Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale
Purchased at the Boise Coop for around $1.50. Enjoyed out of my standard red wine glass. Beautiful crystal clear copper orange with a sticky but shortlived white head leaving quite a bit of lacing. Cascades cascades and more cascades, but at the same time still softened by a bready malty backbone aroma. Citrus hop bomb on the palate ... the brew is all about the hops. Balanced with enough biscuity malts and a little caramel sweetness with a lingering bitterness. Celebration ale is the perfect beer to kick-start the holiday season .... and in my opinion the best IPA SN makes.... Cheers. Every year, I threaten to buy a case of these and let them cellar until next year ... only to spend my beer cash on too many other winter seasonals. This year, I am trying to buy a 6'er here and there and build up .... check back next year to see if it worked.