UPDATED: JAN 29, 2020 Cask at GBBF 2007, Earls Court on 11/08/2007. A really nice example of a west coast ipa at the time. We didn’t have much like this. Crisp and piney.

Bottle from somewhere. This is an old rate, lost due to low word count on Ratebeer during the redesign. Was a decent IPA, shame I'll never get the full review back now!

From Feb 2006 Poured from bottle(room temp) a medium copper with a large head of foam that dissipated slowly leaving a good layer with lacing. The smell is rather faint with some citrusy hops coming through. The taste is also hoppy with bitter tones that aren't of citrus...maybe spruce or pine but there's some malty sweetness there as well giving it a rather balanced taste. This, for me, is a nice interpretation of an IPA and if I found it locally, I would put it on my regular rotation. Bottom line: A very tasty IPA that may not please the die hard hop heads but worked very well for me indeed. I recommend it.

Liked this pale ale as the taste was up my alley and the colour was the brown shade that i liked. Would buy this again if I could find it in Canada.

UPDATED: NOV 2, 2017 Brewed using a blend of English malts. Magnum hops are used for the early hop addition, with Goldings for finishing and dry hopping. A very flavorful and hoppy ale.

Old rating. Bottle from Old Town. This was never as good the pale ale in my opinion. The hops just never reached IPA levels at the time. A pretty modest IPA for IPA standards.

I didn’t care for this as much as the regular Sierra Nevada pale ale. It was a bit on the bitter side, as IPAs should be, but something about the balance between malts and hops didn’t work that well for me. Not very smooth going down. The flavor is there for sure....a bit fruity and very hoppy. Basically a decent average IPA, nothing special.

"this one falls into the "standard" catergory of Sierra Nevada Beers, the aroma and flavor one expects from a good ipa are lacking, and you can’t help but notice a similar hop profile as several other SN beers."

Very nice IPA, doesn’t wallop you over the head with hops, but you definitely know they’re there. Good character, bitter finish

Coper beer, exaggerated amount of carbonic gas, big and unstable head. Citric aromas are felt, not too much from the malt is perceived. Flavor with some caramel and citric notes, not really bitter at the end.