Session beer? I hate the term... really, really hate it... but this qualifies. It's easy to drink; not a lot of flavor, and you don't really want it to have much more either.
If mowing the lawn is your first association with the spring, then this beer is a great spring beer for you. It smells like freshly cut grass and wet hay... unfortunately, I feel that it doesn't taste much different.
The beer doesn't finish like most of the Sierra Nevada Beers; they all have a very distinct finishing flavor that I am normally not a fan of - its not a taste I enjoy. The only other Sierra Nevada I've had that lacked that distinctive taste was the Kellerweiss. It was a good for that beer, but the Glissade needs that extra kick. It lacks a lot of taste and finish, and what it does have of those is not that great.
-Nathan
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Sierra Nevada Glissade
Chico, CA
ABV% 6.4
Golden Bock
Chico, CA
ABV% 6.4
Golden Bock
Appearance: Clear Golden Yellow, Thick foamy head
Aromatics: Fresh cut grass, hay
Taste: Slightly bitter, skunky, light hops flavor, bitter finish
Aromatics: Fresh cut grass, hay
Taste: Slightly bitter, skunky, light hops flavor, bitter finish
I gave this beer a 77
Session beer; you hate the term... but this doesn't really qualify. Really really. Session beers aren't this high in alcohol (because I'd love to see you drink five pints of this in an hour while I drank five pints of something like Victory's Uncle Teddy's Bitter, because you'd be sloppy, and I wouldn't), and a good one has plenty of flavor (which this does too, actually). Maybe that's why you hate the term so much: because the definition you're working with isn't the right one? Just a thought.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lew. As we've said, we're new at this and we'll probably make lots of mistakes, so thanks for the insight/correction. Granted, Nate's normal choice of beers lie in the 8%+ ABV range, so this may be fairly easy drinking for him, but I'd have to agree with the idea that a true session beer would be closer to the 4% range. Again though, thanks for the correction and thanks more for reading!
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