Sierra Nevada "Trip in the Woods" Abbey Ale
Is an abbey ale a Belgian ale ? Is it a dubbel ? What should I expect from it? This has been barrel aged , so will th…
Sunday, March 08, 2026
Is an abbey ale a Belgian ale ? Is it a dubbel ? What should I expect from it? This has been barrel aged , so will th…
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Sunday, March 08, 2026
At some point, you have to come to grips with the idea that you might not be able to drink beer for every meal. But, w…
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Sunday, August 31, 2025
This is the last of the bunch , and I have saved what I expected to be the best for last. I had a surge of love for DIP…
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Wednesday, October 23, 2024
I will start by saying that I don't know how Gutmann is involved. I've never heard of them before, but they say…
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Friday, October 18, 2024
Sierra Nevada beers have been pretty solidly great. Yes, there are going to be outliers , but the graph at the bottom …
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Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Okay, so we're going from something that I think I understand , a cold IPA, to something that is entirely new to me…
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Monday, October 14, 2024
Sometimes beautiful things start with a multi-pack. I've had plenty of Sierra Nevada beers, and I think I can have…
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Sunday, October 13, 2024
I will admit to having moved this bottle to the back of the fridge a couple times. I am not looking forward to this. I&…
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Saturday, August 24, 2024
I went back and looked half a dozen times. I could have sworn I had this before and that I did a review of it, but I am…
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Friday, August 16, 2024
I got a multipack of Sierra Nevada beer, and I'm kind of already regretting it. At first glance, it looked like it…
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Tuesday, August 06, 2024
I recently heard some derisive comments about Sierra Nevada , but I dismissed those out of hand. The fact is, they have…
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Wednesday, February 15, 2023
I don't even remember what my last Sierra Nevada beer was. That is to say, I didn't have one this week. As I…
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Sunday, July 03, 2022
The onslaught of beers from Sierra Nevada continues. The Hazy Little Thing was a darn good beer that I wouldn't …
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Saturday, June 19, 2021
The haze trend continues for Sierra Nevada with this - a new DIPA . It seems like the trend of DIPAs have just about d…
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Thursday, June 17, 2021
It just seems like it's wrong to have a brewery named Sierra Nevada that is not in Nevada. I get it. I understand …
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Monday, June 14, 2021
I give many breweries a hard time about incoherent or difficult to read labels, but I'm going to take a step back o…
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Sunday, September 01, 2019
The last of the 'experimental' beers, I figured out that the experiment is some kind of odd hops from the mount…
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Tuesday, February 05, 2019
Third of Four would be this beer's Borg name. The first experimental beer was a very good effort. The second beer…
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Monday, February 04, 2019
Another Experimental Hop beer, and the first one has made me expect odd and great things. I think I understand now - l…
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Sunday, February 03, 2019
This is the first in my new four-part series called "What the heck is this?" This first one is an 'experi…
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Saturday, February 02, 2019