beer_name: Sierra Nevada Southern Hemisphere Harvest Fresh Hop Ale
text: Got this at Tower on Piedmont in Atlanta. Pours a slightly cloudy copper color with a 1.5 finger off-white head. The head sticks around a bit before dissipating into a wispy layer of bubbles on top and a medium-sized ring around the glass. Lacing is pretty sticky. Smells good. At first the biggest aroma is the pine, and backed by the sweet malt. As it warms the sweet malt moves to the forefront, where it's joined by a citrus smell to go along with the pine aroma. Tastes good. Similar to the smell, there are big piney flavors up front that accompany the sweet malt. As it warms the pine taste decreases and there's more of a subtle grapefruit flavor that hides behind the malty sweetness. The bitterness sneaks up on me, but it grows as my tastebuds settle. Mouthfeel is good. It's got a good thickness and the carbonation is not too much nor too little. This beer does a good job of coating the mouth, and the finish is certainly not dry. Drinkability is good. All 24 oz. went down pretty quickly, and I could probably down another one of them honestly. However, as much as I could drink another one, I don't necessarily crave another one. Overall this was a solid brew. I'm hoping I can get my phalanges on the Chico Estate Harvest as I'd love to compare the two. Regardless, the Southern Hemisphere is definitely worth a shot.