Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Sidecar Orange IPA

Sidecar Orange IPA

 

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

  IPA Rotating Out of Production
Score
6.85
ABV: 6.8% IBU: 35 Ticks: 58
We pushed the complex and citrus-heavy flavors of hops to a new level with this orange-infused IPA. Combining bright and bold hops with real orange in the fermenter creates layers of citrus-crazy flavors, yet it maintains a balance and a crisp hop bite that make it the perfect aromatic IPA.
 

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8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
From Heinrich 3000, Kornwestheim. A solid American IPA, good bitterness, deep at the palate, citrus and sweet, orange peel, 13.04.19, savouring it with pleasure at Epalinges.
Tried from Bottle from Heinrich's Super Getränke-Markt 3000 on 04 Aug 2025 at 18:23

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Gold in color with a two finger head. Even though it is orange it tastes and smells like a regular IPA.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Mar 2025 at 06:00

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Pulled this out of an uncle's fridge. It was kept cold, but it was old. Citrus, orange. Malt, light grain, herbal notes, very light orange marmalade. Herbal finish.
Tried on 07 Dec 2024 at 07:38

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bright, deep golden color and a white head. Fruity nose with nice orange aroma. Taste is less fruity as expected, faint citric and orange taste. Nice hoppy finish.
Tried on 19 Oct 2021 at 09:24

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Flasa z kubboselect. Silna ovocna pomarancova horka vona. Medova kalna farba. Pena sa chvilu drzi. Chut horka pivova ale aj duzinova silna.
Tried on 07 Feb 2021 at 17:49

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
0.355 l bottle at a discount at Goblet Beer Store. Thanks, Marko. Shared with little Dina and him. One year and one day old. Hazy golden to orange, small head. Lightly hoppy aroma, orange present. Zesty, herbal, malty. Earthy, malty, citrusy, perfumy, good bitter profile. Seems it was quite a good one while fresh. Light finish. Moderate carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Aug 2020 at 18:28

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Packaged 8/23/2019. Murky orange body, almost no head. Perfumey orange and oxidation in the aroma. Sweetish orange taste, light oxidation, vague dryness. Okay really.
Tried on 24 Aug 2020 at 18:23

8/10
Ну! За верификацию "шынка у Лявона"
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jul 2020 at 18:02

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Robe dorée légèrement trouble, fine mousse blanche crémeuse persistante à 1mm. Nez sur les agrumes, les herbes, le bois, la cendre. Bouche fraîche sur les agrumes avec une belle amertume et un côté boisé, résineux, plutôt agréable. Pas la bière du siecle mais sympa !
Tried on 30 Apr 2020 at 16:34

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Good dense & stable just lightly yellowish head over fully hazy orange beer. Oranges²/-peel, both from the yeast and of course the added orangepeel. Also very dry impression, chalk, dust, but thankfully no coriander. Dry, toast, orangepeel and sweetened orangemarmalade. Finish has something faintly, delicately syrupy. Very slick, oily, filmy. Medium bodied; light carbonation. Not a sparkling new craft beer, just a professionally, finished product beyond criticism.
Tried from Bottle at Café Pardaf on 08 Mar 2020 at 09:29