Estate Homegrown IPA
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Autumn Out of Production|
Score
7.39
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
From notes. Whoa, that’s a good IPA. The aroma isn’t quite as aggressive as expected, but the notes are just so nice and friendly that I can’t really complain. The beer is just gorgeous. Bright, transparent amber. Liquid light mahogany. Ecru head that sticks to the glass better than dish soap. The aroma is strong but not overpowering. Lots of delicate hop notes. Fresh, floral and piney hops with a noticeable caramel malt candy backbone. Taste is sweeter than I normally like for the style, but it just works here. The bitterness is gentle but enough to make the malt sugars take a backseat. Mouthfeel is full and oily with hoppiness. Easy to drink. It’s clear that SN has worked out some best practices with wet-hopped IPAs. I still wish that this lineup was a touch cheaper - kinda wonder if the waxing and fancy label are partially attempt to justify said price - but this beer is worth it. Excellent IPA. Not to get too gushy, but it probably belongs amongst the very best of this highly competitive style.
Earlier Rating: 4/16/2010 Total Score: 4.2
Delicious IPA with a flavorful, hoppy characters. The beer pours a lightly reddish golden-amber with a healthy white head. The head sticks around for quite awhile. The nose is more floral than most Sierra Nevada IPAs, but it still has a recognizable SN piney tone. The hops are sweet and very pleasant. It’s amazingly flavorful for 6.7% abv. The hop flavors are bright and pleasant without being too bitter. The malt backbone is sweet with caramel but completely overshadowed by the intense and delicious hop flavors. I’ve had the other beers in the Harvest series, and this is probably my favorite. The mouthfeel is clean and sweet.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Pours a hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy aroma with weak dusty hints. Fruity malty hoppy bitter grapefruit flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter grapefruit finish.
Earlier Rating: 7/16/2010 Total Score: 3.6
Bottle. Pours a clear copper color with a small off-white head. Has a sweetish malty hoppy citrus aroma. Sweetish malty hoppy bitter flavor with hints of citrus. Has a sweetish malty hoppy bitter finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draft at Alchemy. Filtered orange-brown. Thin soapy white head, patchy. Strikes me as more of an APA, very thick, earthy hop tones. Thick malt backbone. Quite well balanced and almost delicate, this is another winner for SN. Dry hop character, some straw. Rich and chewy. Some orange toffee notes. Creamy and fresh. Great.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pours a clear deep orange amber color with a thick foamy white head that sticks to most of my glass as I drink her down. Smells of resin and pine with maybe a hint of earth and grapefruit. Toasted malt and a hint of caramel deep beneath. Great hoppy nose! Toasted malt layered with resinous pine that lingers long after every sip. Slight sweetness on the tongue and a remarkable smooth hop bitterness. Resinous bong watery mouthfeel :) Medium carbonation level and body. Great fresh wet hop ale. Has that Sierra Nevada sameness that all of their beers seem to have. Its a good thing I enjoy their beers.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5
From a 750ml bottle from Pick’s Liquors. Copper colored pour. Very nice, thick head that took a while to go down. Since it was a 750, I poured half into a glass and drank it, then poured the other half. The first pour had a nice earthy flavor along with a small amount of hop bitterness. It also seemed to have a sweet aftertaste, almost like honey. The second pour was much more hoppy and the head even thicker. Paid 8.99 and it was worth every penny.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle gifted by Marcus. Pours clear copper with a 4 finger creamy beige head. Which eventually sloughed off with clinging rings. Mixed aromas of citrus and resin over a light caramel backbone. Near full bodied. There’s a heck of a lot of hop. Earthy; resin; citrus; even floral. But the malt stands up to them. It’s very lush. It’s pretty dry. It’s very flavorful. It finishes bitter. Not a burning NW bitter, but very bitter. Excellent.
Earlier Rating: 9/20/2009 Total Score: 4.1
Bottle from BevMo in Natomas, CA. Pours lightly reddish copper with a three finger beige head. Eventually does some fair laceing. I getting floral/fruity citrus aroma. Seems smooth, lush and fresh. No harshness in the nose. Medium body with creamy/frothy carbonation. Bitter at once. Fresh. Now seems very floral. Bitter overruns the mouth. Really fresh tasting. The finish is bitter running off into floral. Did I forget to mention malt? Well, it’s definitely underpinning the hop. But this is all hop. Wonderful stuff.
Earlier Rating: 10/4/2008 Total Score: 4.2
Bottle from Nugget Market in Davis, CA. Rich coppery color with a three-finger creamy head. Lots of fruity hop aroma without bitterness. Medium body with mild, creamy carbonation. The fruit is all over this. Mostly lite stone fruit and citrus, with an underlying bitter, which suddenly erupts into strong resin. Well balanced. Back to the discussion of bitter versus astringent. Might be both. It’s really good. Doubt it cellars appropriately.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle from Healthy Spirits, San Francisco. Poured an orangey colour with a lingering off-white head Resinous hop aroma with some citrus notes and a trace of spice. Flavour was a little on the underwhelming side of the tracks. Hoppage slightly muffled and whilst some sweet malt was present, the balance seemed a little lacking. Was hoping to be impressed by this, but its all a tad drab. Drinkable stuff but doesn’t quite live up to the promise implied by the attractive looking bottle and inflated price tag.
Earlier Rating: 5/1/2010 Total Score: 4
Bottle@home (2009) from Utobeer, London. Poured a vivid clear dark amber colour with a nicely lingering off white head. Nose had notes of tropical fruit with grassy hop aplenty. Some caramel sweetness and piney hop all nicely balanced in the flavour. Thickish palate. Bitterness not too over the top making this eminently drainable. A good un’
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
22 oz bottle, wax covered. Poured a dark orange/copper color with a thick, huge head. Aroma is full of citrus and pine, hoppy, touch of spice. Flavor was very similar, with earthy tones, malts, hops, etc.
Earlier Rating: 9/18/2009 Total Score: 3.6
24 oz bottle. Pours a dark orange/copper color with a thick, huge head. Aroma is full of citrus and pine, hoppy, and has a slightly unique malt kick to it as well. Flavor is not too dissimilar to it’s Harvest and Southern Hemisphere Harvest, but slightly more earthy. At $9.99, I’ll probably just stick to the others that are about half the cost.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Slightly hazy orange pour with a tall, firm, off-white head. Juicy malts and fresh citrus hop aroma. Nicely balanced hop and malt flavor with a bitter dry finish that is right where I like it, not extreme in either direction. Great IPA.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Grapefruit peel, grass, mango, and caramel aroma, complex but not not strong. Hazy copper, thick creamy yellow lacing head. Bitter rosehip and pine, with an undercurrent of unsweetened cranberries, finishes with generic bitterness and adeceptively lightly unroasted malt. Somewhat off balance, but a nice beer.