Launching Big Little Thing

Sierra Nevada Brewing: We’re launching Big Little Thing — Literally. From a Catapult. Tune in March 9th and watch LIVE as we send our new Imperial IPA into the stratosphere. And maybe break a Guinness World Record in the process. 

Big Little Thing: https://sierranevada.com/beer/big-little-thing

​ Find Beer Near You: https://sierranevada.com/beer-locator/

​ Please drink responsibly.

Inside the Sierra Nevada Barrel Room

"The point of putting beer into barrels is not to age it, it's to allow it to mature." Join Sierra Nevada brewers Nick and Jeff for a behind-the-scenes tour of their barrel room and a glimpse of special beers to come. 

Barrel-Aged Beginnings: https://sierranevada.com/blog/our-barrel-aged-beer-beginnings/

​ Explore High Altitude Beers: https://sierranevada.com/beer/

The Next Big Thing: Introducing A New, Delicious Imperial IPA

Meet the newest member of Sierra Nevada Brewing's Little Thing family: Big Little Thing. At a monster 9% ABV, how does Big Little Thing Imperial IPA achieve mega-tropical hops yet keep the sweetness tame and the finish clean? Sip along with their Beer Adventurer, Daniel Govan as he talks ingredients, brewing process, and BIG flavor. 

Learn more about Big Little Thing: sierranevada.com/beer/big-little-thing 

Find Big Little Thing near you: sierranevada.com/beer-locator/

 

Wild Little Thing from Sierra Nevada

Sierra Nevada Brewing Company: "It’s alive! Our slightly sour, totally refreshing Wild Little Thing. Its tart smack includes the fruity-sweet depth of guava, hibiscus, and strawberry. Hitting store shelves now!"

Sierra Nevada Brewing Company: Ken Grossman

Another fun podcast to help with your quarantine blues... "How I Built This" with host Guy Raz talking to Sierra Nevada's Ken Grossman. Some really great stuff on the first 40 years of one of America's best breweries.

Give it a listen below:

Pale Ale for Trails

Sierra Nevada: "Freedom is in the great outdoors. It’s where we unplug to recharge, where we cut loose to feel most connected. But our favorite places to play are vulnerable. Their maintenance is underfunded while foot traffic keeps growing—a divergence that is wearing out our wild lands.

That’s why we’re launching Pale Ale for Trails: to take back our trails and rivers through action and advocacy. Alongside partner organizations and explorers like you, we’re committed to hands-on restoration and upkeep, and we’ll champion the link between wilderness and well-being. If we don’t step up, our trails die out. Let’s protect our gateways to adventure."

https://sierranevada.com/about/pale-ale-for-trails/

Tank Tested: the Original Sierra Nevada Brewhouse

Ken and Terence hit the road to pick up Ken's original brewhouse.  

Sierra Nevada Tank Tested: Brux Domesticated Wild Ale

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.: In 2012, we brewed Brux Domesticated Wild Ale, a collaboration with our friends at Russian River Brewing Company. We set aside 1,000 cases to release over the years as it aged and six years seemed like a good time to break out some cases. Also seemed like a good time for a road trip to drink it together. Check it out on Tank Tested!

 

Braupakt: Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. and Weihenstephan

Sierra Nevada: "We partnered with Weihenstephan--the oldest brewery in the world--to present Braupakt (literal translation: brewery pact.) This fruity Hefeweissbier has an American-style kick of hops and is hitting specialty beer shops stateside now. Prost!"  

Energy Upgrade California: Sierra Nevada

Cheers to the folks who make Sierra Nevada one of the most sustainable breweries in the world.  

Tank Tested: Hoptimum Triple IPA

SEVEN pounds per barrel are going into this big beast. Check it out with Sierra Nevada brewmaster Sean Lavery on Tank Tested: Hoptimum Triple IPA!  

Sierra Nevada Hazy Little Thing IPA

This cloudy concoction is creeping across the nation...even to ARKANSAS!  

Look For Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest 2017 Now

Sierra Nevada Brewing Company: "Presenting our 2017 Oktoberfest! We collaborated with Germany’s Brauhaus Miltenberger, whose approach to the classic style we’ve long admired. The result is a festival beer true to their style—deep golden in color with deceptively rich malt flavor and balanced by traditional German-grown whole-cone hops."
 

