboration with the monks of New Clairvaux in California.

This abbey ale is a collaboration between Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. and the monks, at the Abbey of New Clairvaux. Belgian inspired golden ales are noted for their devilish personalities, but there is nothing mischievous about this complex ale. It is brilliant golden and layered with notes of summery apple and pear and pepperv spice from the use of a traditional Belgian yeast strain. A portion of proceeds from this ale goes toward the restoration of the historic Santa Maria de Ovila chapter house on the grounds of the Abbey of New Clairvaux.  This medieval building stood for nearly eight centuries in Spain. William Randolph Hearst purchased the monastery 1931 and planned use the stones for  a castle even grander than his famous San Simeon. Although Hearst’s, plans crumbled. these historic stones will rise again in a California Cistercian abbey.

Style: Belgian Golden Ale
Availability: 750 ml bottles, Draft
Arrival: Summer, 2012

8.5% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay