Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale

Brewed by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Chico, California USA

( 12oz bottle) pours bright orange with fluffy oily long-lasting head with great lacing. Nose of white pepper, honey, pine, and citrus oils. Taste is grapefruit oils, creamy and nicely thick body, decent caramel malts to match. Finish is really nice and creamy. A great seasonal beer!

I like this beer from pour to finsh great.Aromas of hops and caramel.Pours amber with large white head.

2009 bottle. A nice amber color with a tan head. mild carbonation with mild hops and a malt finish. The aroma is spot on for the taste. A very delicious beer.

Pours a light cloudy amber with a foamy off white head. Aromas of candy, citrus/pine hops, grapefruit, and caramel. Flavors of citrus/pine, light caramel and candy. Bitter and semi sweet. A decent IPA at a reasonable price.

Had the ’09 on tap and it was no winter warmer. mostly hoppy like a pale ale. I’m hoping I got the wrong beer. I will re-do this review if I find one that is dramatically different.

Pours a dark orange with a moderate off-white head. Has a bright citrus and pine hop aroma with some sweet malt aromas. Toasty malt comes forward then finishes quite bitter and warming, with the piney hops very prominent. Has a medium mouthfeel. Good seasonal.

To put it in terms so I might remember why I liked it.. it tastes like the normal pale ale the sale every where cheap but with a little less bite. Still quite hoppy and a beer you must drink slow to really enjoy it. I always make sure I pick up at least a 6pack every winter, I get excited when I start seeing them pop up. I’m not good at picking up on the suddle tastes, but I can tell you that the hops rule this beer, quite bitter.