Sierra Nevada Brewing Company | Four Brewers Podcast

Season 3, Episode 23 – This week, we follow suit with all of the other beer podcasts and try the six beers from the Sierra Nevada Beer Camp 12 (six?) pack.

This week, we’re going to beer camp! Not really, but we’re gonna imagine we are by drinking the six beers from this year’s Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Beer Camp collaboration variety pack.

Our very own Greg Nagel went to Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp. For a while, it was an actual event that select homebrewers from all over the country participated in at Sierra Nevada’s brewery in Chico, California. Each team would concoct a recipe and brew it as a pilot batch. Following that and some recipe tweaks, the final recipes would then be brewed at scale by Sierra Nevada for the variety pack.

This year, the Beer Camp variety pack is comprised of 12 beers, two bottles from six different regional brewery collaborations. The breweries involved are well known within their local markets, as well as with hardcore beer geeks. Expectations are always high when it comes to big brewery collaborations, and rightly so.

Does the Beer Camp variety pack meet expectations? Listen and find out!

BREW THE SHIT OUT OF IT.

Beers from this week’s episode:
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. – Sweet Sunny South
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. – Pat-Rye-Ot
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. – Moxee-Moron
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. – West Latitude
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. – Stout of the Union
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. – Family Values

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Season 3, Episode 5 – This week, we’re drinking ten different beers form Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

This week, it’s all about Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.. For over 30 years, they’ve been innovators in the craft beer movement in America, producing some the most ubiquitous beers on the market.

We have ten different beers on the show this week from Sierra Nevada. While that may sound like a lot (well, it is for this little podcast), it’s actually just a cross section of the many brews they make. We’re covering everything from their more recent release, Nooner Pilsner, to the classic and well-known Sierra Nevada Pale Ale.

Sierra Nevada is also no stranger to barrel-aging beers and collaboration brews. Two of their abbey collaboration beers are on the show this week, along with barrel-aged variants of their Bigfoot Barleywine-Style Ale and Narwhal Imperial Stout.

Sierra Nevada brews all of their beers with whole cone hops. If you’re not familiar with the brewing process, most breweries use compressed hop pellets in their beers. Pellets are easier to work with, easier to store, and retain their freshness longer than whole cone hops. Using whole cone hops requires a different kind of brewhouse and they also impart different qualities. These whole cone hops and Sierra Nevada’s “Chico Yeast” house strain give their hoppy pales and IPAs a unique touch that screams “Sierra Nevada!”

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Collaboration and Barrel-Aged Beers

Sierra Nevada’s beers are widely available. If haven’t had a lot from them, pick up a few different beers and give them a shot…maybe with a Torpedo? hahah—yeah, no.

BREW THE SHIT OUT OF IT.

Beers from this week’s episode:
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. – Pale Ale
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. – Nooner Pilsner
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. – Otra Vez
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. – Torpedo Extra IPA
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. – Beer Camp Tropical IPA (2016)
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. – Ovila Abbey Saison (w/ Mandarin Oranges and Peppercorns)
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. – Ovila Abbey Golden w/ Pomegranate
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. – Bigfoot
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. – Barrel-Aged Bigfoot Barleywine-Style Ale (2015)
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. – Barrel-Aged Narwhal Imperial Stout