There is a superb article on Chow.com that properly credits Sierra Nevada Pale Ale as the groundbreaking brew that started the craft beer movement. The article interestingly calls into question why the beer is no longer considered a great beer by many beer lovers. The beer has not changed. Has craft beer become so widely extreme that this one time extreme beer now pales in comparison? Or are we who love craft beer jaded to any established beer that is so readily available?

I think the answer lies somewhere in between. I’d like to think that most of us aren’t as cynical as the Google employees in the article would have you believe, but then again I have yet to try any of  the Sierra Nevada Harvest Ale Series so maybe I am…

The article makes me wish I’d tried Life and Limb when I had the chance. It’s a great read…

The Beer with the Green Label