Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Life and Limb

Life and Limb

 

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

Collab with: Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
  Strong Ale Rotating
Score
7.41
ABV: 10.2% IBU: 45 Ticks: 108
Life & Limb is a collaborative effort, the brainchild of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. and Dogfish Head Craft Brewery. Life & Limb is a 10% ABV strong, dark beer that defies style characteristics- brewed with pure maple syrup from the Calagione family farm in Massachusetts and estate barley grown on the Grossman "farm" at the brewery in Chico, CA. The beer is alive with yeast-a blend of both breweries' house strains-bottle conditioned for added complexity and shelf life, and naturally carbonated with birch syrup fresh from Alaska.

Life & Limb is dedicated to the family of beer drinkers and enthusiasts worldwide who continue to support the little guys, iconoclasts, entrepreneurs, and pioneers who risk life and limb to shape the vibrant craft-brewing community.
 

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7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Draft - Vintage 2011 - Sweet boozy bourbon and some roast malts. Jet blac with a thin head. Bourbon and roast but surprisingly no booze.

Tried from Draft on 23 Feb 2014 at 17:06


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle aged for 5 yrs: Poured a mahogany with no head. Aroma is very complex with sap, roastiness, and maple. Taste is very full and sweet candy to the tongue yet nice roasted malt.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Jan 2014 at 23:24


7.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

On tap at Capital Ale House - Downtown on 04/22/2011. Dark black body with a small frothy tan head. Sweet roast and chocolate aroma with some raisins. Sweet raisin and caramel flavor with some light chocolate. Medium full body with moderate carbonation. 7/5/7/3/16 3.8 Bottle at Commercial Taphouse on 01/29/2011. Very dark amberbody with a large creamy light brown head. Sweet chocolate, molasses, caramel, and light vanilla aroma. Very sweet roast, chocolate, molasses, caramel, fruit, and vanilla flavor. Medium full body moderate carbonation. 8/5/8/3/16 - 4.0

Tried from Draft on 14 Sep 2013 at 09:06



8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

750 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled 6/29/2011. Pours fairly clear extremely dark reddish brown color with a 1-2 finger dense khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice soapy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of raisin, toffee, molasses, toast, biscuit, wood, chocolate, maple, clove, light vanilla, and roasted earthiness. Very nice aromas with great balance and complexity of malt notes with well balanced wood notes. Taste of raisin, toast, toffee, chocolate, dark bread, wood, maple, molasses, light clove, roasted malt, slight char, and roasted earthiness. Slight earthy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of toffee, toast, raisin, chocolate, maple, molasses, dark bread, roasted malt, light clove, slight char, and earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity and balance of malt flavors with wood notes; with light hop balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a creamy and fairly slick mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is an excellent strong ale! Great balance and complexity of malt flavor and wood aging; and very smooth to sip on. Really enjoyed this one.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Apr 2013 at 21:29


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Imported from my RateBeer account as Sierra Nevada / Dogfish Head Life & Limb (by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.1/5

11/IV/13 - 1Pt. 6Fl. Oz. bottle from a trade @ Klaas' place - BB: n/a (2013-324) Thanks to adamjackson for the bottle!

Clear dark brown beer, big irregular light beige head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: sugary, caramel, cough syrup, very sweet, dried fruits. MF: ok carbon, full body. Taste: caramel, chocolate milk, dried fruits, raisins, little bitter. Aftertaste: caramel, bit sweet, alcohol, dried fruits, hoppy touch, maple syrup, chocolate, dry, mocha, cocoa powder.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Apr 2013 at 11:01


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draught. Strong aroma, with a noted bourbon whisky (whiskey?) note. Dark brown with a stong malt character. A bit of nut and hop in the finish. Sip this

Tried on 04 Nov 2012 at 15:10


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle, Chester Beer & Wine. Poured a clear reddish brown colour . with an off white head. Aroma of yeast and maple. Sweetish, earthy flavour, with notes of chocolate and roasted malt and some herbal/woody character . Dryish. slightly bitter finish. Bit disappointing considering the price.. Ok but not really sold on this.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Oct 2012 at 16:30


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 10

Keg Haket 2024-09-10 Göteborg
Thick melas, chocolate, dry, roasted malt
New rating 7,7 old 7,1

Bottle from Beers Of Europe cons 2012-09-01 Göteborg AR: vanilla, coffee, Tutti Frutti, soya AP: pitch black body, frothy cream beige head F: creme caramel, candies, mocha, red berries,

Tried from Draft on 02 Sep 2012 at 15:59


8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle thanks to Nisse666! Sampled on September 1, 20121 pt 9.4 fl oz, marked "2" at the bottom of the label - front sideClear very dark red color, big dark brown head. Sweet, malty, fruity scent. Sweet, spicy, sugary, alcohol taste. Warming alcohol. Smooth mouthfeel, medium high bitterness.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Sep 2012 at 04:21