Alpha Hop Society: Barrel-Aged Raspberry Blonde Wild Ale
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
- From:
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
- California, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 9.8%
- Score:
- +3 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.16 | pDev: 8.41%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 29, 2020
- Added:
- Jul 25, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.95/5 rDev -5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.95/5 rDev -5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Had this back in June 2017. IIRC my first legit wild ale from Sierra Nevada.
Pours a rose wine like color. Go raspberries, impacting the color and shit. Couldn't really settle in on a head though, just vanished into a sheer film on the top. Aroma of raspberries and wood. Its seems elegantly simple at this point.
Taste showed a chewy brett portfolio. Alternating sweet, sour and dry raspberry effect throughout the entire experience. Hid the alcohol amazingly well, on paper, I look at an abv this high for style and I think its gonna be a terrible beer that is all hot and imperialized. No such problem here. But then again, I guess the fact that the abv says 9.8% here and 7.1% on the bottle is a pretty big difference. Carbonation on point.
This was one of the most enjoyable beers of the series. A lot of them went for some weird Dogfish Head like ingredients, but this one was straight forward and well done.
Jul 29, 2020Pours a rose wine like color. Go raspberries, impacting the color and shit. Couldn't really settle in on a head though, just vanished into a sheer film on the top. Aroma of raspberries and wood. Its seems elegantly simple at this point.
Taste showed a chewy brett portfolio. Alternating sweet, sour and dry raspberry effect throughout the entire experience. Hid the alcohol amazingly well, on paper, I look at an abv this high for style and I think its gonna be a terrible beer that is all hot and imperialized. No such problem here. But then again, I guess the fact that the abv says 9.8% here and 7.1% on the bottle is a pretty big difference. Carbonation on point.
This was one of the most enjoyable beers of the series. A lot of them went for some weird Dogfish Head like ingredients, but this one was straight forward and well done.
Reviewed by JdoubleA from North Carolina
4.9/5 rDev +17.8%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
4.9/5 rDev +17.8%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
Look - Slight pink to rose gold. Crystal clear. White head.
Smell - Raspberries and sour funk. Whoa...
Taste - Raspberry and amazing complex brett dominated by pinapple. Nice sourness.
Mouthfeel - Medium body and appropriate carbonation. Coats a bit.
Overall - An absolutely fantastic beer. It may have been this good last year, who knows, but waiting sure didn't hurt anything. Wish I had another.
Oct 11, 2017Smell - Raspberries and sour funk. Whoa...
Taste - Raspberry and amazing complex brett dominated by pinapple. Nice sourness.
Mouthfeel - Medium body and appropriate carbonation. Coats a bit.
Overall - An absolutely fantastic beer. It may have been this good last year, who knows, but waiting sure didn't hurt anything. Wish I had another.
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