By: Luan Zuccarello
One word – Delicious! I want to start out by saying that I celebrate Sierra’s whole catalogue of beers, and I would even put the Pale Ale in my top 3 of all time. The Summerfest fits the traditional summer beer perfectly with its clean refreshing taste, and it finishes with the typical Sierra Nevada “hoppiness” at the end. If hoppy beers are not your thing, ala Billy Beerslugger, you should stay away. As my one Uncle always says, “It’s like chewing on Hops”.
A little background about the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company – It was established in 1980 by two homebrewers. The first batch of Sierra was brewed right out of their own kitchen! They joined a brewer of the month club to taste home-brews much like their own, and quickly learned what a great product they produced. Sierra Nevada currently produces around 700,000 barrels a year and is a steadfast on BeerAdvocates.com Top 25 list.
| alcohol content 5.0% by volume | yeast Bottom-fermenting Lager Yeast |
| beginning gravity 11.8 Plato | bittering hops Perle & Saaz |
| ending gravity 2.8 Plato | finishing hops Saaz |
| bitterness units 32 | malts Two-row Pale & Munich |