Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
The smell of cascade hops and the citrusy/floral smell we’ve all come to admire in an American Pale Ale. It no longer has quite the freshly baked bread flavor that I used to associate in the malt of this beer, but it’s still worth a buy. In our blind taste tests of pale ales, it usually come in the top half, but is no longer a challenger for the top spot.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Dark amber, nice head. Hop-fruity (apricot) aroma and flavour with a touch of chocolate. Full-bodied. Long bitter aftertaste.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Black coloured with nice head. Rosty/ toasted flavour. A good porter but nothing out of the ordinary.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Amber coloured, medium head, good lacing. Citrus-hoppy aroma. Nice hoppy bitterness. Somewhat thin.
Dogbrick (24322) reviewed Summerfest from Sierra Nevada Brewing Company 22 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
I was really not too impressed with this one. Pours a rich golden color with a medium and fizzy off-white head. Very bubbly with thin lacing. Aroma is mild hops with a pinch of citrus. Light and crisp but ultimately uninspiring in the flavor department. It tasted about a 1/2 step better than the rest of the bland Lagers out there. The finish is decent but I honestly found my interest waning way before the end of the glass.
fiulijn (28383) reviewed Stout from Sierra Nevada Brewing Company 22 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Dark brown color, brownish creamy head. Very nice aroma, basic mix of roasted malt and hop flowers, fresh. Smooth texture, good body structure, strong sweet liquorice; and roasted barley of course. Long roasted end, with a touch of sourness. Classic, but very good.
Silphium (4309) reviewed Stout from Sierra Nevada Brewing Company 22 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Another bleh. This is a relatively poor example of the style, IMO. It looks like a stout on the pour, with a very deep red body and thin tan head. Aroma is decent enough, with hops and roasted, almost burnt malts entering the airways. However, I am not a fan of the thin body and weak flavor. Roasted malts and some chocolate are there, but there is a strange caramely sweetness and too much emphasis on the hops. I'll put it this way: the blend does not work, at least for a stout. Now their porter is something else...
Silphium (4309) reviewed Wheat from Sierra Nevada Brewing Company 22 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Another wheat, refreshing on a warm night. Golden, slightly cloudy body with light sediment. Thin white head quickly dissipates. Aroma is lightly hoppy. I found this wheat to be a bit on the tangy side, with a nice hint of lemon, but otherwise unspectacular. A refreshing choice if there are no better alternatives.
jgb9348 (11997) reviewed Summerfest from Sierra Nevada Brewing Company 22 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Very light golden in colour with a nice pale white head, but dissolved quickly. The smell is somewhat refreshing...very light and fruity. The taste is actually very strong, especially for a lager. There is a strong barley presence and a pretty good hop flavour. I don't find it too refreshing, but its not a bad beer. The aftertaste is almost a bit overwhelming and strong (in a bitter sense), but its worth trying.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Summertime, the weather's easy...so the brewers at Sierra Nevada decided to kick back and pony up "Summerfest," a light, rather bland lager that would be good if it was 75 cents/bottle. But I digress. Its straw-colored body is accented by a beautiful, rich, creamy, succulent, perfect head of thin white bubbles. The flavor is almost overwhelming: it is best to try this 2 ounces at a time. OK. In reality, this is a bland, boring brew. I'll stick to the summer wheats instead.