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The SN Oktoberfest collaboration has come to be one of the more anticipated beers of the season for me. They've been producing some really excellent beers in the series and this is no exception. The color with its classic copper, bright clarity,...
I'm always interested in a new (this came out late 2025) Sierra Nevada beer, so even though this beer isn't necessarily something that would get me excited in terms of its style, I'm still grateful for the chance to try it. Pale lemon, light haze...
A beer that I have a lot of hope riding on, it's probably worth reading this post first. There's a bit of a debate about Czech or German Pils here, but I'm running with German because of SN's own notes regarding equipment. One of the lightest beers...
A annual pleasure, always something to look forward to. This is a pretty beer. A lovely, light golden color with a fine, white head to match. Well-carbonated. The color is interesting since it falls between the deeper orange like hues of...
An annual pleasure when Sierra gets together and collaborates with a German brewer. Standard Festbier pour (which seems to be the norm with these collabs rather than the US, Oktoberfest style). Retention isn't great. Light, soapy bitterness greets...
I love to come across a new Oktoberfest or Festbier or Märzen, and when there is the promise of some sensible Sierra Nevada old-school, no nonsense brewing associated with, it it all bodes well. The Sierra series of collaborations for these beers...
Expensive presentation. Corked & caged in the thick, 12.7 oz bottle. Purchased as a single, I want nothing to do with a four-pack. Mahogany pour with a decent little head and some persistent lace and small collar. Nose is a raisin based one,...
Last one from the beer camp 65 pack. Pour is a very good looking mid-to--dark amber. Head is very good, and the retention and lace both excellent. Nose offers some big, and quite grren hops. The tastes do what a class American Red would be expected...
My least favorite of the Beer Camp 12 pack. Pour is a murky orange color with a surprisingly large amount of sediment floating around. Lace and head are below average. Nose and tastes offer a distinct floral element which I suppose is good!...
Pale, golden pour with an above average head. Retention and lace also a little better than average. Nose has a lovely, dry cracker pilsner note. Tastes reflect the nose with a nice balance and dry light hops and some pale malt character. What's...
Before purchasing the Beer Camp 12 pack, I was pretty sure that the beer that I would like least would be this one. It turned out that it was the one that I enjoyed the most, and by quite some distance. It should be noted that is not a commentary...
There's a paper strip over the cork and cage warning that the 'Contents are under high pressure'. Of course, I hardly gave this a thought as this is always the case, but then the cork almost took my head off! I wonder if this label was added as an...
750 mL corked & caged bottle, approx. $15. Are they using the word 'domesticated' to classify it is 'American'??? Next time I see 'all domestics $2.00 per pint', I guess I'll ask for this!! ;-) Mid to dark golden copper hue. Fizzy pour,...
Chill hazed, clouded brown body with a very disappointing head. Some spotty film, but no retention or lace to speak of. Drab and ugly looking. Nose offers typical peppery, medicinal notes with a strange, additional blue cheese note. Smells a bit...
I wasn't crazy about the original Life & Limb, which of course came with plenty of hype, but this version seems to have slipped in with a little less fanfare. I am assuming there are some differences (apart from the presentation which has moved...
Had you asked me in advance of tasting any of the Best of Beer Camp Beers, I would have predicted that the Weizenbock would have been my favorite, so let's see if the theory is born out in the practice with this one. Pour is a very rich,...
My first of the Beer Camp Series. Picked this up at Mac's in Atlanta, along with two of the three others from the Beer Camp mixed pack. Put into their mixed sixer. Clear, golden color with a nice degree of carbonation. Small, one-finger, white...
From notes. Beer was consumed May 2011. Surprisingly light color with come haziness. Big, fluffy one finger head. For the style, the nose is not particularly aggressive but it is assertive. The same can be said of the taste - strong, but not too...
OK, a 'Black Barleywine' brewed by an American brewery is frankly unlikely to be a beer that I fall in love with, so for that reason I decided to sit on this one for a while. I've had it since it first came to Georgia, so a decent amount of time on...
