Brut IPA
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
- From:
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
- California, United States
- Style:
- Brut IPA
- ABV:
- 6.2%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 3.66 | pDev: 12.3%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 160
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 28, 2026
- Added:
- Dec 22, 2018
- Wants:
- 12
- Gots:
- 64
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
This is our Brut IPA, a new take on IPA brewed for a bone dry champagne-style finish. Late hop additions give the beer balanced bitterness and a bright pop of citrus flavor. It's as intriguing as it is drinkable.
BITTERING HOPS: Simcoe
FINISHING HOPS: Comet, Crystal, Chinook, Simcoe
MALTS: Two-row Pale, Wheat, Acidulated
25 IBU
BITTERING HOPS: Simcoe
FINISHING HOPS: Comet, Crystal, Chinook, Simcoe
MALTS: Two-row Pale, Wheat, Acidulated
25 IBU
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Ratings by Sinfull:
Rated by Sinfull from New York
3.43/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.43/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Clear golden color. Small, white head. Grass and pine in the aroma. Dry with strong hoppy bitterness. Not bad, but not my favorite variation of IPA.
Jun 06, 2025More User Ratings:
Rated by ttoadee from Texas
3.6/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.6/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
RB transfer
Feb 28, 2026Reviewed by CoasterRider from Washington
4.37/5 rDev +19.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.37/5 rDev +19.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
For being a "Brut" it had a sweetness to the finish. I was expecting a really dry bitterness on the finish. I really enjoyed the citrus/hop flavor, medium bodied this beer tasted almost like a summer ale. Very drinkable. 25 IBUs Rated 4-17-2019
Jan 21, 2025
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.5/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bottle from Albertsons. Here's Sierra Nevada hopping on yet another crazed, this time the Brut ipas. Pours a very pale golden with a small skin of white head. Aroma is fruity, grapes. Taste brings a little bit of sweetness, and a very sharp pronounced bitterness. Overall, very light in body and palate. This improved over time, as it warmed, and as the palate adjusted to the yeast.
Oct 19, 2021
Reviewed by lwillitz from Wisconsin
3.37/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.5
3.37/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.5
12-oz bottle into Belgian ale glass
A - 3 fingers of white over a transparent body of pale yellow, clouded with suspended sediment throughout
S - orchard fruits, lemon, grass
T - lemon, orchard fruits, spice and grass from the hops
M - light body with high carbonation, dry finish
O - Not terrible; just not quite what I expected from an IPA.
Jan 22, 2020A - 3 fingers of white over a transparent body of pale yellow, clouded with suspended sediment throughout
S - orchard fruits, lemon, grass
T - lemon, orchard fruits, spice and grass from the hops
M - light body with high carbonation, dry finish
O - Not terrible; just not quite what I expected from an IPA.
Reviewed by flyingpig from Scotland
3.19/5 rDev -12.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.19/5 rDev -12.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
355ml bottle from Beerhawk online shop (£3.39):
Very light & clear golden to straw coloured with a thumb-sized white head & some lacing on the sides. The nose is light with lager malts & some citrus with subtle grassy hops at the end but it's very much like a pale lager up to this point. The taste was very dry, sharp & closer to the brut IPA taste I was hoping for with a hint of tart & more citrus at the end but still not many hops. It's well-carbonated with a crisp, lveily feel & overall it was very dry.
Jan 16, 2020Very light & clear golden to straw coloured with a thumb-sized white head & some lacing on the sides. The nose is light with lager malts & some citrus with subtle grassy hops at the end but it's very much like a pale lager up to this point. The taste was very dry, sharp & closer to the brut IPA taste I was hoping for with a hint of tart & more citrus at the end but still not many hops. It's well-carbonated with a crisp, lveily feel & overall it was very dry.
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