Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Summerfest

Summerfest
(has 8 batches)

 

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

  Lager - Pilsener Summer
Score
6.13
ABV: 5.0% IBU: 28 Ticks (all batches): 209
Refreshing Light Summer Lager

A refreshing lager for blazing days, Summerfest balances delicate yet complex malt alongside spicy, floral hops. Hints of lemon zest lead into a crisp finish, and the sessionable 5% ABV invites another round of this summertime beer that pours golden bright like the sun.
 

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6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can from Cascade Club. Clear golden body with a thin white head. Steady carbonation. Patchy lacing. Aroma of straw, herbs and orange peel. Flavour of minty hops and grain. Thin body with a slick texture. Light fizz. Crisp and swiggable. Quite hoppy for a lager.
Tried from Can on 26 Jul 2014 at 05:38

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle. Creamy White good mostly deminishing head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Some grassy notes. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Jul 2014 at 02:44

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Light, smooth and drinkable. Clear golden with small white head. Light grain aroma, taste is crackers, bread, more cereal grains. Hops are an afterthought, not enough for any bite or finish. As the name implies, a good summer beer though....
Tried on 21 Jun 2014 at 17:26

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle from Market Basket Pours a medium straw color wit a decent sized white head that dissipates to wisps of foam on the top. spicy floral hop aroma with a light biscuity malt base. the flavor is crisp crackery bready malts with plenty of spicy hops to counter. Medium body with a moderate to high level of carbonation. Nice hoppy light pilsener beer I quite enjoyed this one.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Jun 2014 at 18:05

7/10
Tried on 03 Jun 2014 at 17:23

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Keg at Leilani’s on the beach, Kanapali, Maui 26/04/14. Clear golden amber with a moderate off white covering thst retains well. Nose is orange rind, citric peel, light hops, straw, toasted malt, simple but pleasant. Taste comprises pale malts, lightly toasted bread, straw, light tropicana rinse, grassy. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent hoppy pils, crisp and refreshing in the Maui heat, a mood beer I think!
Tried from Can on 27 May 2014 at 12:40

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Tastes saazy. Finishes with light bitterness. Fizzy pour, average carbonation. Light bitter finish. On tap at DC Summerfest.
Tried from Draft on 27 May 2014 at 11:57

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4
Tap at Kaisla, Helsinki. Originally rated 13082011. Colour is clear golden with small white head. Aromas and flavous: Grain, sweetness and malts.
Tried from Draft on 18 May 2014 at 03:58

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Ins Glas ergießt sich ein goldenes Bier mit schöner Schaumkrone. Geruch mild hopfig, fruchtig. Geschmack ebenfalls leicht hopfig, fruchtig, malzig.
Tried on 09 May 2014 at 12:42

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
The appearance had a golden body with a foamy spotty head. It left some light rings. The lacing was light and speckled along the sides of the glass. There was barely any carbonation rising.
The smell was sweet and had some pepper tones to it. It was fresh yet still some light grains to it.
The taste was well balanced with the hops and a slight yeastiness at the end of the taste, gets peppery as it warms.
On the palate, she sat fairly light with a moderate amount of carbonation that was felt.
Overall, this is a good beer and I would have this again.
Tried on 30 Mar 2014 at 23:32