Skiesta
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

 

Very, very light in color. Thin head. A bit skunky, but only a bit. Easy drinking and makes me wish it was summer and I was on a beach somewhere.

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. "Skiesta"
12 fl. oz. can coded "53 PKGD 091925 10:10" and sampled on 121125
$29.99 / 24 can mixed "Snow Pack" case @ Costco, Christiana, DE

Notes via stream of consciousness: When I saw the winter pack at Costco I immediately grabbed it and my wife asked me why. I said "Because it's Sierra Nevada. I can trust anything they make." This one is a Bavarian lager so let's see if I'm right. It's poured a clear golden body beneath a finger's width of white foam. The aroma displays Pilsner malt, a little bit of lager yeast character, and some hops that I'll just call "noble" because I can't really pick out anything specific. On to the taste, the lightly sweetish Pilsner malt dominates, threaded through with those "noble" hops which are a touch spicy and a hint herbal, and a very light suggestion of apple-like fruitiness in the background. I have to laugh because back when Sierra Nevada started a craft brewery would be pissed upon if they brewed a beer like this and now lagers are all the rage second only to IPAs. It's really nicely done. What's the ABV on this? It's just 4.7% which makes sense as it's light and delicate. I could drink a whole lot of these! I would like more hops in the aroma but i won't complain. In the mouth it's medium-light in body and gently crisp. I was right, Sierra Nevada never lets me down (well, there might be one or two but I don't remember them so let's just forget it.)

Review #9,375

 

 

53 PKGD 09/19/25. Poured into a Samuel Adams Perfect Pint.

A: Crystal clear gold with —finger white foamy head that fades quickly and leaves no lacing.

S: Mild amount of bready cereal grain and earth herbal, grassy, hay hop notes

T: Flavor showcase plenty of clean pale pils malt with higher than usual melanoidins for the style with very earthy, hay, grassy, herbal noble hop character. Bitterness is moderate.

M: Light bodied with moderate carbonation and dry but not watery finish.

O: Solid lager with an earthy, more rustic profile.

 

cracker, grass, refreshing, lemon, dry, crisp

 

Picked up as part of the Costco Cool 24 Pack in Spartanburg, SC on 12-13-24 for $30. Packaged in Mills River on 10-11-24; consumed for review 1-8-25.

Beer poured clear gold with a very nice white head.

Nose is nice, getting notes of white crackers and peppery phenols.

Taste is a crackers and white bread malt base. Finishes with notes of lemongrass and black pepper. Nicely balanced with an appropriate amount of sweetness.

Mouthfeel is light to medium bodied and kind of refreshing.

Overall, this was done nicely by the SNBC team!

 

Had Skiesta poured from 12-oz. can, bottom stamped "PKGD 101124," into pilsner glass.

Pours lemon-straw with clarity and 1-finger near-white head, with decent retention, pulling a little splotchy lace down the glass. Big barley malt aroma off pour, soon joined by aromas of mild lemon and a hint of spice, before some finishing funk. On tasting, begins crisp but mildly malty, with a little bitter lemon, then the beer begins drying away until there is nothing left but a little crisp, spicy, lemony bite for a mild finish.

A very pale, unusually dry, but refreshing and crushable Helles.

Can. Pale clear gold with ring. Mild grassy herbal aroma. Super clean crackery honey sweetness with perfectly matched herbal bitterness. Very light body, maybe even light for style, with enough carbo to blend but not bite. Totally excellent.

 

 

 

Pours a golden color with a slight head and lacing
Aroma has lemongrass hints
Taste has a lemongrass flavor
A medium bodied well carbonated beer
A good Helles