Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

Until quite recently, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale was one of those beers that I'd heard good things about but had never managed to find. So imagine my delight when a local supermarket began stocking it last year. I know, I'm easy pleased. Actually, although I am relatively easy-to-please, in an undemanding, who-gives-a-fnck-anyway sort-of-a-way, I do take my beer seriously. Well, not exactly seriously, it's just beer after all, but I much prefer to drink one or two quality beers than chugging down six-packs of burp-juice. So, when everyone else trundles home from the shops with bulky crates of ... more

More and more, we are seeing American "microbrews" becoming available to us accross the country (maybe even accross the world). I have had a few, and I think that some would make even the grouchiest American beer critic eat his words. I was at a bar one day that had 53 different beers on tap, mostly American microbrews. One of them was called Sierra Harvest Ale (one to look out for), and I absolutely fell in love with it. So I set out to find it at a store, but to no avail. I did find this stuff, though, so I researched it instead... The Sierra Nevada brewery was founded in 1979 by Ken ... more

This is a very tasty, somewhat hoppy pale ale from the Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. in the USA. It is the most popular beer produced by the brewery. I bought a couple of bottles from my local Morrisons as they seem to have a nice selection of different beers there that aren't available elsewhere. I paid about £1.50 each for a couple of small 350ml stubby bottles. It is 5.6% Alc. There is a thin layer of sediment in the bottle due to the beer being bottle conditioned. Bottle conditioned beers are generally of a much better quality than comercial beers which are filtered, force carbonated and ... more

Not for the faint hearted. When I was a young lad, I've alway wondered how people can enjoy beer. I preceeded to ask my father and his answer was true and from the heart. "It's an aquired taste." It took me years to know the real meaning of "aquired" and now I understand. This beer is definetly an aquired taste. I've had BBQ parties at my house and when ever I buy Sierra Nevada I get at least one person pumping there arm like a chicken, because this is such a strong and bold flavored beer. I've had others tell me that Sierra Nevada tastes like a tree trunk. The facts are that you may not like ... more