    I've already gotten to try it and loved it. Will find more:

Sierra Nevada Beer Camp 2017 Collaborator Announcement

Beer Camp is back and this time it's bigger than ever. Introducing: Beer Camp Across the World, an international collaboration project, coming June, 2017.   Avery Brewing Co. Boneyard Beer Saint Arnold Brewing Co. Surly Brewing Co. The Bruery Tree House Brewing Co. Ayinger Brewery Duvel Fuller's Garage Product Kiuchi Mikkeller    Lots more info right here from All About Beer!  

Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Across America 2016: The Full Preview

"We’re partnering with 30 talented breweries to make six regional brewing teams. Together we're creating an all-new, one-time-only mixed pack of beers coming out May 2016! Visit SierraNevada.com/BeerCamp to learn more."    

Stone & Sierra Nevada Collaboration NxS IPA

Forget Sonny & Cher, Captain & Tennille or Hall & Oates, this is the greatest team-up in history. Two of my favorite all-time breweries, Stone and Sierra Nevada, have collaborated on a beer and what else would it be but an IPA? It certainly sounds delicious. Happy hunting!

"A California collaboration that blends a dry-hopped IPA with a barrel-aged IPA.

For many, California is considered an epicenter for brewing innovation, particularly where hoppy IPAs are concerned. We teamed up with our longtime craft compatriots and mutual hop admirers at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. to create a truly one-of-a-kind IPA.

This special-edition beer conveys the true character of collaboration with touches of inventiveness and creativity. Two batches of an IPA were brewed and expertly blended to craft this multilayered beer. We took the first batch of IPA and aged half of it in gin-infused bourbon barrels and the other half in rye whiskey barrels. The second batch was brewed a month later and generously dry-hopped to impart rich aromas to accompany the citrusy, piney, woody, herbaceous flavors achieved from this truly one-of-a-kind collaboration."

More info: http://www.stonebrewing.com/blog/beer/2015/stone-sierra-nevada-nxs-ipa

 

Beer of the Week: Sierra Nevada/Brauhaus Riegele Oktoberfest

I try a whole lot of different beers, as my Untappd account will attest to, and I'm not talking about sharing a 12 oz bottle 4 ways or getting a sampler. When I try a beer for real, it's a bottle or a pint and often I'll visit it several times before I feel I can really evaluate it properly. Maybe it depends on the setting or the mood I'm in or whatever, I just can't see how people can drink 3 oz of a beer then tell you everything about it and rate it and all (I don't actually rate until my 5th visit to it). Beer drinking and beer love to me is getting to know beers, and sometimes my love for a beer isn't all about the taste or color or nose, but the memories. But I guess all this is a whole other post. This post is about my new feature.... *drumroll*... my Beer of the Week! *crowd goes mild*

Well, I figure there has to be a way to pass on some of my favorites I run across. There'll be locals, regionals, imports... I don't believe in limiting tastes according to location. So without further adieu, I present my first choice:

Sierra Nevada/Brauhaus Riegele Collaboration Oktoberfest!

You can find this pretty much everywhere you find regular Sierra Nevada releases, which is everywhere in America it seems. I.ve had some this weekend and in my opinion it's just a damn near perfect Marzen brew. I was so pleased with it I hit the Googles to see what others were saying about it and noticed Men's Journal has called it "the world's best Oktoberfest" as well. It's got a rich malty flavor that makes me think of Fall, from many years of seeking this style out around this time of year. It smells like tailgating and leaves falling. I can't wait to pair this with my kraut and brats.

Seek this! And tell me your thoughts. Here's your primer:

 
http://www.sierranevada.com/beer/seasonal/oktoberfest

The Perfect Oktoberfest Partners: Sierra Nevada & Brauhaus Riegele

"We partnered with one of Germany’s oldest breweries—Brauhaus Riegele—to create a true festival beer unlike any other brewed in the USA. When knowledge, passion and the right people come together, a great beer emerges. More at SierraNevada.com."

