Sidecar Orange Pale Ale
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
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- From:
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
Ranked #1,092 - ABV:
- 5.3%
- Score:
- 83
Ranked #25,323 - Avg:
- 3.68 | pDev: 10.33%
- Reviews:
- 200
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 03, 2021
- Added:
- Jul 18, 2014
- Wants:
- 12
- Gots:
- 192
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
Notes:
We love hops with a bright, citrus-heavy character. We always wondered what it would be like to punch up the citrus while maintaining a crisp hop bite and balance. The result is this new take on the hoppy pale ale brewed with Cascade, Equinox, and Mandarina hops with a hint of orange peel from additions in both the brew kettle and the fermenter that tweak the classic hop profile and add a zesty pop of bright orange flavor.
BITTERING HOPS: Magnum
FINISHING HOPS: Cascade, Equinox, Mandarina
MALTS: Two-row Pale, Honey malt, Munich
OTHER: Orange
35 IBU
BITTERING HOPS: Magnum
FINISHING HOPS: Cascade, Equinox, Mandarina
MALTS: Two-row Pale, Honey malt, Munich
OTHER: Orange
35 IBU
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Rated by SmokySignals from North Carolina
3.55/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.55/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Too much orange to take seriously
Sep 26, 2019
Reviewed by spectru from Florida
3.69/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Clear amber, white head, dissipates to a bubbly film, lacy; Not much smell, no hint of orange; Mild flavor, still no orange, not bitter, not sweet; good mouthfeel, good carbonation; Not bad, a pleasant beer.
My bottle has a different label from the one shown here on BA and, it says Orange IPA instead of Orange Pale Ale
Sep 06, 2019My bottle has a different label from the one shown here on BA and, it says Orange IPA instead of Orange Pale Ale
Rated by Sgt_1991 from Georgia
3.86/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.86/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Just an orange apa not much else too it. Smells better than it tastes. Not very filling though. Definitely have had much worse
Jun 16, 2019
Rated by rpspencer1 from Virginia
4/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Enjoyable and refreshing. Very nice taste
Apr 01, 2019
Reviewed by cyclonece09 from Wisconsin
3.6/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.6/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a bottle into a pint glass. Pours semi cloudy orange with a small white head. Smells of stronger citrus hops. Tastes of citrus hops, especially orange, with slight sweet grain. Beer is light bodied and easy drinking, good carbonation. Overall, an above average beer.
Dec 08, 2018
Reviewed by Tone from Missouri
3.86/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
3.86/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
Pours a hazy amber color. 1/3 inch head of a white color. Good retention and good lacing. Smells of orange, citrus hops, pale malt, and slight sweet malt. Fits the style of an American Pale Ale. Mouth feel is sharp and crisp, with an average carbonation level. Tastes of orange, citrus hops, pale malt, hint of piney hops, and slight sweet malt. Overall, good appearance, simple, but refreshing and tasty.
Nov 13, 2018
Reviewed by WunderLlama from Massachusetts
3.87/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.87/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
bottle poured into a pilsener glass
clear amber, slow carbonation, three finger solid froth off white foam cap, good lacings, very good foam retention
aroma of orange rind, orange and more orange
taste of orange with gentle hop nibble
low sudsing, hop nibble lingers with the orange flavor
if you like orange flavored litely hope beer, then try this
Nice beer
Sep 02, 2018clear amber, slow carbonation, three finger solid froth off white foam cap, good lacings, very good foam retention
aroma of orange rind, orange and more orange
taste of orange with gentle hop nibble
low sudsing, hop nibble lingers with the orange flavor
if you like orange flavored litely hope beer, then try this
Nice beer
Sidecar Orange Pale Ale from Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
83 out of
100 with
767 ratings
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