Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Returns in 2016

Awww Yiisss. Best beer festival I have ever attended. Hopfully its back in chicago again.

 

Minority? The beers in the pack are all rated 83 or higher, and a couple are scoring in the 90s. You just heard a small and vocal minority of guys on the forums that don't like SN brews. I don't understand it, myself. I picked up two of the 12 pks and enjoyed every single one of the beers.

 

That is awesome!! So excited for 2016 (but what will I do for the next several months - oh yeah - drink beer)!

 

hope they bring that ninkasi milk stout back

 

Besides the great beer Sierra Nevada brews, I also admire that they see the craft industry as a collective effort and they are willing to do collaborations like this.

 

I just hope they thrown a sweet-ass triple IPA in there. oh yeah.

 

Off topic: Ninkasi just released Noir Milk Stout, which was "heavily influenced" by their collab last year.

On topic: The NW group has Bale Breaker, Barley Browns, Melvin (formerly known as Thai Me Up), and Odell. I hope they play to the strengths of the collaborating breweries and make a box full of fucking awesome IPAs.

 

I'm a bit confused. So are they doing separate mixed 12 packs with each group? Or just one mixed 12 with one beer from each region?

I'm thinking the second idea is more likely but the first idea would be awesome!

 

Last year's fest(chici) was so underwhelming..75 bucks too...

 

Heck yeah! I'll be going to the southwest one if trillium, Lawson's, creature comforts etc will be there. However, if I remember correctly not all the breweries participated in the festivals and left many people feeling butt hurt over it.

 

Some consider them boring, but SN is very important in craft beer.

I am really excited to see what this trillium collab means for craft beer.

Would SN be inspired to create something in that NE style? That would truly change the game

What if SN offers hop oils up for Trillium to use? Another game changer

 

http://beercamp.sierranevada.com/

"Inspired by rock ‘n’ roll Super Groups, we’re teaming up with 30 talented breweries to make six Super Groups of our own. Sierra Nevada, along with these bands of brewers, will create an all-new mixed pack of beers that showcases the art, spirit and attitude of American craft beer."

The 6 groups/packs(2 of each beer):

NORCAL

• Bear Republic Brewing Co.
  Healdsburg, CA
• Maui Brewing Co.
  Maui, HI
• Faction Brewing Co.
  Alameda, CA
• Magnolia Gastropub and Brewery
  San Francisco, CA
• Mad River Brewing Co.
  Blue Lake, CA
• Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
  Chico, CA

SOUTHWEST

• Beachwood BBQ & Brewing
  Long Beach, CA
• Port Brewing Co./The Lost Abbey
  San Marcos, CA
• Bagby Beer Co.
  Oceanside, CA
• Societe Brewing Co.
  San Diego, CA
• Smog City Brewing Co.
  Torrance, CA
• Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
  Chico, CA

PACIFIC NW & ROCKIES

• Bale Breaker Brewing Co.
  Yakima, WA
• Barley Brown’s Beer
  Baker City, OR
• Melvin Brewing Co.
  Jackson Hole, WY
• Black Raven Brewing Co.
  Redmond, WA
• Odell Brewing Co.
  Fort Collins, CO
• Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
  Chico, CA

MIDWEST

• August Schell Brewing Co.
  New Ulm, MN
• Dark Horse Brewing Co.
  Marshall, MI
• Sun King Brewery
  Indianapolis, IN
• Perennial Artisan Ales
  St. Louis, MO
• Half Acre Beer Co.
  Chicago, IL
• Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
  Mills River, NC

NORTHEAST & MID-ATLANTIC

• Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
  Milton, DE
• Devils Backbone Brewing Co.
  Roseland, VA
• Lawson’s Finest Liquids
  Warren, VT
• Stoudts Brewing Co.
  Adamstown, PA
• Trillium Brewing Co.
  Boston, MA
• Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
  Mills River, NC

SOUTHEAST

• Funky Buddha Brewery
  Oakland Park, FL
• Wicked Weed Brewing
  Asheville, NC
• Austin Beerworks
  Austin, TX
• Bayou Teche Brewing
  Arnaudville, LA
• Creature Comforts Brewing Co.
  Athens, GA
• Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
  Mills River, NC

 

They'll probably brew a brown ale.

 

That's a good question. If I were to guess the packs will be made up by region and Sierra Nevada will add their own beer camp beer. Each having two of the same beers in each 12er.

 

I think the idea of splitting this up into regions is good and bad

I liked trying a beer from alaska last year.

But the hoppy beers were stored warm and were a month old by the time they got to my fridge.

Hopefully SN can take a page out of Stones book and ship them ASAP like Enjoy By. Also, brew the hoppy beers last.

 

Very few breweries have the organization and willingness to attempt something ambitious like this. Yeah, it could always fall flat but cheers to SN for giving this a try. Looking forward to trying the Midwest pack because the Midwest is always the best

 

The bottle dates were all off. Picked up a 12er as soon as I saw it and half the beers were over a month old. Maybe that's why they changed it up. Probably hard to time 12 different beers, especially if Sierra Nevada was brewing them all for for bottling, at least that's my assumption.

 

I would agree to a point, but they brew really good beer, their collaboration Oktoberfest is really good and I was impressed with their Fall Pack.

 

IIRC, even SN admitted the logistics of co-brewing and then packaging those different beers was a nightmare. My read on this is the identified breweries will work together on recipe creation, but that SN will be able to brew them whenever they're ready, hopefully making brew times/packaging times/etc more in sync. That's just me theory though. Point is, I think this go-round might make things easier to get everything out in a timely manner.