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New Beer Blog Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest (2014)

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In this fall beer blog, we are going to get into Oktoberfest that I did not know that Sierra Nevada Brewery made.  This beer came out of their new Fall Sampler Pack twelve pack bottles.  If you read my earlier beer blog posts on their beers, you know the history of this west coast brewery.  If you have not, please, read them to get to know Sierra Nevada Brewery.  Let us get into this Oktoberfest.

It has a reddish-brown color with slightly off-color white head.  The aroma has a sweet malty, toffee to nutty notes.  The taste has a sweet malty to nutty notes with a slight burned caramel notes for the aftertaste.  It is pretty drinkable fall beer.

Here is a desecration from the beer bottle:

Everyone loves a great party, and there are few quite as famous as Germany’s Oktoberfest.  Inspired by that rollicking celebration, we bring you our version of this classic festival beer.  Oktoberfest is medium bodied and rich with malt flavor, but maintains a crisp finish marked by floral hops.

Here is a description from their website (www.sierranevada.com):

Oktoberfest

Our take on the classic, malty festival beer.

Germany’s Oktoberfest celebrated a royal marriage and the health of the fall harvest—which in Bavaria, means brewers, barley and hops! Today, Oktoberfest is considered one of the world’s greatest parties, and in honor of that rollicking bash we bring you our version of the classic festival beer. Oktoberfest is medium-bodied and rich with bready and toffee-like malt flavor but maintains a crisp finish marked by floral and spicy hops.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.sierranevada.com

Twitter:  @sierranevada

Closing, I love this brewery and I hope one day to make a trip to see this craft brewery.  They make some awesome beers and I am always looking for any and all new beers to hit the market.  I never had one bad beer from this west coast craft brewery.  I was happy to see them put out a sampler packs.  They released their 4-way IPA, Beer Camp, and now this one, which is Fall Pack.  This Oktoberfest keeps the awesome season roll going for the fall beers.   I have to say this is my favorite Oktoberfest.  It is not like Goose Island and Great Lakes Oktoberfest where it has a sweet caramel notes.  This one has a sweet malty notes to nutty but I love the aftertaste, which is like a burned caramel notes.  I highly recommend this beer.  Go get some!  Drink it!  Enjoy it!  Metal it!  \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email:  djweiser16@gmail.com

Twitter:  @djweiser

Instagram:  @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Victory Brewery Alt Route Altbier

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In this special beer blog, we are going to get into the eleventh of twelve beers from Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp.  This one is teamed up with Victory Brewery and it is their Alt Route Altbier.  If you read earlier beer blog posts on both breweries, you know both craft breweries.  If you have not, please, read them to get to know these two great breweries.  Let us get into Altbier.

It has a nice amber color with a white head on this German beer style.  The aroma has a sweet caramel notes.  The taste profile has a sweet malty to some citrus notes.  The aftertaste has a citrus dry hop finish.  It is pretty drinkable beer.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

This take on a German Altbier is anchored by a layered, slightly sweet malt body supported by citrusy hop flavor and aroma.

Breweries are notorious for refusing to take the easy path.  Alt Route is a tribute to this stubborn spirit that drove us to dodge the status quo and build breweries of our own.  Together we chased the siren song of beer with this revamped take on an antique beer styles.

Here is a description from  their website (www.beercamp.sierranevada.com):

Brewers are notorious for refusing to take the easy path. Instead, we lead with our hearts and pursue our passions no matter how difficult the road ahead. Alt Route is a tribute to this stubborn spirit that drove us to dodge the status quo and found breweries. Together we chased the siren song of beer with this revamped take on an antique beer style.

