Sierra Nevada Estate Brewers Harvest Ale

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

Draft. Pours amber orange with a lasting khaki head. Sweet hoppy aroma, resinous, piny and citric. The flavor has a load of hops, seemed a bit astringent to me, with notes of floral and pine. Pretty good.

Bottle from Monument in Concord, CA. Indeed the smell of hops for this one was intense, but the citrus was a little lost in this brew. I’m sure it’s been in their fridge for a while. We still got some pine, and it was very smooth.

Bottle from Monument in Concord, CA. Poured an amber color with a good sized head. The smell of hops was intense. I was actually expecting more citrus hop flavor, but in was very piney in flavor. Excellant blend of hops and malt backbone. Good brew!!

Since the hop season was last year I can assume this beer is about five months old. Pours clear amber with a big inch of of white fluffy head. Very nicely laced. Aroma is citrus and caramel. Taste is full citrus bitter hops with a bit of leather and a very supportive caramel malt backbone. Mouthfeel is full and a bit wine like. Drinkability is very good for an IPA. Slightly sweet for the style but hops probably have faded a bit due to age.

Clear dark amber with a beige creamy head that lingers with a froth on top and leaves plenty of lacing. Piny hops, lemons, grass, and a malty sweet backbone to the aroma. Flavor is hoppy bitter, sweet malt, with light alcohol noticeable in the finish. A bit sticky sweet.

bottle. average rocky/fizzy tan head that didn’t last too long into cloudy orange body (minimal lacing was present). aromas of mod citrus and resit hops and moderate caramel and some earthiness. flavors: initially lt - mod bittersweet into mod bitter. long finish duration. sticky mouthfeel. damn fine IPA

Pours a hazy, chestnut-amber color with an eggshell, average, pillowy, frothy head which leaves a lasting, small, rocky layer and leaves some drippy lace. Nose is interesting with almond and rich caramel malt backbone to match earthy, lightly spicy notes, and hints at pine resins and rustic notes. Flavor is similar but more hoppy; hops are certainly still very earthy, and more resinous with pine needle notes. Other notes of light rustic, faint grapefruit, light almonds, and faint caramel with a moderate bitterness. Palate is nearly lively, lightly oily, somewhat velvety, and medium. Finishes drying a bit with bitterness growing leaving rustic notes, resins, and a touch of spice. A fairly nice wet hopped, IPA-APA hybrid. The earthy notes dominate, which is certainly interesting and refreshing for the style. The malt backbone is great in the nose and the oily flavors were mild compared to some wet- or dry-hopped which is nice. Good not great.

Golden color with a nice herbal hop aroma. Flavor has some nice hop freshness with a bitter & oily feel. Good, though certainly inferior to their regular Harvest Ale.