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Sierra Nevada Best Bitter Ale


 Percentile 
56
overall
Brewed by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Style: Bitter

Chico, California USA

bottling
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on tap
available

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
513.15/5.03.1/5.04.3%81.7English pint
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Commercial Description:
Sold only on draft at the brewery. Brewed using English malts and hops this medium-bodied light copper colored beer is a very popular beer style in England. This is a very drinkable ale that will be enjoyed by many visitors to our Taproom.
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 zach8270 (2051), Henrietta, New York, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Oct 18, 2009  
(draft @ Tap and Mallet - Rochester, NY) Copper color with almost no head. Aroma is dry and malty with a little bit of dry grass. Flavor is smooth and malty with a light bitterness at the end. Not bad, but kind of ordinary.


 harrisoni (6703), Ashford, Kent, England
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 10, 2009  
At GBBF 2009. Really deent bitter, good hop, tastes like a 4% British bitter. Not over the top. A British bitter. Good


 Leighton (234), New York, New York, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/515/20
Oct 6, 2009  
Solid. Had some on draft at the Pony Bar in NYC. Pours a yellow-gold with a small receding head. Aroma has a tinge of hops. Flavor is straw and bitter hops. Nice and crisp.


 ChristianScheffel (4431), Odense, Denmark
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Oct 2, 2009  
Cask at GBBF. Golden with a small white head. Weak malty aroma with a hint of fruit. Sweet and fruity flavour


 cgarvieuk (4159), Edinburgh, Scotland
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Sep 2, 2009  
Cask at GBBF 09 ....amber ... swet fruity hop nose ... dry bitter hop ... standard cask bitter.


 Magicdave6 (5400), London, Greater London, England
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Aug 17, 2009  
Cask at GBBF09. Alround rating: Grainy pale malt, grassy and peppery hop, very english and totally nothing like any sierra beer iv had before.


 oh6gdx (8801), Vasa, Finland
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Aug 11, 2009  
Cask@GBBF2009. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is hops, earth, some bready malts as well as mildly grainy notes. Flavour is wood, earth, mild caramel malts as well as some herbal and fruity notes.


 chriso (4683), London, Greater London, England
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Aug 8, 2009  
Cask (gravity) at GBBF 2009, Day 1. Not at all sure this is the same beer as it was listed in the programme at 6.7%. On the other hand I can’t see Sierra Nevada making a special brew just to send a couple of casks to GBBF. Perhaps the programme was wrong as this didn’t really taste 6.7%. In fact it came over as a decent, but fairly standard, UK best bitter. Amber colour, slight haze but decent condition. Fairly prominent trad hop presence but nothing that really sang out. Some tangy/spicy nuances. Quite authentic, and compared reasonably well with similar UK offerings, but perhaps not quite what I was looking for from a US beer at a festival over-supplied with UK best bitters. Coals to Newcastle?



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