Like us, Victory is one of the few brewers with an allegiance to whole-cone hops. They do extensive work with hop flavor, especially focusing on clever and delicious single-hop beers highlighting the same hop grown in different regions. They too share our roots in home brewing and never lost their passion for working with new beers and styles solely for the joy of making something new.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.victorybeer.com and www.sierranevada.com

Twitter:  @victorybeer and @sierranevada

In the end, I was pretty excited to see this beer style in this pack.  This is one of my favorite German beer styles and then it is coming from Victory.  What else is there to say, I am pretty stun that I did not pick this beer up first.  I figured I would save this beer to the end.  I love the color of the beer and the aroma.  However, the taste was great, I was thrown by the citrus notes throughout the drinking experience.  It just took me off guard.  I do not know how I feel about it.  I did get use to it towards the end.  This beer is a great example that should be feature in this pack.  I like it towards the end.  Go get some!  Drink it!  Enjoy it!  Metal it!  \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email:  djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter:  @djweiser

Instagram:  @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Firestone Walker Brewing Torpedo Pilsner

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In this special beer blog, we are going to get into this tenth of twelve beers from Sierra Nevada Beer Camp.  This Pilsner is teamed by Firestone Walker Brewery and it is their Torpedo Pilsner Hoppy Pilsner.  If you read my earlier beer blog posts from both of these West Coast craft breweries, you know the history of both of them.  If you have not, please, read them to get to know Firestone Walker and Sierra Nevada Brewery.  Let us get into this Pilsner.

This Hoppy Pilsner has a light golden to straw color with a constant white head.  The aroma has a light earthy to sweet malty notes.  The taste has a sweet malty to earthy tones with a dry hoppy crisp finish.  It is extremely drinkable beer.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

This hoppy lager features intense fruity and floral notes from fresh New Zealand hops balanced against a crisp and clean malt body.

Torpedo Pilsner is a hop-forward take on the crisp, classic lager.  We and the folks at Firestone Walker share a passion for New Zealand hop varietals, so we loaded our legendary Hop Torpedo with the southern hemisphere’s finest hops for a fruity, floral twist on the pilsner style.

Here is a description from their website (www.beercamp.sierranevada.com):

Torpedo Pilsner is a hop-forward take on the crisp classic lager. We and the folks at Firestone Walker share a passion for New Zealand hop varietals, so we loaded our legendary Hop Torpedo with southern hemisphere hops for a fruity, floral twist on the pilsner style.

Just down the road from us in California’s Central Coast wine country, this rock star brewery has earned “Mid-size Brewery of the Year” at the World Beer Cup four times. Like us, Firestone is passionate about hops. Their skill with the ingredient shines in their Pale Series and elsewhere in a long beer lineup driven by a premier brewing team.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.firestonebeer.com and www.sierranevada.com

Twitter:  @firestonewalker and @sierranevada

In the end, I am still looking for an awesome pilsner and/or lager from a craft brewery.  Does it take two craft breweries to delivery one?  I hate to say it but these two great breweries were almost there.  I believe it is the hop selection.  I am looking for a traditional or classic pislner and lager.  This one does not delivery it, however, it does give me something different.  I like that.  The hops that they picked gives off some tropical fruit notes.  I am in love those hops from New Zealand.  Both of these breweries did a great job on this beer.  I will keep searching for a great traditional and classic lager or pislner style.  If you can find a pack, do it.  Go get some!  Drink it!  Enjoy it!  Metal it!  \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email:  djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter:  @djweiser

Instagram:  @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Allagash Brewing Myron’s Walk BPA

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In this special beer blog, we are going to get into the ninth of twelve of beer from this Sierra Nevada Beer Camp.  This Myron’s Walk BPA is teamed up with Allagash Brewery.  If you read my earlier beer blog from Sierra Nevada, you know the history of this West Coast craft brewery.  If you have not, please, read them to get to this craft brewery. Allagash Brewery started in 1995 in Portland, Maine.  Robert Tod founded this craft brewery to make some great Belgian style ales.  At first, this brewery was ran by Robert and he hired his first employee.  At that same time, he released his second beer to the public.  Today, they brew several different beer styles with more employees of course.  Let us get into the Belgian Pale Ale.

It has a clear golden color with a semi white constant head on this BPA.  The smell has a citrus with other Belgian spicy notes.  The taste of this light to medium body has a light carbonation piney to a slight earthy notes.  The aftertaste is a slight hoppy bitter finish.  It is pretty drinkable beer.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

This Belgian-style pale ale combines the best of our two breweries.  Intense piney-citrus hop notes counterpoint the complex fruity spice of Allagash’s Belgian yeast.

This collaboration honors Myron Avery, a founder of the Appaiachian Trail which spans our North Carolina brewery and Allasgash’s home in Maine.  We share a great love of the outdoors, and Avery and the AT are great reminders of the wild spirit of exploration that connects us both.

