California’s Sierra Nevada Brewing is a popular craft beer producer, but no matter how well its core brands resonate with consumers, Sierra Nevada is still ready to experiment and introduce new products. One of its latest happens to also be a collaboration beer. It’s Sierra Nevada Rye Ale, a limited-edition beer brewed with rye and aged for six months in rye whiskey barrels from Sagamore Spirit.
Sierra Nevada ages its red ale in the barrels and the resulting Rye Ale is nothing short of heavenly, with flavors of rye, clove, nutmeg, brown sugar, and walnuts contributing to the beer’s flavor. The final product has a strong, assertive personality and weighs in at 10 percent alcohol by volume.
Brian Treacy, President of Sagamore Spirit, says the partnership with Sierra Nevada is one that is long overdue and he can’t wait for fans of craft beer and craft whiskey to taste the results.
“We know the magic that happens when our whiskey ages in freshly charred oak, so we couldn’t wait to see what amazingly crafted beer that met our barrels would taste like. It was love at first sip,” said Treacy Spirit. “Our team is always looking to bring the taste of Maryland-style rye whiskey to more people, and thanks to this collaboration with Sierra Nevada, we’ve found a whole new way to do that. We couldn’t wait to taste this beer, aged in our charred oak and then barrel-aged at Sierra Nevada.”
Sierra Nevada Brewing has been involved in multiple collaboration projects in the past but this, believe it or not, is the brewery’s first collaboration effort involving the aging of its beer in rye whiskey barrels. I’m not sure why it took this long, but the marriage between these two brands sounds like one that is certainly worth experiencing.
If you want to try Sierra Nevada Rye Ale, you will need to look for it at Total Wine stores and at select off-premise accounts throughout the state of Maryland, where Sagamore Spirits is located. To find specific places where this beer is available in your area, be sure to visit www.sierranevada.com. And enjoy what is easily one of Sierra Nevada’s most delicious collaboration efforts to date.
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