Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale

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

12 oz Bottle. Pours slightly cloudy, copper-red, with a bountiful off-white head. Floral hops aroma are instantly recognized. Taste is robust with lots of character, finishes with a slightly bitter after taste. A very nice winter brew.

12 oz bottle poured into a tulip glass produced a foamy tan head with bright orange body. Taste and aroma of bitter orange peel and spices. Quite hoppy, but enjoyable.

Out of a bottle....Nice big head, nice amber color, strong beer with a bitter bite 2 it. Nicely spiced with a nutty and earthy flavor. A great seasonal beer on a cold winter night. enjoy.

On tap at Collins Pub. Pours orange gold with minimal head. Aromas of spruce, florals, and caramel in the background. Tastes of spicy hops, floral hops, citrus peel.

Pours hazy, amber/brown from the 12 oz. bottle: With a nose of pine, SN stays true to the wintery theme. Lively spices throughout the mouthfeel coupled with juniper berries. Not as earthy/grassy as other IPAs, but then who would want "grassy" beer for Xmas? Drinkability: Quite good, but maybe a little too hyped up. Rebuy: Yeah. #208 on 21112009, DG.

Bottle. Pours nice amber color with small amber head. Very clean floral aroma. Hops is obvious in the taste, but in a good way. I prefer this style of beer and this one did not let down. I taste a hint of lemon and other citrus undertones. Finishes nice.

From a 12 oz bottle into a pint glass. Pours with a TON of white, pillowy head that sticks around long after it’s poured. Smells of very floral hops with a bit of orange and lemon. Taste is of floral hops with pretty much every other hop flavor mixed in, pine, grass, orange, lemon and some grass. It’s a very light flavor for an IPA with just enough malt to keep it from being a total hop bomb. Mouthfeel is also light and smooth. This is a very drinkable IPA with both a light taste and feel. This is now one of my favorite IPAs of all time. With the price that SN sells this for, it’s an unequivocal winner!

Had on tap at Mudville 9. Pretty solid IPA. Poured a copper-red with a fine, white head. Nose of citrusy hops and light malts. Flavor rife with hops, of medium bitterness. Medium bodied with a sharp, lip-smacking finish.