Here is a description from their website (www.beercamp.sierranevada.com):

We named this beer in honor of Myron Avery, a founder of the Appalachian Trail, or the A.T., which starts near Sierra Nevada’s North Carolina brewery and ends near Allagash’s home in Maine. Both breweries have a tremendous love of the outdoors, and Avery and the A.T. are great reminders of the wild spirit of exploration that connects us both.

In 1995, Rob Tod started Allagash Brewing Company and since then, Portland, ME, has been a place of reverence in the Belgian brewing pantheon. Allagash adds their Belgian flair to variety of beer styles and are one of the few American breweries to use a traditional coolship for true spontaneous fermentations leading to seriously complex beers native to their coastal home.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.allagash.com and www.sierranevada.com

Twitter:  @allagashbrewing and @sierranevada

In the end, out of the two Belgian Beer styles, this is by far the best one.  I have not had too many beers from Allagash Brewery but the ones that I had. They are pretty good and enjoyed them.  I have to say I was pretty excited to try this beer.  I love the Belgian spices and the hop character that this beer has going on in it.  It has a nice refreshing taste that keeps the beer drinker coming back for more of it.  I really liked it and it is one of many reasons to pick up this pack or try to find one.  Go get some!  Drink it!  Enjoy it!  Metal it!  \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email:  djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter:  @djweiser

Instagram:  @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Sierra Nevada Beer Camp 3 Floyd’s Brewing Chico King Pale Ale

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In this special beer blog, we are going to get into the eighth of twelve of beers from Beer Camp from Sierra Nevada Brewery.  If you read my earlier beer blog posts on both of these craft breweries, you know the history of this craft brewery.  If you have not, please, read them to get to know both of these craft breweries.  Let us get into this craft pale ale.

It has a clear copper color with a white head on this pale ale.  The smell has a slight citrus notes.  The taste has a light carbonated citrus notes with a dry hop aftertaste.  It is pretty drinkable beer.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

This pale ale stacks plenty of bright, fruit-forward, resinous hop varietals atop a robust malt body.

3 Floyds has a reputation as the Midwestern kings of Alpha (hops), and it seems our flagship beer helped lure them down the lupulin-paved path.  Chico King is a mash-up of our mutual passion for hoppy pale ales and we suspect you’ll find it fit for royalty.

Here is a description from their website (www.beercamp.sierranevada.com):

3 Floyds has a reputation as the Midwestern kings of alpha (hops), and it seems that one of our beers helped to lure them down the lupulin-paved path. Chico King is a mash-up of our mutual passion for hoppy pale ales and combines a uniquely robust malt body with intense citrusy and fruity new school hop varietals.

3 Floyds marches to the beat of their own (double kick) drum when it comes to collaboration, often partnering with comic book artists, tattoo parlors or heavy metal bands when inspiration strikes. These eclectic beers are coveted throughout the Midwest and some beers, like the legendary Dark Lord Imperial Stout, have spawned something akin to a beer-themed holiday in the brewery’s hometown of Muenster, IN.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.3floyds.com and www.sierranevada.com

Twitter:  @3floyds and @sierranevada

In the end, I respect both of these craft breweries.  I love both breweries’ beers but at times I feel like pay too much for 3 Floyd’s Brewery.  I do not understand what both craft breweries were looking at when they made this beer.  I get they wanted to use what put 3 Floyd’s Brewery on the map, which is the hop.  I just feel they could have done something a little different.  I was really disappointed with this beer.  It is not really good but I get what they were doing towards in of the bottle.  I just hope they will look at this beer and use it as a learning curve.  Go get some!  Drink it!  Enjoy it!  Metal it!  \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email:  djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter:  @djweiser

Instagram:  @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Sierra Nevada Beer Camp New Glarus Brewery There And Back English-Style Bitter

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In this special beer blog, we are going to get into the seventh of twelve beers from Sierra Nevada Beer Camp.  This beer is teamed up with New Glarus Brewery from Wisconsin and the beer is called There and Back English-Style Bitter.  If you read my earlier beer blog posts on both of these breweries, you know the history of both of these craft breweries.  If you have not, please, read my earlier posts to get to know both Sierra Nevada and New Glarus Brewery.  Let us get into this English Bitter.

