Sierra Nevada Brewing Company 11.5 °Plato

11.5 °Plato

 

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

  IPA - Session Rotating Out of Production
Score
6.61
ABV: 4.5% IBU: - Ticks: 29
The Plato scale is a measurement of the density of liquid. The number tells brewers how big or small a resulting beer will be—the larger the number the bigger the beer. We designed 11.5° Plato—a lower number on the beer scale—to give us just enough body to support a heavy heap of hops. The result is an easy-drinking session IPA which satisfies the thirst for hops, but urges you to have another round.
 

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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 2016, [ Great British Beer Festival 2016 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Sierra Nevada 11.5°Plato ].Clear medium orange yellow colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, fruity malt, moderate hoppy, orange, fruity hops. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, orange, fruity malt, fruity hops, medium dry. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20160809] 7-3-7-3-14

Tried from Cask on 14 Mar 2018 at 16:01


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask gravity @ GBBF 2016. Pours a hazy pale orange color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty citrus hoppy bitter flavor. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy finish.

Tried from Cask on 04 Jul 2017 at 10:03


3.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 1.5

Short stubby bottle with things sitting on the bottom inside. Pours like many pale ipa. Very bitter. Intense bitter chewing on green grapefruit rinds soaked with turpentine and pine tar sap. Over the top, yes it tastes like a much higher abv beer than it is. Thicker flavorful brew that coats yer mouth and is so intriguingly bitter. In the end it does have a little of that low alky veggie feel to it. Yea, on style for an IPA, what else can be said? Nasty nestling nellie.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Nov 2016 at 14:26


5.9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a murky orange color with a large foamy yellow-white head that left excellent lacing. The aroma was bitter and citric with a light phenol note. The flavor was bitter with notes of lemon, pine and yeast. Medium length finish. Medium body. Meh

Tried from Bottle on 05 Nov 2016 at 22:21


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

12 ounce bottle, 5/26/16. Clear amber, large foamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of earthy, grassy hops, a bit of latex. The taste is earthy, piney, peppery hops, caramel malt. Medium bodied, mild lingering bitterness. A little weird, but solid.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Nov 2016 at 11:52


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Keg at SBWF. Hazy golden, mid sized head. Distinct graprefruit aroma. Dry with light body and crisp mouthfeel. Citrus and grapefruit across a slender neutral body. Long bitter finish.

Tried on 10 Oct 2016 at 16:40


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

Sampled from the tap at Red Cow North Loop. Pours a clear light gold with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges and laces. Aroma has hay and grass up front with some pine bitterness underlying. Flavor has lots of grass, hay and straw notes with a slight pine bitterness backing.

Tried from Draft on 08 Oct 2016 at 14:17


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

Sample at SBWF 2016. A bit hazy golden with a white head. Aroma of grapefruit, hay and light malt. Similar taste. Also some pineapple in the taste. Relaxed and easy to drink.

Tried on 30 Sep 2016 at 03:42


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at GBBF 2016, Olympia, London. A golden coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Hoppy, fruity, malty aroma. Tastes hoppy, fruity, malty. It’s OK.

Tried from Cask on 11 Sep 2016 at 14:22


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

9th August 2016
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Almost clear pale gold beer, small white head. Light malts, sweetish. Smooth floralness. Fruit salad. Light sweetish finish. It’s okay.

Tried from Cask on 10 Sep 2016 at 09:54