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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 Continue Reading →

Posted in New Beers, Sierra Nevada

Sierra Nevada Stout of the Union Robust Stout

Sierra Nevada Stout of the Union Robust Stout

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Bear Republic Brewing, Faction Brewing, Headlines, Mad River Brewing, Magnolia Gastropub & Brewery, Maui Brewing Company, Sierra Nevada

Sierra Nevada West Latitude Session Rye, for Beer Camp

Sierra Nevada West Latitude Session Rye will be part of the new Beer Camp Across America mixed pack in May, 2016.

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 to collaborate, paired by geographic locations.

Sierra Nevada West Latitude Session Rye features five Northern California breweries (plus Hawaii) – a collaboration with Bear Republic, Maui Brewing, Faction Brewing, Magnolia Gastropub & Brewery, and Mad River Brewing Co. The team has created a low ABV session ale brewed with hibiscus.

Sierra Nevada West Latitude Session Rye combines our Californian Left Coast love of fruity hops with a touch of Hawaiian “aloha” from the addition of hibiscus flowers, all anchor by robust malts and spicy rye. This session beer is light in body and looks large, like the long shadows of the western sun.

Sierra Nevada West Latitude Session Rye 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/ Hibiscus)
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft.
Release: May, 2016

4.5% ABV

READ MORE: Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Across America

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Devils Backbone, Dogfish Head, Headlines, Lawson's Finest Liquids, Sierra Nevada, Stoudts Brewing, Trillium Brewing

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

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Headlines, Sierra Nevada

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

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Don't Miss This, Sierra Nevada

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

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Headlines, Sierra Nevada

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]

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Don't Miss This, Sierra Nevada

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.

by Reid Ramsay