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Holiday Hops IPA | Sierra Nevada Celebration IPA® Clone | 5 Gallon Beer Recipe Kit | All-Grain

Holiday Hops IPA | Sierra Nevada Celebration IPA® Clone | 5 Gallon Beer Recipe Kit | All-Grain

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Description

  • A classic West Coast IPA modeled after Sierra Nevada's Celebration. Balanced malt character, deep reddish color and plenty of hop bitterness
  • Includes Chinook, Cascade, and Centennial hops
  • Estimated ABV: 6.6%
  • Estimated IBUs: 64
  • Makes 5 gallons of finished beer

There are certain beers that you can't help but associate with a specific time of year, and there might be no better example than Sierra Nevada's Celebration IPA. As the year begins to wind down and we enter the holiday season, our eyes instinctively start scanning the shelves for those striking red labels. Once you've enjoyed that first pint of Sierra's signature seasonal release, it's hard to resist leaning into the holiday spirit. Sierra brews this recipe every year with their most recent haul of fresh, hand-selected hops, making each release slightly unique to past iterations. Even though our clone kit doesn't contain fresh hops, we strived to make a recipe that celebrates the character of Cascade, Centennial, and Chinook hops with heaps of citrus, piney, and floral notes.

Our Holiday Hops kit is a classic West Coast IPA with a distinct, but balanced malt character, deep reddish color and plenty of hop bitterness to match the bite of winter weather. Cascade, Centennial, and Chinook hops are employed up and down the brew schedule, from the top of the 90-minute boil to the final dry hop addition days before packaging. We highly recommend using a Chico yeast strain for fermentation—it's a Sierra Nevada ale recipe after all!

  • Makes 5 gallons
  • Estimated Original Gravity: 1.061-66
  • SRM (Color Range): 12
  • IBUs: 64
  • Estimated Alcohol Percentage: 6.6%

 

Our recipe kits DO NOT include grain bags, yeast or priming sugar. To find our yeast recommendations, choose your preferred kit option above and then select the drop-down menu under “Yeast Options”.  For more info, click on the recommended yeast(s) below in the “You Might Also Need” section below. All grains will come milled, unless you select unmilled base malts.

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sounded good
Scott M on Mar 5, 2023
Husband likes to brew. Likes ipa. Likes Sierra Nevada.
Katherine S on Dec 17, 2022
sounded good
Scott M on Mar 5, 2023
I got this for Christmas time, and it was such a hit I had to order another!
Donald C on Dec 28, 2022
Husband likes to brew. Likes ipa. Likes Sierra Nevada.
Katherine S on Dec 17, 2022
Holiday- gift
Michelle V on Nov 30, 2022
Won a contest
Benjamin A on Nov 22, 2022
Happy Holidays!
Eric S on Nov 8, 2022
I have always likes Celebration Ale, thought I would give it a try.
Steve on Nov 8, 2022
LIKE THIS BEER
John S on Nov 7, 2022
Give it a try since I really like the SN Holiday Ale
Dave Corrasa on Nov 4, 2022
I got this for Christmas time, and it was such a hit I had to order another!
Donald C on Dec 28, 2022
Holiday- gift
Michelle V on Nov 30, 2022
Hello, can you please tell me how to cut this recipe in half to make a 2.5 gallon batch?
Brian S on Nov 7, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5
Great clone of Sierra Nevada
A great kit! Not sure why it's advertised as a winter beer, as it's pretty tasty year round! The color is great, the lacing is awesome, the aromas are wonderful and it goes down really nicely.
October 2, 2024
Rated 5 out of 5
Be patient
Brewed this the second time last May. Kegged and stuck it in the back of the kegerator. Sampled a couple times with a picnic tap. Kept getting better. Tapped it mid-September. Wow! Starting another one now so it will be ready for the New Year.
Used OYL006
September 26, 2023
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