Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Beer Camp Across the World: Dry-Hopped Berliner-Style Weisse

Beer Camp Across the World: Dry-Hopped Berliner-Style Weisse

 

Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, California, United States 🇺🇸

Collab with: Saint Arnold Brewing Company
  Berliner Weisse Rotating Out of Production
Score
7.07
ABV: 4.2% IBU: 10 Ticks: 55
We wanted to make a beer that was a bit outside of both breweries normal wheelhouses, so together we chose to create a twist on the classic, tart, Berliner Weisse. Were playing off the slightly sour twang of the base beer by adding heaps of dry-hopped flavor to complement the tartness with citrusy and fruit-forward hop notes. The primary yeast strain is Sierra Nevadas famous Kellerweis wheat beer yeast, which imparts notes of banana and clove, blending seamlessly with the hops to create a dry, white-wine-like flavor that is as crisp and refreshing as anything we've tried.
 

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7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Lightly hazy golden with a white head. Lemon zest, light soap, slightly sweet citrus. Tart and mildly dry body. Finish has a medium amount of pucker. Nice.
Tried on 05 Jul 2017 at 20:51

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle sample at a tasting at troubles’ place. Thanks troubles. Hazy yellow. Nice fruity hops, lacto, lemony, a bit of graininess, sourish, sweetish hint, quite light-bodied. Nice and refreshing.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Jul 2017 at 15:52

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
12oz bottle pours out golden topped with a white head. Nose is lemon zest citrus honey along with a tart fruit note. Taste is more of the lemon tart notes a lite fruit hop and a sweet wheat.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jul 2017 at 20:19

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
On Tap foggy very pale yellow. Full fluffy white had and sticky lacing. Musty grassy hop aroma. Light tart clean Berliner flavors, and plenty of late/fresh hop notes. Very nice combination.
Tried from Draft on 30 Jun 2017 at 15:59

8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9
Aroma’s citrusy, spicy, musty. Flavor’s tart, lemony, slightly metallic. Very refreshing and drinkable.
Tried on 29 Jun 2017 at 20:46

7.8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 10 Overall 7
12 oz. bottle from the 2017 Sierra Nevada Beer Camp 12-pack purchased at Whole Foods Market Fair Lakes Aroma: bread, sour citrus Appearance: hazy golden with a white head Taste: medium sourness, medium sweetness, Palate: light body, oily feel, average carbonation, tart finish Decent
Tried from Bottle on 25 Jun 2017 at 20:17

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Sampled from the tap at Republic 7C. Pours a near clear light yellow with a white head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma combines wheat and earthy tart lemon with some light fruits underlying. Flavor has tart lemon throughout with some wheat underlying.
Tried from Draft on 23 Jun 2017 at 21:14

6.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 10 Overall 6.5
Starts immediately tart, not overly so but citric and bright, with a grainy wheat middle to round out the sour edges. Lime and white grape come to the forefront, while the back end gives off the mildest of clovelike sweetness, with a modest floral note adding a slight hop bitterness to the proceedings. Finishes dry and yeasty, bread and white wine dominating the fade. Can’t really tell this brew’s been dry-hopped, but drinkable regardless.Looks aren’t great--pours a pale straw gold with a fizzy thin head and no lace--but the feel’s nice and crisp. Decent.
Tried from Can on 21 Jun 2017 at 15:58

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 4/18/2017. Pours hazy pale golden/straw color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of tart lemon, lime, grapefruit, peach, pear, green apple, mango, melon, white grape, citrus peel, wheat, cracker, hay, straw, grass, light pepper/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/acidic yeast, citrus hops, and light-moderate pale malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of tart lemon, lime, grapefruit, peach, pear, green apple, mango, melon, white grape, citrus peel, wheat, cracker, hay, straw, grass, light pepper/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate lactic tartness and yeast spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart lemon, lime, grapefruit, peach, pear, green apple, mango, melon, white grape, citrus peel, wheat, cracker, hay, straw, grass, pepper, lacto funk, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/acidic yeast, citrus hops, and light-moderate pale malt flavors; with a great malt/tart/spiciness balance, and zero puckering flavors after the finish. Moderate dryness from tart/spiciness, increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp, creamy/grainy/acidic, and lightly sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.2%. Overall this is a very nice Berliner weisse. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/acidic yeast, citrus hops, and light-moderate pale malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and refreshing to drink with the balanced acidity/tartness. A very enjoyable offering, and well made style example.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2017 at 17:35

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Pour is a hazy yellow with a large white head. Aroma is some lemon juice and grains of paradise. Flavor is tart and grainy. Very tart and dry. A bit to tart to really get much of anything else including any hops. I guess spot on for the style but a bit to tart for me to really enjoy.
Tried on 17 Jun 2017 at 15:03