Celebration Ale Dates For 2026

This year, for my Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale journaling, I want to document as many canning dates as I can find. There is only so much I can do myself, locally, for this.

So I will need help from you. If you see a different canning date than is listed, let me know. Either comment on this post or email me (mikeytoppour@gmail.com) and tell me the date you found.

Here is a list of dates that have hit the Fresno area so far:

09/30/26
10/06/26
10/09/26*

(* denotes dates that I have had)

Look, I am sure all of these canings taste the same. Sierra Nevada is very consistent with its brewing. It’s just a fun thing to do during this time of year. I think we started it on the Perfect Pour podcast and have a good time with it. So humor me here.

Check back on this post, as I will update it with any new canning dates that are found out there.

Cheers!

-Mikey

Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale 2025

shelves of beer six packs at Whole Foods market with the center sixpack being Sierra Nevada Brewing's Celebration Ale

It has hit the shelves. The 2025 version of Sierra Nevada Brewing’s famous Celebration Ale!

I know that Sierra Nevada wants us to call it a Fresh Hop IPA, and I get it. But we will always call it Celebration Ale, my friend.

So, I have had it. One so far. And every year I try to pull something different from the previous years, like everyone else. I can’t so far, from just the one beer. Cleaner, is the only note that comes to mind at the moment.

I will enjoy testing and documenting it more.

Here are some takes on Celebration ’25 from Untappd users:

“Still great, but the fresh hop character isn’t as prominent as in ’24.” – Lone P

“More subdudued and malty?” – MBBrews1

“This one is maltier and a bit less hoppy.” – Lone P

“Not enjoying the hop profile this year. Disapointing. I was really excited for this batch too.” – Chad O

“Excellent.” – Ralph C

Now I have to dive back in and see if I get that it’s maltier than the previous year.

If you ever wondered how they choose the Fresh Hops for Celebration, have a gander:

Cheers!

-Mikey

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale (what the Internet thinks)

a sixpack of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale bottles — Sierra Pale Ale, there is nothing more important

This is an appreciation post for Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. I feel like I can’t have a beer geeky blog without more acknowledgment of the greatest of all time Pale Ale.

Yes, to many of us Sierra may taste outdated. But it is the greatest “outdated” taste of all time and the best palate-reset beer in the business.

And as we are about to see, as Craft Beer goes, so goes Sierra.

Sierra Pale is a great barometer for how beer/Craft Beer is going. Just look at the search volume for Sierra and it totally goes along with how popular Craft Beer has been in the past fifteen years

Yes, you read that chart right, we are at our lowest level of the Internet searching for things related to Sierra Nevada Pale. What a sad world we live in.

What is everyone asking the Internet about Sierra Nevada Pale? These are the top searches:

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Sierra Nevada Summer Break IPA 2022 Is Here!

Sierra Nevada Brewing “Summer Break IPA” 2022

It sure as hell doesn’t feel like Summer on this rainy chilly night in Fresno, but the first Summer beer has arrived: Sierra Nevada Brewing’s “Summer Break IPA”.

Canning date: 3/11/22

ABV: 4.6%

Style: Hazy Session IPA

Value: A nice beer to have in the fridge all season. Good grocery store beer.