2020 Sierra Nevada Celebration Lookout Thread

Let’s hope we are drinking it on Halloween.

 

Favorite annual New England post of the year!

 

Always great to see @EnronCFO make A celebration lookout thread. Warms the cockles of my heart.

 

Woooooo! Super exited! I usually get a keg or two and whatever 12 packs I can find. I do like comparing Celebration on tap vs in bottle. Celebration will be more welcomed then ever and I usually take a Lil trip to Yankee Spirits to get a 12 pack, it’s a nice scenic ride for me. I already started to watch for Untapped check ins, and everything recent has been 2019 so no 2020’s out there yet. I can’t wait to crack one on November 1st, as is my tradition.

 

I remember thinking last year's batch tasted particularly great to me - hoping it continues this year.

 

Some kind of biorhythm has kicked in for me and I'm on a total Sierra Nevada kick. As I'm sure I said in threads of the past, I started drinking Sierra Nevada Pale Ale (and Anchor Steam) in the parking lot of Dead Shows years ago, and it's never left my heart. So I've been buying sixers of new stuff as they come out, and revisiting old stuff. The Octoberfest this year, I thought, was better than any of the German collabs of years past. The Dankful was OK - good and solid. Can't wait for Celebration. Think after that I'll go for an old favorite - Torpedo. Hoptimum is also an old favorite, but I don't know if they still make that. Anyway, cheers to all for a happy Fall!

 

I agree, the carb was really dialed in last year. Had a creamier feel than normal.

 

agreed. It was my beer of the year and potentially my favorite IPA ever.

 

Do you prefer the keg or the bottle? I’m not sure if I’ve ever had it on draft. I do not get out very much.

 

This is my big beer event these days, and I started getting amped about it a week ago

 

Like, like, like...

 

i heard it is double dry hopped this year and has a lactose treatment.... kidding of course. i have about 10 bottles of octoberfests left, so celebration on november 1st sounds good to me as well. and yeah, i would be be a happy with a version like last year; it definitely was stellar.

 

I feel ya brotha, love me some Celebration. Do you devour the Cool Ranch Doritos and wash it down with Celebration? Ha, ha....

Cheers

 

I don’t know if it’s the difference in carbonation between the keg or bottle conditioned but on tap I feel it’s smoother. The bottle has slightly more carbonation but that could all be in my head.

 

*Cool American Doritos

 

I agree with this. Surprisingly I like the draft version with a bit of age on it (I know, counter-intuitive), the dank and pine come out a bit more with age. There's a bar near me that usually throws SNCA draft on around xmas and it's great - and yes the owner's a big fan of the beer.