2017 SN Celebration Lookout Thread

Any sightings in Springfield or west in Massachusetts?

 

Here's a strange one. Celebration was pouring out of the Pale Ale tap at Charlie's Kitchen in Harvard Square the other night. I even asked the guy if they'd swapped out the kegs but he insisted it was the Pale Ale.

Even if my palate was busted, that was the reddest Sierra Nevada Pale Ale I've ever drank.

 

LOL.

 

Looks like SN made a short video about everyone on this thread - is that you tossing hops @EnronCFO?

 

I will check Yankee Spirits in Sturbridge today and report back. Usually they get tons of it in when it ships.

 

Just received it at my store Monday. Snowpacks should be in today, not sure tho. Still waiting on that Fresh Hop Pack!

 

Ted's in Charlton has a ton of it in the walk in cooler. $14.00 for a 12 pack. Bomb ass sandwiches too

 

I was wondering if I was the only one. Sure the hops fall off some but damn, still a great beer well past when you would expect.

 

Finally picked some up. Got a 12pack for $15 at Bacon's in Hudson, MA. This was one of my first "favorite" beers. With all the love for the soft mouthfeel the NEIPAs are getting, while this might be a bit thinner, it's pretty full bodied and smooth af. Great brew.

 

Still haven't seen any. Anyone in Maine seen it yet?

 

SN beers in general hold up so much better than anything else on the market. I won't shy away from buying a 6 month old SNPA, it still tastes great.

 

It's actually better when it has a few months on it.

 

They are one of the better, if not the best, breweries in the country at packaging. Their system is set up to ensure as little oxygen as possible is in those bottles/cans.

Celebration also has one of the better malt backbones of any IPA, it sets the standard for a "balanced" IPA (balanced in quotes, because it's still an IPA). So when that sweet caramel malt backbone peaks through with age, the beer still tastes good.

Personally I still prefer it fresh, as it's still an IPA, and the hops are still the showcase for my palate. But I had a 2008 Celebration either last year or the year prior, and it still tasted good. Almost like an aged Bigfoot Light.

 

Looks like SN has only two distributors in Maine, why not check with them? Both their websites' list phone numbers and email addresses, etc.

http://www.nappidistributors.com/

http://www.pinestatebeverage.com/

 

I picked up some at Bier Cellar on Forrest Ave yesterday.

 

How are peeps liking it this year?

I'm tasting more caramel malt forward, with not a ton of dank piney. Dry finish too, good stuff

 

I still have not seen in Fairfield County or cross the border in Westchester. Very late this year.

 

It's currently on tap at the 99's in Andover.

 

I've seen it in New Haven County for about a week now.