It has a clear amber color with a constant white head.  The aroma really has no smell.  The taste has an earthy notes to smooth creamy caramel notes with caramel aftertaste.  It is a pretty drinkable beer.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

This easy-drinking English-style bitter features nutty, toasted English malts balanced by a solid dose of zesty hops and a fruity, dry finish.

For beer folks, Chico, CA, and New Glarus, WI, are bucket-list pins on the U.S. brewing map, but it’s no simple feat seeing both.  There and Back is named for the planes, trains, and zeal that connect them.  This classic English-style Bitter is a complex mix of toasty malt and fruity, herbal hops.

Here is a description from their website (www.beercamp.sierranevada.com):

For beer folks, Chico, CA, and New Glarus, WI, are must-see capitals on the U.S. brewing map, but getting between the two is no simple feat. There and Back is named for the planes, trains, and zeal needed to connect them. This classic English-style Bitter is a complex yet easy-drinking mix of toasty malt and a fruity, herbal hop flavor.

New Glarus is fiercely loyal to its home state, growing to one of the largest breweries in the U.S. without selling a single drop outside of the borders of Wisconsin. With those local tastes in mind, New Glarus has perfected traditional German styles and invented masterful versions of complex and intense fruit beers featuring Wisconsin-grown ingredients.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.newglarusbrewing.com and www.sierranevada.com

Twitter:  @newglarusbeer and @sierranevada

Ending, I am not a huge fan of New Glarus but I do respect and like some of their brews.  I was kind of shocked to see this beer pop up in this back.  At the same time, I am really not that shocked.  This brewery is respected around the country at least in the United States.  I am glad I had a chance to try this beer but I am not really liking it.  I just feel this beer did not delivery what the rest of the beer were trying to delivery to the craft beer drinker.  I mean something different and unique. I am not saying it is bad but it could have been better.  If you have a chance to get your hands on this beer, I would pick it up.  This pack might be a once in a lifetime pack.  Go get some!  Drink it!  Enjoy it!  Metal it!  \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email:  djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter:  @djweiser

Instagram:  @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Asheville Brewers Tater Ridge Scottish Ale

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In this special beer blog, we are going to get into the sixth of twelve of beers from Sierra Nevada Beer Camp.  This one is partner with Asheville Brewers from North Carolina and it is their Tater Ridge Scottish Ale.  Asheville Brewery started in 1998 in North Carolina.  There is not much history on their website (www.ashevillebrewing.com).  Let us get into this Scottish Ale.

It has a jet black color with slightly tan color head on this ale.  The smell has a sweet malty notes with hints of sweet potatoes.  The taste has a heavy sweet malty notes with a slight sweet potatoes notes. The aftertaste has a dry malty finish.  It is a sipping beer.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

This rich and malty Scottish ale gets a kick from sweet potatoes, a North Carolina staple.

We’re fortunate to call the passionate and talented folks in the Asheville Brewers Alliance our North Carolina neighbors.  Tater Ridge is our nod to the area’s Scottish Highland history, and we hope this ale accented by sweet potatoes will be the first of many collaboration to come.

Here is a desecration from their website (www.beercamp.sierranevada.com):

The Asheville area is a brewing hotspot nestled in the mountains of North Carolina. Tater Ridge was brewed by something of a craft beer super group made up of members of the Asheville Brewers Alliance. We’re fortunate to call these passionate and talented brewers our neighbors, and we hope this unique ale will be the first of many collaborations to come.

We’ve made plenty of new friends in the nearly 30-strong Asheville Brewers Alliance (ABA) since we started brewing in North Carolina. Two of whom—John Stuart of Green Man Brewery and Luke Dickinson of Wicked Weed Brewing—led this collaboration recipe and work tirelessly to bring creativity and a deep-seated love of locally made craft beer to the Appalachian Mountains.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.ashevillebrewing.com and www.sierranevada.com

Twitter:  @ashevillebrew and @sierranevada

In closing, I do not know Asheville Brewery but I will be trying to trade with my friends out east to get to know them a little better.  I was interested on how the sweet potatoes will go over in this Scottish Ale.  You can kind of smell them in the aroma.  I love the aroma and the color tone of it.  The taste is pretty sweet from the malts but I feel like I can kind of taste the sweet potatoes.  Overall, I really like this beer.  I recommend this beer.  Go get some!  Drink it!  Enjoy it!  Metal it!  \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email:  djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter:  @djweiser

