RIP Summerfest

@SierraTerence

"Actually, Celebration draught sales are solid"
skipped the excluding this year because we, at our Old Chicago, are drinking it like there's no tomorrow.

 

I was fortunate enough to enjoy one pint on draft before everything shut down again. De-lish. It always has that extra creamy deliciousness on tap.

 

Maybe they've been listening to 'classic country' radio feeds. A song in that genré which I generally recall hearing is titled, "How Can I Miss You If You Won't Go Away?"

 

Perhaps followed by the song: "If I Said You Have a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me"?

Cheers!

 

Fatheads had a great Starlight Lager in cans but dumped it also.

 

I wrote SN complaining about Summerfest and chasing trends etc. No reply from them as of yet.

 

You could have tagged @SierraTerence to your post.

Cheers!

 

Yep. They brewed and packaged a ton of it, and it sat on shelves. I’m convinced that’s why they haven’t packaged a lager since.

 

I’m not sure where you are in Ohio, but Noble Beast just canned Union Pils again. I think it’s a very good beer.

 

There's a case sitting at my local right now if anyone wants one last go at it. Might be a little stale.

 

They still package/sell a Lager, their Oktoberfest, which is pretty good.

 

Oops! Yes. Forgot about that one.

 

To Helles and back. That said, I drink some Schulz Brau Helles when I want a nice alternative to Summerfest. Plus it is brewed around 24 miles from my home. Always fresh.

 

Well this showed up at my local shop yesterday. If this is what is meant to replace Summerfest, disappointing to say the least.

https://www.brewbound.com/news/sierra-nevada-to-release-summer-break-session-hazy-ipa/

 

You hadn't heard? It's all over Beerland: we need another IPA, so why not make it hazy too?

 

I'm a loyal Sierra Nevada consumer and I loved Summerfest. I won't touch that crap.
I did try Wanderland and it sucked.

 

Sierra Nevada is dead to me

 

I actually picked up a single stovepipe can of SN Pale Ale today. It was delicious as always. I do agree that some recent choices leave me head scratching.

 

Everything about that article is crap. The quotes are laughable to me. Can’t believe people who work for SN would talk that way.

 

What, you don't think these craftsman are serious about making beer that is "flavorful yet crushable" or "light and slammable"?

Still drink a lot of snpa, dankful was delicious and I'll be looking for more batches of that, and if porter and stout ever show their face in my market again I'll be all over it. But ya, sierra has made it pretty hard to support them lately