Food & Drink

Review: Sierra Nevada Celebration Fresh Hop IPA (2021)

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Christmastime is when the purple cans of Sierra Nevada Celebration IPA begin exhibiting up on cabinets, a beer the corporate has brewed yearly because it was established 40 years in the past. Launched to have fun not simply the vacations however the arrival of recent hops, the basic IPA is made with a mixture of Cascade, Centennial, and Chinook hops and is designed to be consumed quickly after launch.

It’s a stable IPA — not too bitter, not too earthy, not too fruity — a balanced exploration of hops that comes throughout as barely grassy and floral, with a wholesome slug of pine beneath. Followers of Sierra Nevada’s classic Pale Ale will discover this a well-recognized expertise on the entire, working on the end to extra of a brooding forest flooring character, barely mushroomy — and a bit much less “recent” than different seasonal choices, like Stone’s Enjoy By series. That stated, no main complaints right here. Drink it whereas it’s, er, chilly.

6.8% abv.

A- / $10 per six-pack / sierranevada.com 

Sierra Nevada Celebration Contemporary Hop IPA (2021)

$10

Ranking


9.0/10

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