Instagram:  @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Russian River Brewing Yvan The Great Belgian Style Blonde

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In this special beer blog, we are going to get into the fifth of twelve of beers in this Sierra Nevada Beer Camp.   If you read my earlier beer blog posts on Sierra Nevada’s beers, you know the history of them.  If you have not, please, read them to get to know this brewery.  Russian River Brewery was founded years ago in California.  It was sold to Vinnie Cilurzo and his wife Natalie  from Korbel Champagne Cellars.  When Cilurzo took over, they started to grow the brewery at a rapid rate.  There is really not too much history out there on this awesome West Coast Craft Brewery.  Let us get into beer.

It has a clear golden color without a head on this blonde ale.  The aroma has some Belgian spice notes.  The taste of this light to medium body beer is a refreshing Belgian spicy notes with some slight earthy tones.  The aftertaste has a dry funky finish.  It is pretty drinkable beer.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

This hoppy Blonde Ale blends the dry, complex yeast character of Begian farmhouse ales with the bright, citrus-like profile of American-grown hops.

As longtime friends, Russian River brewmaster Vinnie Cilurzo and our own Brian Grossman are no strangers to brewing experiments.  For this collaboration, they honored their friend and renowned Belgian brewer Yvan De Beats.  This Belgian-American mash-up harmoniously blends Yvan’s penchant for yeast with Vinnie and Brian’s affinity for hops

Here is a description from their website (www.beercamp.sierranevada.com):

As longtime friends, Russian River brewmaster Vinnie Cilurzo and our own Brian Grossman are no strangers to brewing experiments. While looking for inspiration for this collaboration, Vinnie and Brian decided to honor the creations of legendary Belgian brewer Yvan De Baets with their own hop-forward American-Belgian mash-up.

From complex Belgian-inspired styles to American wild ales and hoppy Double IPA’s, Russian River always pushes boundaries while respecting technique and quality. Co-owners Vinnie and Natalie Cilurzo are longtime friends of Sierra Nevada and they always have a six-pack of Pale Ale in their fridge at home.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.russianriverbrewing.com and www.sierranevada.com

Twitter:  No twitter account for Russian River and @sierranevada

In the end, I only had one beer from Russian River Brewery.  I have been looking and searching for more their beers.  The problem is they are not sold in the Midwest part of the United States.  The one beer that I had was their American Wild Ale.  I do not know where I had it but I loved it.  I want to say it was in the San Francisco area.  I was pretty excited to see this beer in this pack.  Yes, this will be my second beer from Russian River Brewery.  I am loving the beer as far as a mouth feel but I am not fan of the aftertaste. The aftertaste is what is killing me from liking this beer overall.  I am glad to had the chance to try this beer.  Go get some!  Drink it!  Enjoy it!  Metal it!  \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email:  djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter:  @djweiser

Instagram:  @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Ninkasi Brewing Double Latte Milk Sout

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In this special blog, we are going to get into fourth of twelve beers from the Sierra Nevada Brewery Beer Camp. This beer was teamed up with Ninkasi Brewing from Oregon and the beer is the Double Latta Milk Stout.   If you read my earlier beer blog posts on both of these breweries, you know the history of both of these both West Coast Breweries.  If you have not, please, read them to get to know Sierra Nevada and Ninkasi Brewing.  Let us get into stout.

It has a jet black color with a tan color head.  The aroma has a fresh coffee bean notes.  The taste has a slight sweet malty notes at first, however, back half of taste profile is coffee notes.  The coffee notes live in aftertaste.  It is a sipping beer.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

This cold-press milk stout features roasted grain, artist coffee and a dose of lactose for a robust body, and sweet coffee-chocolate-like flavor.

Inspired by the perennial cafe favorite.  Double Latte combines two great things: coffee and beer.  Oregon’s Ninkasi Brewing knows their way around a good cup of joe.  Featuring cold-press coffee from legendary Stumptown Coffee Roasters and a dose of milk sugars, this coffee milk stout is a rich and roasty treat.

