Sierra Nevada Southern Hemisphere Harvest

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

Poured a nice gold/coppery color forming a nice foamy head, from 24 oz bomber. Aroma of floral pepper corns, hops, a bit of resiny grasses. Flavour was of a smooth, yet sweet IPA beer. Modest hops compliment a particular floral and sweet taste. Extremely sessionable, yet far from being swill. Find it, drink it, love it, after all, its beer!

Bottled. Golden amber color, nice beige head. Moderate grapefruit-hop nose, fruit punch notes, a bit malty. Easy and reasonably bitter flavor. Very tasty and quenching. Excellent beer.

average creamy white head into cloudy orange body with decent to good lacing present. aromas of a clean light to mod hopiness and light malts (well balanced). flavor is lightly bitter with a touch of sweet throughout. lively carbonation with decently lasting finish duration. Damn good easy drinking IPA.

In short: A dry and fruity highly drinkable IPA.
How: Post-Mondial 2008 tasting session. Bottles brought to Montreal by Dickinsonbeer
The look: Clear copper body topped by a medium off-white head
In long: Nose and taste is all about floral and dry fruity flavours. Orange peels, citrus fruits, dry fruits, green grass, some tree bark. The solid malt backbone is supportive more than flavourful. Finish has a paper dryness. Very nice and crisp. This is one beer I hope Sierra will keep making, plus that will keep those New Zealanders busy and give the sheep a break.

You know, I was all excited to have this, but after the initial flush of fresh hoppy lemongrass, it kinda petered out. Still an above average pour, all coppery and what naught. Just peaked real early and then became just another IPA.

Tap @ Terrapin Station, Boise: Pours a coppery golden color with a nice white head and decent lacing. The nose is fresh and grassy with some light citrus and pine notes along with a semi-sweet caramel malt hit. The flavor has a nice body with a chewy malt sweetness on top of a light citrus hop flavor, not too dry hopped by adequately hopped nonetheless. The finish is toasty and light. Decent pale ale, IPA is a stretch, but it’s good.

Bottle. Head is initially large, frothy, off-white, mostly lasting. Body is hazy light whitish-yellow, bottle conditioned. Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain), moderately hoppy (resin, grapefruit), lightly yeasty (dough). Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, lightly to moderately bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, moderately to heavily bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Zzzzzzz. Just another one-dimensional and raw, resinously hoppy brew. Man cannot live by hops alone.

Draught @ Collins Pub, Seattle. Pours an amber color with a small white head. Has a malty hoppy spicy grapefruit aroma. Malty and hoppy grapefruit flavor with some spicy hints. Dry malty hoppy bitter finish with a long hoppy bitter aftertaste.