Crisp Little Thing
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, California, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Pale Regular|
Score
6.72
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Crisp Little Thing is a crusher, combining premium malts and laid-back hops for unreal balance and pure refreshment in every crisp, clean sip. It’s lowkey complex — a dash of sweetness, a flash of citrus — for irresistible flavor that’s easy-drinking above all else.
Malts: Acidulated, Munich, Pilsner
Hops: Mosaic
Yeast: Lager
Crisp Little Thing uses lager yeast, called Saccharomyces pastorianus, to help create its clean, lip-smacking finish. Lager yeast thrives at lower temperatures than ale (42–55 ºF), takes longer to ferment (21–28 days), but rewards us with those delicate and refreshing beers that make for easy drinking.
Malts: Acidulated, Munich, Pilsner
Hops: Mosaic
Yeast: Lager
Crisp Little Thing uses lager yeast, called Saccharomyces pastorianus, to help create its clean, lip-smacking finish. Lager yeast thrives at lower temperatures than ale (42–55 ºF), takes longer to ferment (21–28 days), but rewards us with those delicate and refreshing beers that make for easy drinking.
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7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 03 May 2025
at 19:43
7.4/10
Yeasty, biscuity and a bit bitter
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Aug 2024
at 16:15
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
4/VII/24 - 12Fl. Oz. can from Ramstein Air Base gas station, shared @ the Gibb’s crib, canned: IX/20/23 (WTF?! We just bought this…) (2024-480) Thanks to Bryan G. for the beer!
Clear light yellow beer, no head. Aroma: citrus notes, malty, some bubble gum, a bit lemony. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty malty start, some citrus notes, a bit grassy, herbal. Aftertaste: sweet malts, caramel, a bit oxidized, some orange peel, meh. Very mediocre to plain right disappointing.
Clear light yellow beer, no head. Aroma: citrus notes, malty, some bubble gum, a bit lemony. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty malty start, some citrus notes, a bit grassy, herbal. Aftertaste: sweet malts, caramel, a bit oxidized, some orange peel, meh. Very mediocre to plain right disappointing.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jul 2024
at 19:30
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft at the original source, listed as Crisp Little Thing: Euro Edition, same abv, 25 IBU. Brewed in partnership with Brouwerij Dee Brabandere. New beer or not? Crystal clear pale yellow color lacey white head. Floral white pepper aroma. Taste is lightly bitter and lightly peppery with a quick finish. Highly drinkable
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Apr 2024
at 15:18
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft. A light golden beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of malt, rice, and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and straw, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Apr 2024
at 12:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
From a can. Pours a clear gold with a white head. Malty aroma. Flavors are slightly sweet with some hop bite in the finish.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Dec 2023
at 18:43
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours nicely enough, a light golden lager with a one finger foamy head. Nose features a light hop, somewhat grassy but also a biscuity malt and a hint of dough. Flavor is super clean, with grassy and mildly catty hop flavors, medium bitterness, dry finish. Firm and dry biscuity malt flavors. Crisp it most definitely is, given that dry feel and carbonic bite.
Tried
on 30 Aug 2023
at 16:19
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at the Chico venue. Pours gold with a white head. Floral/fruit aroma. Dry and pale stone fruit and floral. Decently bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jul 2023
at 18:53
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Not bad, and appropriately named. Crisp malt front leads to gentle sweetness towards the middle, followed by hints of grain and lemon. White bread and a subtle floral bitter streak on the finish. Doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but very drinkable.
Tried
on 10 Jul 2023
at 00:39
6/10
Corn, hay, and a hint of vanilla flavor. Thin head with a light gold pour.
Tried
on 09 Jul 2023
at 20:43