10,000 Vinyasas

This is one of the best beers of all time, according to my discerning beer palate, honed by many sessions of experimentation at the Flying Saucer and other venues. I should state up front that I have migrated to strong, hoppy IPAs, and Sierra Nevada Celebration is all of these.  6.8% alcohol, with a reddish coppery color and a moderately thick head, this is a quintessential IPA.  I was lucky enough to find this on sale at my local Costco a couple of weeks ago at the astounding closeout price of $14.97/case, which is less than $4.00/sixpack.  You just don’t find beer deals like that every day, unfortunately. Back to the beer, though; I really like the holiday scene on the label…snowy scenes during the holidays remind me of growing up in Montana. Sierra Nevada is a mass-produced craft beer house out of Chico California, but the quality doesn’t seem to suffer because of the mass production…their pale ale is quite good, and their porters and stouts are passable, if not exactly inspiring examples.