Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
continuing to work my way through a 12-pack, and it's finally starting to grow on me again. still a little on the beer-soda side, but so long as you haven't had anything hoppy in the last few days you can get in a groove with snpa. doesn't seem so watery now either. still seems to be lacking in something, but having a harder time placing what it is and caring less about finding out. came back after a couple years, and was dissappointed with snpa. 4 clear light ambery orange, nice short head and scattered lace 3.5 citrus hops and a tiny suggestion of pale malt. very simple. 3.5 the flavor is ok, citrusy, one-dimensional. the sweetness keeps it from being crisp, and there isn't quite enough bitterness to solicit additional swigs. had to push myself through a bit. the worst was that it kept reminding me a little of some sort of soda pop. 3 thin body, a bit too watery even for an apa, imo. 3.5 fairly easy to drink but i was surprised to find myself struggling to really enjoy snpa this time around. not sure what exactly the problem is. it's not that i'm too much into more extreme stuff to like an apa, and i've been really loving the smuttynose shoal's pale ale. will have to give sierra nevada another try to reconfirm. now that this update is done, i'm looking at my earlier impressions (below) and apparently i wasn't all that wild about the stuff in the first place. review from 9/08/08 3.5 A small head, slight lacework, nice glowing coppery amber, translucent 3.5 S dough, grapefruit 4 T thankfully not too doughy, lots of grapefruit. pretty clean and simple. 4 M ample carb, light to medium bodied 3.5 D a bit one-dimensional, but can be worth having two during a session. the wide availability means it can on occassion save you from having something very bad at a bar or restaurant.