Corked & caged bottle with an unusual shape around the neck. Opens with a fearful pop with a button mushroom like cork - I suggest great care opening this one, but to be honest I would rather have it that way than without sufficient...
Additional notes 08/22/23 (pictured) Draught, JK O’Donnell’s, Fort Wayne, IN. 12oz pour, presumably 2023 vintage. Now sporting an 11% ABV (as opposed to 10.4% in the bottled 2011 vintage) and a ‘Triple IPA’ moniker (yawn), it’s been around a dozen...
750 mL with a tight cork and cage. BIG pop on opening - take care! The beer really does look magnificent in the DFH signature glass. There is a deep, garnet color with some super clarity, and a remarkable, high head with good lace. The head is both...
VERY robust bottle with annoying wax over the cap. Quite an effort to get into it. $9.99 for the bottle, NOT good value. Nice light amber pour with a smallish head but it does produce a little lace. Plenty of citrus, slightly onion-based aromas....
On tap @ Taco Mac in Peachtree City, GA, USA. Absolutely delighted by the concept of a SN beer that *should* reduce the hop profile to a lesser role, let's see if the beer manages to apply that theory to practice. Nothing to complain about in the...
Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. Bleh, ultimately very disappointed considering the supposed gravity of this series. The biggest problem here was the carbonation and general life associated with the beer - in the end nothing but flat and dull. Pour was...
$9.99 Arbor Place Beverage, Douglasville, GA, USA. Impressive pop from the unusually shaped bottle that is corked & caged. Some gun-smoke. Presentation is classy, including the label. Pour is definitely intense-black with a large head at first...
12 oz single from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. Usual SN presentation. Delighted to find a new SN beer that does NOT fit squarely into the "large hopped IPA" category! Hooray. Classic pour with a high, if somewhat poorly retained head and little...
$9.99 for the 24 oz bottle a la SN Harvest brews. Pour is a dark, chestnut body with some frothy lace sitting on the surface. Little lace, but as expected for the ABV. Surprisingly smooth drinking given the alcoholic content. The beer is very sweet...
Delighted and surprised to find this on tap at Taco Mac in Douglasville, GA, USA. 16 oz pour. Pours with a bright, bright golden body, a decent head and amazingly clarity. Normally I'm a huge fan of such clarity but to be honest I expect my Tripels...
24 oz bottle from Total Wine, Perimeter, Atlanta, GA, USA. $9.99 for the privilege! Second time I've had this. Pour is a surprisingly red body with a nice high, white rocky head that produces some really nice lace in the glass. Apart from the fact...
12 oz stubbie (usual SN presentation) poured aggressively into the Tucher, 0.5 L Weizen glass - nice pairing. Looks good and as it should. High, rocky, white head and a light, lemon colored body with the appropriate clouded appearance. Unusually...
16 oz pour, Summits Wayside Tavern, Woodstock, GA, USA. I've been fairly critical of SN in the past for over-hopping their beers so that so many of them taste so similar (The Harvest series, SNPA, Anniversary series, Torpedo, ESB, to some extent...
Had this on tap at Manuel's, Atlanta, GA, USA. 16 oz pour. A bit turbid in the glass, not an especially attractive beer. A bit of a strange brew to say the least. Not sure how I would categorize it but it seemed to me like a cross between a brown...
$4.75 for the 16 oz pint at Taco Mac, Lindbergh, Atlanta, GA, USA. AT LAST, a new SN beer that is NOT the umpteenth hop based, IPA clone for the bazillionth time - in itself that's a minor miracle for SN! Congratulations! Anyway, back to the beer....
11oz pour, Taco Mac, Marietta, GA, USA. $5.50. Surprised to see this here - bonus! Golden body with excellent clarity. Surprisingly good carbonation considering ABV. Head is absent (possibly because of the crappy pour) but at this ABV unlikely to...