Here is a description from their website (www.beercamp.sierranevada.com):

Inspired by the perennial café favorite, Double Latte combines two of the greatest things in life: good coffee and great beer. Oregon’s Ninkasi Brewing knows their way around a good cup of joe. Featuring cold-press coffee from the legendary Stumptown Coffee Roasters and a dose of milk sugar, this coffee milk stout is a rich and roasty treat.

This young-gun brewery has a locomotive charge. A rich conversation at a local bottle shop in 2005 has morphed into a Pacific Northwest staple. Named after the Sumerian goddess of fermentation, Ninkasi’s first batch of beer was Total Domination IPA and it remains a must for those with a lupulin itch.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.ninkasibrewing.com and www.sierranevada.com

Twitter:  @ninkasibrewing and @sierranevada

Closing, this is by far my favorite beer.  I might be a hophead but I love my porters and stouts.  In the stout world, I am in love with milk stouts.  Sierra Nevada and Ninkasi Brewing had to add coffee to this stout.  This beer put me in heaven.  The coffee is not overpowering the stout and the beer.  Coffee blends in nicely with the milk stout.  It makes it nice smooth and creamy just like a Latte.  I just wished I could get a few more bottles.  I hope either brewery takes this beer and continue to make it.  This beer is worth buying this Beer Camp.  This beer is the MVP in the pack.  Go get some!  Drink it!  Enjoy it!  Metal it!  \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email:  djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter:  @djweiser

Instagram:  @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Oskar Blues CANfusion Rye Bock

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In this special beer blog, we are going to get into the third beer of twelve in Beer Camp sampler pack.  Sierra Nevada Brewery teams up with Oskar Blues Brewery from Colorado.  It is CANfustion Rye Bock. The theme of this beer is featured in a can.  Oskar Blues was the first craft brewery in the modern-day to put their beers in cans.  You would know that if you read my earlier beer blog posts on Oskar Blues’ beers.  If you read any of my earlier post on Sierra Nevada’s beers, you know their history.  If you have not read these posts on either breweries’ beers posts, please, do so to get to know both of these awesome craft breweries.  Let us get into this Rye Bock.

It has a clear copper color with a white constant head on this bock.  The smell has notes of malty to citrus notes.  The taste has a sweet malty with some spicy notes. The aftertaste has malty sweet spicy note finish.  It is pretty drinkable beer.

Here is a description from the can:

Brewed in collaboration with Oskar Blues, the pioneers of great craft beer in a can, this partnership was a perfect fit-we’re mutual members of the canned craft club and North Carolina neighbors.  A dry hop rye bock, CANfusion blends features from across the brewing spectrum:  spicy rye, tangy wheat and bright citrus-like hops.  The complex malt body launches a peppery blast that’s balanced by the fruity and floral Australian Ella hop verietal.  CANfusion is a true synergy of friends and flavors.

Here is a description from their website (www.beercamp.sierranevada.com):

Our friends at Oskar Blues pioneered great beer in a can and, as mutual members of the canned craft club, this partnership was a perfect fit. CANfusion is a coming together—a fusion, if you will—of flavors from across the spectrum of brewing: spicy rye, tangy wheat and a bright citrusy hop aroma.

Oskar Blues is the granddaddy of canned craft beer. Like us, they have a fun-loving passion for the outdoors and bikes. It was a natural fit for them to adopt cans as a portable, durable way to tote their favorite beer on the trail, and in the process they paved the way for all other craft brewers to follow.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.oskarblues.com and www.sierranevada.com

Twitter:  @oskarblues and @sierranevada

In the end, I am a huge fan of both of these craft breweries.  This is one of two beers in this pack that is featured in cans.  I was pretty excited to see Sierra Nevada teamed up with Oskar Blues.  I did not care what the beer style they picked.  I will say this beer did not disappoint me at all.  I saw some reviews from my friends on Instagram and Untappd and this beer is going over pretty well.  I love the hops and the nice malty backbone in this beer.  The rye notes shine pretty well through the drinking experience in this beer.  I highly recommend this beer and sampler pack.  Go get some!  Drink it!  Enjoy it!  Metal it!  \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email:  djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter:  @djweiser

Instagram:  @djweiser13