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Hot on the heels of their Torpedo Extra IPA -- Sierra Nevada's first new year-round offering in over a decade -- the California brewery is doing it again, announcing the release of a second, new, year-round release launching in 2009 (which, in case you're counting, will bring the grand total of year-round releases to six).
A "polar opposite on the flavor spectrum" from the Torpedo IPA, this new selection has been branded Kellerweis Hefewizen -- "a traditional Bavarian Hefeweizen that we have been working on for a number of years." According to their press release, the product was originally developed after Sierra Nevada obtained a rare and unique yeast strain from a very small Bavarian brewery. However, it wasn't until a trip to Germany inspired the brewers to use open fermentation that the beer finally obtained the flavors they were seeking (and also inspired the name -- "keller" is German for cellar, the name breweries give to their fermentation systems).
Sierra Nevada states: "The flavor is rich with bready wheat notes and massive banana and clove... The finish is clean and crisp and the beer has a low enough ABV to be scarily session-able." Sounds like a winner to me. I am a huge wheat/white beer fan, especially those in the more drinkable spectrum. My only question would be that, as many may know, Sierra Nevada already has a wheat beer: The aptly named Sierra Nevada Wheat. Obviously wheat beers come in many different styles, and the Kellerweis Hefeweizen sounds distinctly different, but it'll be interesting to see how these co-exist. Just as the Torpedo IPA set itself apart from Sierra's long-standing Pale Ale, the Kellerweis will be tasked to do a similar job.
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3-09-2009 @8:44PM Red Icculus said... I really wanted to pick this beer until I heard the banana and clove comment. I love pretty much everything Sierra Nevada does, but I think I might pass on this one.
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3-10-2009 @1:04PM Christine said... Okay, okay, I really like Slashfood, but for the past few weeks the frequent beer posts have been making me upset. Why? Time for the pity party...I was diagnosed last December with celiac. Those lovely descriptions just make me want to cry. :( My last two beers: a Leinenkugel's Nut Brown Ale and a Guinness. Every try a GF beer? some brands out there are acceptable if you know you'll never drink a real one again. Sob.
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3-10-2009 @1:11PM Mike Pomranz said... Hey Christine,
I feel your pain. My grandmother has been a Celiac sufferer for as long as I can remember.
Check out this post from back in October: http://www.slashfood.com/2008/10/25/review-redbridge-gluten-free-beer/
I wrote a review on Anheuser-Busch's gluten-free beer Redbridge, and a number of Slashfoodies listed their favorite gluten-free beers in the comment section.
Hey, at least you went out with a Guinness! Best wishes!
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