Is Sierra Nevada reformulating Tropical Torpedo?

I'm all for that. Just .7% abv might not make a difference at lower abvs, but above 6% that's my personal cut-off. I can drink a lot of beer at 5% or less, but when you get up towards 7% it's easy to drink a little too much.

I was just thinking the same thing about Goose Island's "Next Coast IPA" at 7% which is a juicy IPA that really tastes like an APA.

The drop in IBUs will certainly make it more "crushable" as well.

 

I have always held opposite logic. I would rather drink a few 8%+ beers than crush a bunch of 5-6% cans. I guess it boils down to if you want to drink beer all day long or not

 

I don't hold to either logic. My logic is "Do I like it?"

 

I have yet to have the original

 

Very good point here. I agree, I would rather drink a couple of good beers over a larger volume of beer. There are two things I should then add to what I've said.

First and foremost, even at 7% I don't find the Tropical Torpedo to be one of those beers that's satisfying enough that even with another beer is enough to complete my evening. It's just not that kind of beer. A Gales Prize Old Ale and a Chimay Grande Reserve - yes!

Secondly, I was thinking more of nights at the pub with the lads or an outdoor event, or even a fairly long dinner party. It's in those cases where I'll definitely have 4 or 5 beers, and maybe more, that alcohol content comes into play. In those instances, even though I like the Tropical Torpedo I'd reach for a Founders All Day instead.

 

Funny we’re only a few hours away from Mills River but some beers are just never fresh. This has been one of those beers.

 

Several 6.5%-8.0% beers consumed casually in the early evening do change the day, even Friday. As much as I love Sierra Nevada, I've never tried this beer. But I do think dialing back on IBUs and ABV could make for a larger arena for likely consumers.

 

You will find the same situation when you come back home to visit. Lot's of non-fresh Sierra Nevada beers at my local beer retailers too.

Cheers!

 

Hard to understand why, especially here. The fact that Gordons cannot be found anywhere in cans is a mystery too. I’ve never seen it on tap in Asheville where places like Barleys is fairly wide open.

 

i never had the orginal tropical torpedo and i still havent had the sidecar orange one

 

Needless to say but you now have lost your chance to try that beer.

Let's hope that Sierra Nevada does not decide to reformulate Sierra Nevada Pale Ale as a business strategy to reverse declining sales of that beer.

Cheers!

 

Maybe it is simply so they can sell it in grocery stores in Utah!

 

I am down, I don't mind Tropical Torpedo and a lower ABV and IBU is right up my alley, and looks like it will be exclusively in both 12 and 16 oz cans, wonder if it will show up in the 19.2 format one day too?

Whatever happened to Lagunitas reformulating Lil Sumpin' Sumpin'?

https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/little-sumpin-sumpin-coming-in-cans.621015/

 

That would be a crime! There are some beers you can’t change. I do like that SN has tried to put out different pales and ipas trying to align with the new market, but keeping their core beers the same.

 

I am with you here. Hopefully SNPA will stay the same.

But there have been a notable amount of changes at Sierra Nevada in the last year or so (e.g., the Tropical Torpedo recipe change we are discussing in this thread, dropping some brands (Nooner for example), the introduction of a 'Mexican' lager to their lineup, etc.) so...

Cheers!

 

Is there anything you love more than you love drawing false aspersions?

 

I love beer!

Edit: As you can read below is has happened before.

 

It's happened before (contrary to even what SN admits to these days, IIRC).

 

Back when they were still distinguishing between bittering and finishing hops they listed perle and magnum hops as well for the Pale Ale. I would imagine it's quite common for breweries to switch their bittering hop over time as new varietals become popular, like going from using Cluster to using a modern German bittering hop like Magnum instead. The Tettnanger I have to imagine was a late boil hop though, I wonder what difference it made if any for the flavor. I wonder if Ken Grossman thought of Cascade as an American hop back then or if he felt it to be a replacement for European hops, like Cascade was being sold to brewers in the early 70s at least.