beer_name: Sierra Nevada Summerfest Lager
text: Always dreamed of the day I would taste a Sierra Nevada selection that didn't seems overpowered or based on a palate of their signature cascade hops. Well, I finally got it and I wasn't all that impressed. I beautiful appearance and crisp, clean smell waters the mouth but only for slight disappointment. Don't get it twisted, this is a good beer, but it loses for me on the terms of being a summer selection. Few breweries master the summer seasonal, as it seems that most just offer a watered down selection of their flagship brew - and Sierra Nevada nearly falls into that category. It falls short in taste while simultaneously lacking in the "refreshment" category, and that for me is a big no-no. If you sacrifice one, you better compensate in the other. Good beer, descent summer seasonal.