To say that I have grown tired of SN may be an exaggeration, but I've been drinking less and less of their products recently. I've grown a touch wary of these somewhat bland and certainly unimaginative hop based pale ales that they turn out time...
On-tap at The Brick Store, Atlanta, GA, USA. Whatever. What's the point in SN producing yet ANOTHER hoppy beer? I just don't get it. In the wake of so many others in their portfolio, this is just another average, hoppy brew. Golden yellow (macro...
I absolutely DESPISE the use of the letters ESB to mean Early Spring Beer; it is both deceptive and classless. This is NOT an ESB, so if we are going to rate this on style it gets a F grade. I'll resist that temptation, JUST. I suppose that in...
2010 vintage 05/13/10 Fresher hop taste and much "greener" than I remember in the past. The beer seems a little darker too, with a more bitter, metallic finish than I remember. Al in all the beer seems more aggressive and has a harder edge than in...
This USED to be listed as a different beer each year in the BA db but in Oct '09 he versions were merged along with one another. 2009 (13th) Pictured. 24 oz bottle, the usual presentation. What's this? A SN hop based beer in the classic...
On draught at the Brick Store, Decatur, GA, USA. Nice beer, but for me this is a VERY bog-standard IPA. Nothing much to report here. Decent copper color, nice clarity and a decent head. Not bad retention. Looks good. Some simple west coast pine...
Pictured 07/04/25 Original notes 12/21/06 Hard to believe that I have never reviewed this from the bottle, so here goes. I end up drinking quite a lot of this beer, but it's really only by default. In the majority of bars that one finds oneself in...
2006 release. On tap at Taco Mac, East-West Connector, Austell, GA, USA. $4.25 or $4.75 a pint. Great color with crystal clear copper notes and a lot more carbonated than I remember in the past. Lots of rising bubbles. Smallish head and not much...
On-tap, Taco Mac, Decatur, GA, USA. Hazed orange pour with a fluffy head and good lacing. Grapefruit notes are immediately apparent in the nose and this manifests itself on the palate quickly too. Green hop bitterness is consistent, and does not...
Very nice, I enjoyed this on tap at Taco Mac in Marietta, GA. Initially I was not expecting much from this as I am generally not a huge fan of SN products. Don't get me wrong I like them, but not to the extent that many other BA's seem to enjoy...
Awful. A nasty macro in micro packaging. Reminded me of a low quality macro lager, with all the charm and sophistication that goes with them. Nasty color, nasty aroma and a weak, but somehow unpleasant taste. Bright gold, incredibly clear (frankly...
Pictured April 2023 '10 vintage, reviewed 02/10 The usual copper clarity on the pour but it seems much more carbonated this year. Fresh and clean and sweeter than many other vintages. The hop bitterness seems reserved for the finish and the...
2010 Vintage. As usual, large grapefruit notes and not a great deal else. 2006 Vintage. Only paid $6.99 this year at Green's. Still grapefruit and soap based, and although I have grown to enjoy this more each year, it still strikes me as a beer...
Large head resulted from an agressive pour, but it disappointed quickly. After that it looked good with an opaque black, solid looking appearance. A lot of bitterness in the whole taste and experience for me. Some of it wasn't really the usual...
Nice. A real tasty little number. Pours the classic, cloudy unfiltered orangey yellow color with a decent head and some lacing. Malts are the initial aroma and flavors which lead to a much hoppier finish than I was expecting. I like the stumpy,...
Significantly better on draught than in the bottle. Hoppy, malty and tasty, this is a very nice, an often available oasis of a drink, in an frequently hopeless desert of North American macro's. A very good example of the style that I enjoy...
$7.29 Six Pack Arbor Place Beverage, Douglasville, GA Very nice. Poured a dark chocolate color with a very small head that disappeared quickly. Some lacing. The fact this is in the Porter style is very much on its side, and this counteracts what I...