Sierra Nevada Tap Takeover Tip Sheet

Tomorrow (July 31st) is a tap takeover I'm really buzzing over (before and after probably). It's the Sierra Nevada Beer Camp tap takeover at the Little Rock Flying Saucer. It's 12 collaborations from 12 different kick ass breweries all on draft, all day long and until they're gone. OK, so let's be honest, that's a ton of choices for anybody. So I've got a handy little tip sheet for you here with a bit of a description on each of the beers. These are just cut-and-pasted from their site: http://beercamp.sierranevada.com/

I think my top 3 most anticiptated, and obviously the ones I'll tackle first, are the ones from Bell's, Ninkasi and Oskar Blues. We'll see how they stack up in the end. I hope to try all 12 before they're gone (duh). 

Doubtful I'll be able to come up with a 12-pack. I'm starting to doubt ANYBODY around here will come up with one. So this is our chance!

Here ya go:

(Allagash) Myron’s Walk is a Belgian-style pale ale combining the best of our two breweries. It features intense citrusy flavor and a complex aroma from the use of fruity and resinous whole-cone Citra and Mosaic hops offset by the complex spicy character of Allagash’s house Belgian yeast strain.

(Cigar City) Yonder Bock is a summery twist on the robust blonde bock. Its silky, semi-sweet malt body is bolstered by a blend of new and experimental hops that impart bright, fruity hop aromas of guava, mango and passion fruit.

(New Glarus) There and Back is a classic, sessionable, English-style Bitter—easy-drinking but full of flavor. It features nutty, toasted Golden Promise and English Crystal malts balanced by a solid dose of zesty hops, with a fruity dry finish from the use of an authentic English yeast.

(Russian River) Yvan The Great - This genre-bending beer has the bright, resinous hop profile of an American IPA blended with the dry and complex yeast character of a Belgian farmhouse ale. Yvan the Great is a perfect combination of the two brewing styles—hoppy, dry, spicy, and impressive.

(Victory) Alt Route is our take on the old school German Altbier style featuring an ale-lager hybrid yeast, which is top fermenting and fruity like an ale, but matured at cool temperatures for a clean, lager-like flavor. This deep amber beer has a slight emphasis on the richly layered, slightly sweet malt body with enough citrusy hop flavor and aroma to produce a balanced, dry finish.

(Ninkasi) Double Latte is a cold-press milk stout featuring roasted grain, amazing coffee, and a sweet coffee-chocolate-mocha-like flavor. A play on the milk in a classic latte, lactose or “milk sugar” helps produce a robust, rich body and a sweet malty backbone in this beer.

 (Ballast Point) Electric Ray is an IPL—Imperial Pale Lager—combining intense citrusy and floral American hop aroma with the clean, crisp, classic malt body of a robust blonde lager. It is both traditionally dry-hopped AND torpedoed with whole-cone American hops for an intense grapefruit and rose-like nose.

(3 Floyds) Chico King is a regal yet raucous take on the pale ale that both our breweries adore. It features a complex malt body from the use of an undermodified malt, which leads to a complex and nutty malt flavor, and a bright fruit-forward blend of Mosaic, El Dorado and Calypso hop varietals. Chico King is a beer fit for royalty.

(Bell’s) Maillard’s Odyssey is a robust dark ale layered with complex malt flavors of toffee, caramel, chocolate, coffee, and dark fruit. This malt-focused concept spawned a daunting grain bill featuring 10 different grains including pale malt, Munich, chocolate malt, oats, dark wheat and roasted barley for a rich, semi-sweet and intense experience.

(Asheville Brewers Alliance) Tater Ridge pays homage to our area’s Scottish Highland history, and its craft brew pioneers. With a hint of down home Southern flair, this Scottish ale is rich and malty, using special floor-malted six-row barley from Asheville’s Riverbend Malting, and has a smooth kick from the use of sweet potatoes, a tasty Southern staple.

(Firestone Walker) Torpedo Pilsner ditches the traditional German “noble” hops and heads south of the equator for inspiration. With a traditional golden malt body, this “kiwi” pils features intense fruity and floral New Zealand-grown Motueka and Southern Cross hops, making this an alternate and delicious take on the classic pilsner.

(Oskar Blues) CANfusion is a dry-hop rye bock with a complex malt body that launches a peppery blast from the rye, balanced by a fruity hop aroma. As the style suggests, it was dry-hopped for an added aroma punch from the unique citrusy and spice-like Australian Ella hop varietal.

Enjoy! And drink responsible of course.