Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Golden IPA

Golden IPA

 

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

  IPA - West Coast Rotating Out of Production
Score
6.82
ABV: 5.9% IBU: 55 Ticks: 28
The golden ale is our rendition of the classic West-Coast style IPA. It’s light bodied and intense with citrus and piney whole-cone Cascade hops - the signature flavor of the American IPA.
 

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

bottle, rating from 2016 - Pours lightly hazy gold, smells mainly of citrus accented hops. The flavor has a tasty, intense bitterness with citrus and pine notes and some bready malt sweetness providing some balance. Easy to drink and enjoyable.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Nov 2017 at 13:52


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Pours gold with a large head.Nose shows spicy and herbal hops, biscuity and bready malt.Flavours include some spicy and piny hops along with a bit of soft clean malt.

Tried on 19 Jun 2017 at 06:48


6.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Fairly clear golden coloured body with a light copper tint and a thinnish, single centimetre tall pure white head that fades relatively quickly. Aroma of grass, light hops, some funk and caramel and a large biscuity and cardboardie malt character. Light to Medium-bodied; Assertive grassy and herbal hop elements throughout with a noticeable biscuity and grainy malt flavour along with some caster sugar and lightly caramelised sweetness at the tail end. Aftertaste shows some subtle hop bitterness, but mostly a grassy flavour along with some biscuits and yeast characters that are noticeable. Overall, a decent beer that shows a slightly lighter side of an IPA along with a grassy and herbal kick with a little less hop bitterness than expected. I sampled this stubby twelve ounce bottle purchased from New Beer Distributors in New York, New York on 21-January-2017 for US$2,25 sampled at home in Washington on 20-April-2017.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Apr 2017 at 00:59


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On Tap light hazy golden. Fine white head and persistent lacing. ale light malts, somewhat cerealy. Just enough hop to balance. Very light, barely an IPA

Tried from Draft on 09 Apr 2017 at 22:12


5.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Very pale golden orange with a white head. Medium candied tropical fruits with light toasted malt. Overall, it’s very muted and slightly disappointing. If this were around 4% abv I’d be all for it but at nearly 6% it just isn’t doing it for me. I’m not sure what SN thought they added to their portfolio with this but I’m pretty sure the answer is nothing.

Tried from Can on 20 Jan 2017 at 18:23


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Nice refreshing and easy drinkable IPA.
A fine clear golden color with a lasting white head. Solid lacing. A pale malt dominated ale. Also mild citric hoppy and mild fruity. Medium body and a fine carbonation. Mellow sweetness and a fine bitterness. Nice and well balanced ale.
[Bottle from Martin’s Off Licence in Dublin, Ireland]

Tried from Bottle on 03 Nov 2015 at 12:40


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

Bottle from O’Brien’s, Athlone [130815]
Golden, clear, frothy white head, some lacing
Aroma of lemon, citrus, light sweet pale malts, light citrus
Taste of lemon, citrus zest, soft pine, fairly bitter hops, soft citrus fruit
Palate - Soft carb, medium light body, soft light sweet pale malt, easy going, no alcohol. Finish as main flavour.
Overall - Sold as an ’approachable’ IPA, well balanced, easy going.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Aug 2015 at 15:19


7.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Orange malt and pine/spruce aroma. Golden yellow with large off-white head. Sweet orange/mango, malt and moderately bitter pine flavor. Good body. Pretty good.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Jun 2015 at 21:39