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Sierra Nevada Summerfest

Sierra Nevada Summerfest

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A Premium Lager brewed by
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company

Chico, California USA

bottled
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10723.01/5.03.01/5.0Summer5%86.7Lager glass P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Summerfest is a delightfully refreshing example of a traditional style lager beer. While lighter in body than our ales, Summerfest displays significant hop aroma and a tangy hop bite. The long lagering period adds a smoothness that makes this beer a great summertime treat.

Bittering Hops: Perle & Saaz
Beginning Gravity: 11.8 Plato
Finishing Hops: Saaz
Ending Gravity: 2.7 Plato
Malts: Two-row Pale, Dextrin Malt, Munich
Yeast: Lager Yeast (bottom fermenting)

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 Syd (741), Twin Cities Metro, Minnesota, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/512/20

May 31, 2008  
I just mowed the lawn, so time for what I think might be a lawn mower beer... Bottle pours a crystal golden color with a bright white head that fades quickly leaving some lace. The aroma is floral and grassy (could be the grass clippings), perhaps some malty notes. The flavor is sweet, decent malt twang, nice and mellow hops, with a very refreshing and quenching palate. Overall, this works well for a lawn mower beer (after you mow of course).

 BlackForestCO (549), Fort Collins and Black Forest, Colorado, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/515/20
Sep 19, 2008  
Bottle. Poured a crystal clear yellow color with a thick, rocky white head that left some spotty lacing. Aroma of light pale malts, some light honey, and some soft, floral hops. Smooth, lightly sweet entry with some light honey leads into a lightly spicy, floral hoppiness that finishes with a light fruity citrus (mainly orange peel). Low carbonation, smooth on the palate, light hop bite on the finish. While it isn’t very complex, this is a well-crafted beer that really shows the difference between a good lager and a US Macro.


 DruncanVeasey (1737), No. 46, Leicestershire, Germany
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Sep 16, 2008  
Bottle from Tossco (how did this one slip through the net??). Pillowy lager pour with a silky head of suds. Sensible sweet aroma of pale lager malts, soapy citrus, slight hop leafiness. Saaz apparent at first sip, with an added splash of watery citrus and floral hops. Slick and insipid. Does watery English golden ale/ Czech pils crying out for an infusion of US hops better than the English or the Czechs. Decent flowery lager if taken as that alone, but seriously disappointing from a US brewer.


 evilsoc (169), Wales
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/55/102/59/20
Sep 16, 2008  
Golden blonde white headed lager, Aroma of flowers, honey. A sweetish floraly flavour carries through and reminds me of a very average british summer ale, some lemon. Thin body. Short finish which makes you really look for flavour. Not a good beer at all considering the reputation of the brewery.


JustinFromAL (68), Birmingham, Alabama, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Sep 12, 2008  
Bottle. Pours paled golden with minimal off-white head. Herbal nose. Not a bad beer per say, just average. It is what promises to be though, a smooth, light, slightly hoppy summertime beer.


 daknole (856), Plantation, Florida, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/54/103/57/20
Sep 8, 2008  
Why oh why would SN stoop to this level? Why? WHY? Damn it WHY? Not good. Not worth it at all.



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