Sierra Nevada appreciation...

So many good beers at good prices.

In order of my favorites

1.) Celebration
2.) Bigfoot
3.) SNPA
4.) Narwhal
5.) Torpedo
6.) Pretty much the rest of their beers.

 

I'm a huge Sierra fan because of the great quality, solid prices, and ridiculous availability. From the regular/seasonal line I absolutely love Hoptimum, Narwhal, Celebration, Torpedo, and Tumbler. Really really like the Stout, Porter, Kellerweis, and SNPA is always a great reliable choice.
In bombers I enjoy the Ovilas a lot with the Quad and Golden being my favorites. For the absolute best it'd be a toss up between Jack and Ken's Barleywine which was incredible with some age on it and Barrel aged Life & Limb which was just a thing of pure beauty. By a slim margin I'll take the latter it's pretty damn close.
Just a lot of great beers across the board.

 

Love their Stout as a go-to staple for the category. Bigfoot is always a treat, and Narwahl is unbelievable!

 

Sierra Nevada is my favorite brewery out there. They simply don't make a bad beer and no craft brewery can match them for consistent excellence. It's great to know that a SNPA will taste the same (assuming its within 4 or 5 months old) no matter where or when you get it. Torpedo is an amazing IPA and the rest of the regular line-up is extremely solid. Couple all these with their seasonals, all of which range from good to outstanding, and you have an amazing brewery. Combine all of that with their price and availability and you are hard to beat SN. And don't get me started on how underrated Hoptimum is. One of the best IIPAs out there...

 

The Estate ale was also World Class!

 

I can't wait to try the Ovila Abbey Saison brewed with mandarin oranges and peppercorns. When does it come out?

 

I was at the brewery yesterday, they finished bottleing the day before & I think they said 2 weeks before is will start being sent out. Also i think the first run of Summerfest in cans was today...

 

Thanks for the info, good times ahead!

 

Amen bro!

 

-- Sierra's got it goin' on for sure..I'd say they may be my all around Fav "Brand" lets call it. I can't pick just one I LOVE a LOT of them:

Torpedo (this one's usually in my fridge as a Staple, esp. in the Summertime), Celebration,
Hoptimum, Ruthless, Bigfoot, Tumbler, NH Harvest, & of course the flagship Pale Ale (that started it all for me..&
Most) - Damn near their Whole lineup !

- Hell, their Stout & Porter aren't all that bad either. I Liked their discontinued ESB (early spring beer) quite a bit..
haven't been Lucky enough to nab a Narwhal yet in my area...we get so Few & they go so Fast!
- Sure wish I could try an Imperial Hellraiser too (do they even make that anymore?) !

- - - Torpedo in 16 OZ/4pk are the shit for a day on the golf course - just flatout Perfect !

 

Haven't tried Summer Fest yet but if it lives up to quality of the other three listed it should be amazing.

P.S. I love Fritz and Ken, if anyone is looking to unload extra bottles send them my way, I am down to one bottle!!!!!!

 

Couldn't agree more. Let's just face it that with the way the craft industry has exploded that there are breweries producing some out of this world liquids, but Sierra Nevada are still one of my favorites and I consider them one of the best breweries in the world. Their style and quality is top shelf and Idc about their quantity. The fact of being too big is ridiculous in my book. SN prove you can get greAt beer in bulk to the majority of the world and still do it in a world class manner. It's almost an insult when I see someone like the Boston Beer Co on the ratebeer top 100 list of 2012, but no Sierra Nevada.. SN are a staple of what good craft beer is about and that's not taking anything away from Sam Adams. But these guys at SN do it right and continue to stick around on top even with the major growth in quality the beer world has to offer. Their lineup is classic and everything they release is hall of fame worthy. They blew Narwhal out of the park btw and lets hope a Barrel Aged version of that and Bigfoot are released in bottles to everyone who enjoys their beer. Bigfoot is still to this day a highly sought after barleywine and rightfully so. Let's respect these guys and give SN the credit they've no less than deserved. I appreciate SN and always will buy their class brews. They have multiple 'go to' brews I still enjoy and I never see that changing. No matter how big they get. The quality is there in plenty as always and that's enough in itself to appreciate and start a topic just like this one. I appreciate you for starting this post lol.

 

Speaking of Bigfoot, spotted this at Central Market in Houston this afternoon:

 

SNPA, Torpedo, and Stout. Though ive never had anything from them I didn't like

 

I love Stilton cheese -- and I especially love the Stilton and chutney on brown bread sandwich you can (or used to be able) get at the Fuller Brewery -- goes great with the ESB. And I can't say I've ever picked up any sort of Stilton or other cheese character in Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, and I've been enjoying it for over 20 years. I think you've been sold some old beer.

 

Ditto. Hoptimum rocks!!!

 

I absolutely love everything about BA Bigfoot. I want as much of it as i can get my hands on.

 

Finally I found a 2013 Bigfoot here in Utah. I'm liking it better than the last 2 editions, very tasty. One thing I've noticed over the years with their IPAs is that they are very very similar, but with different labels.

Cheers!

 

Awesome beers: Celebration, Bigfoot, Hoptimum, Estate IPA, Brux
Very good beers: Ruthless, Pale Ale, Torpedo, Stout, Porter, Hemispheres
Good beers: Kellerweis, ESB (miss that beer)
Just OK beers: Summerfest, Tumbler

The others I have not had.

 

SNPA was my "go to" beer for many years when I lived in NorCal. I still pick some up now and then because it's always good.

Celebration and Hoptimum are probably my two favorites.