Summer Break
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
- From:
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
- California, United States
- Style:
- Hazy Pale Ale
Ranked #197 - ABV:
- 4.6%
- Score:
- 84
Ranked #32,038 - Avg:
- 3.7 | pDev: 11.08%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 67
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 28, 2026
- Added:
- Mar 12, 2021
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 14
SCORE
84
Good
84
Good
Drop into summertime, stocked with a Session Hazy IPA brewed for long days of play. Go anywhere with hoppy notes of mango and passion fruit, backed by smooth malt flavor.
Malt: Oats, Two-row Pale, Wheat
Hops: Amarillo, Chinook, Comet, Mosaic, Simcoe, Strisselspalt
30 IBU
Malt: Oats, Two-row Pale, Wheat
Hops: Amarillo, Chinook, Comet, Mosaic, Simcoe, Strisselspalt
30 IBU
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Ratings by Flyte:
Rated by Flyte from California
4.25/5 rDev +14.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Aug 27, 2023
4.25/5 rDev +14.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Aug 27, 2023
More User Ratings:
Rated by ttoadee from Texas
3.55/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.55/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
RB transfer
Feb 28, 2026
Reviewed by CoasterRider from Washington
3.58/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
3.58/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
Nice crisp taste, with a mild hop taste. Goes down smooth. Don't think I've had a session IPA before, but this is quite good. Rated 12-22-2021 30 IBUs
Jan 21, 2025
Reviewed by GStone899 from Minnesota
3.25/5 rDev -12.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.25/5 rDev -12.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Decent sessionable IPA which is tough to do. Light without being completely flavorless. Not many ibus, nose is quite thin, mouthfeel is decent but very carbonated. If an IPA and a sparkling water had a baby.
May 29, 2023
Reviewed by BFCarr from New Jersey
3.71/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.71/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
A session IPA I can get behind. Pours straw yellow with a thick white head. Aroma is mild hop floral. Taste is solid hop bitter with a good sweet balance. Feel is also punching above its ABV with a nice coating feel. Overall at 4.6% it's excellent.
May 16, 2023
Reviewed by ramseye4 from Virginia
3.6/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.6/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours with a huge head, light straw color, moderately hazy.
Aroma is citrus fruit, orange, pine
Tastes predominately of west coast style piney hops. A little pineapple in finish but kind of weak. It’s not bad, just not too different from some of their other offerings
M- light and pleasant
Overall it’s not bad at all. But it’s a lower abv west coast pale ale that looks hazy, not a true New England IPA. I do say it would be easy to crush a couple of these on a hot day though
Mar 03, 2023Aroma is citrus fruit, orange, pine
Tastes predominately of west coast style piney hops. A little pineapple in finish but kind of weak. It’s not bad, just not too different from some of their other offerings
M- light and pleasant
Overall it’s not bad at all. But it’s a lower abv west coast pale ale that looks hazy, not a true New England IPA. I do say it would be easy to crush a couple of these on a hot day though
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