It was an early Christmas gift from Santa Claus.
With eleven hand-pulls (!) of a beer engine, publican Adrian poured a delicious pint of cask-conditioned Celebration Ale (brewed by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, in Chico, California).
The Brick Store Pub (in Decatur, Georgia) was one of only a few pubs nationwide given a cask of this classic American winter-season ale. 3 December 2024.
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About Celebration Ale
Hop harvest happens once a year, sending brewers to the Pacific Northwest to choose the hops they’ll use for months to come. We certainly do that—'hop selection' for all our beers—but Celebration Fresh Hop IPA gets its own 800-mile road trip through Washington and Oregon to hand-pick the ultimate fresh hops for citrus, pine, and floral flavors at their most intense.Once the hops come down, we race the harvest home [to Chico, California] to brew Celebration IPA within a few weeks. That’s the core of fresh hop beers: brew right away for maximum hop aroma and flavor. For more than four decades, it has been the holiday beer to start the celebration.
Specifications
Alcohol by volume: 6.8%
Bitterness Units: 65
Malts: Caramelized, Two-row Pale
Hops: Cascade, Centennial, Chinook
Yeast: American Ale
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