Look: Burnt orange with a good medium sized white foam head.
Taste: Bitter hop bite followed by spice and citrus flavor that finishes with a lingering hop note
Conclusion: Sierra Nevada tends to do quite a few cycling events. My favorite is the Sea Otter Classic in Monterey, CA. I didn't even know Sierra Nevada made an IPA as we only see their porter and pale ale here in southern cali.
The mouthfeel is deceivingly thick. The tremendous hop smell and flavors fill your mouth and make the body feel as if you're drinking a light hop syrup. At the end of the drink a weight lifts off your tongue and your left with the spice and citrus/fruit flavors that taste mature but light enough not to overpower the hop backbone.
Although this is their 12th release I've never been lucky enough to run into this wonderful brew. Apparently Sierra Nevada rushes their hops down the night they pick them so they can be throw in the vats while their still fresh. They should give raises to all their drivers. This ale just tastes alive and packs an astonishing amount of bite and taste into a 6.7% alcohol mark. I love Sierra Nevada's Tornado IPA(think that's the name...it was so good I had one to many) and am sold after tasting their Harvest Wet Hop Ale. "I didn't know you liked to get wet". Well, yes. Now I do.
9 Brews!
1 comment:
Its good, but not 10 worthy, I think. Has great ale feel to it, but the hop bite is lost with the spices and sweetness. I prefer the sharp bite to Sierra Nevada's standard Pale Ale to the more woodsy (pine), sweet flavor of this ale.
You do have to appreciate the effort it takes from the brewery to have a 24 hour turn around on the fresh "wet" hops they ship from Washington state to their brewery in NorCal. Well done with that, but its just not a beer I can see myself having a few of in a row on any given day. Its a special brew for a special day.
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