Celebration is out again

[euge]

Sierra Nevada Celebration fresh hop ale. Nice and bitter, fizzy sweet amber colored hop burst of a beer.

Man I like this beer anyone got a recipe? Is it a piney citrus hop combination?

[punatic]

Sierra Nevada Celebration fresh hop ale. Nice and bitter, fizzy sweet amber colored hop burst of a beer.

Man I like this beer anyone got a recipe? Is it a piney citrus hop combination?

I picked up a couple of cases this afternoon.  Man I love this beer too!

#1 on the Sierra Nevada runway...  Bigfoot!  Woo hoo!  I've been reading about a limited edtion SN Bigfoot aged in bourbon barrels.  Be still my beating heart!!

[tygo]

I picked up a sixer over the weekend.  It's good stuff.

[sienabrewer]

Sierra Nevada Celebration fresh hop ale. Nice and bitter, fizzy sweet amber colored hop burst of a beer.

Man I like this beer anyone got a recipe? Is it a piney citrus hop combination?

Google search "Dean Larson christmas tree ale".  Damn near close to the real thing.

[jeffy]

I'm on my third twelve pack.

[madscientist]

There's a place by me featuring this as one of their rotating taps.  Had a few pints last week.  Simply amazing.  I think I may have to try the clone recipe at some point.

[a10t2]

I was a big fan in years past, but I don't like the fresh hop version nearly as much. Too much of a grassy hop flavor.

[morticaixavier]

Sierra Nevada Celebration fresh hop ale. Nice and bitter, fizzy sweet amber colored hop burst of a beer.

Man I like this beer anyone got a recipe? Is it a piney citrus hop combination?

I picked up a couple of cases this afternoon.  Man I love this beer too!

#1 on the Sierra Nevada runway...  Bigfoot!  Woo hoo!  I've been reading about a limited edtion SN Bigfoot aged in bourbon barrels.  Be still my beating heart!!

nice! I just looked it up. Looks like a tentative release date of may 2012. I have friends in Chico, you can get they are getting a call to keep their eyes open! only 100 bbls

[blatz]

I was a big fan in years past, but I don't like the fresh hop version nearly as much. Too much of a grassy hop flavor.

its not any different than it was in year's past - it always has been the first batch of dried hops of the season, it is just new marketing.

[denny]

It's exactly the same as in years past...that was verified when I was at Beer Camp.  They had just released it and I drank a lot of it on tap.  Verified with several people there that it's the same recipe.  They said that SN will give you any recipe you ask for.  Here's the Cele recipe direct from the brewmaster via a friend who works in the R&D lab....note that the hops times are backwards from what we normally think of.  I.e., "0" is the first addition and "100" means after boiling for 100 min.

Malts:
Pale 2-row: 89%
Caramel (60L): 11%
Mash at 157.5 F
Original Gravity: 16.0 Plato
Ending Gravity: 4.0 Plato
ABV: 6.8%
Hops
0 min: Chinook & Centennial
90 min: Cascade
100 min: 2/3 Cascade & 1/3 Centennial

100 min: Whirlpool
IBU: 65
Dry Hopped with 2/3 Cascade & 1/3 Centennial
Yeast: SNBCo Ale

[denny]

#1 on the Sierra Nevada runway...  Bigfoot!  Woo hoo!  I've been reading about a limited edtion SN Bigfoot aged in bourbon barrels.  Be still my beating heart!!

Here are some of the waiting barrels....

[pinnah]

I was a big fan in years past, but I don't like the fresh hop version nearly as much. Too much of a grassy hop flavor.

 , well played.

[a10t2]

its not any different than it was in year's past - it always has been the first batch of dried hops of the season, it is just new marketing.

Thanks for setting me straight on that. I guess it's either something different in this year's crop(s), or good old-fashioned faulty memory.

[sienabrewer]

It's exactly the same as in years past...that was verified when I was at Beer Camp.  They had just released it and I drank a lot of it on tap.  Verified with several people there that it's the same recipe.  They said that SN will give you any recipe you ask for.  Here's the Cele recipe direct from the brewmaster via a friend who works in the R&D lab....note that the hops times are backwards from what we normally think of.  I.e., "0" is the first addition and "100" means after boiling for 100 min.

Malts:
Pale 2-row: 89%
Caramel (60L): 11%
Mash at 157.5 F
Original Gravity: 16.0 Plato
Ending Gravity: 4.0 Plato
ABV: 6.8%
Hops
0 min: Chinook & Centennial
90 min: Cascade
100 min: 2/3 Cascade & 1/3 Centennial

100 min: Whirlpool
IBU: 65
Dry Hopped with 2/3 Cascade & 1/3 Centennial
Yeast: SNBCo Ale

Wow 1 hour and 40 minute boil?  Is this due to the fact that they are brewing something like 100 barrels at a time?  I would think on a homebrew level we should not need to boil that long.  I'm not doubting this is the recipe by any means (especially since it's a pretty direct source), but I thought that Dressler gave the recipe out during a Brewing Network episode in which he stated Chinook in the beginning, then Cascade and Centennial at a 2:1 ration for a late edition, knockout, then dry hop.  Grain ratio was the same as posted here.  Maybe this episode was a while ago and they since changed.

[denny]

I think an hour boil would be sufficient.

I don't know what to say about the recipe variations....my friend went to Dressler and this is the recipe he got.