beer_name: Sierra Nevada Estate Brewers Harvest Ale
text: A - Red-amber in color, pours with a dense butterscotch head. Even carbonation and nice sticky lacing. S - Very bright hop notes - lots of grapefruit and flowers. Absent of the astringent character I generally associate with an IPA smell. T - The first thing I notice is cleanliness - SA beers always have that crisp, 'spring water' taste and I notice it here even more than anywhere else. The hop flavor is well balanced and even with a clean finish, but the taste isn't very complex. MF/D - The bright flavor and easy finish make this one of the most drinkable beers I've ever had, in terms of a "session beer" type of drinkability. For an IPA, I'm not so sure this is a good thing. I think this is a really fun idea and a good beer. It's not a great beer, but I'm really interested to see them try to grapple with the idea of an Estate beer. I would recommend this more for the idea and experience than the taste itself, which is interesting, and different, but not amazing.