Thirsty Thursday #1

Forgive me for getting this up late. As you may have noticed we are trying to get some daily theme posts going here. For the Thirsty Thursday posts I will be sharing with you a new beer, some info and aspects. Every Thursday—a new beer.
















Sierra Nevada Stricklander
Apparently this is a very rare beer. It's also a new beer from Sierra Nevada; only one person has reviewed it at Beeradvocate.com. I had this at the Gate this past Thursday where they were having a Sierra Nevada sampling. The best thing. . . we got to keep the pint glasses! Info on the beer:
Style: Belgian Strong Pale Ale
ABV: 8.5%

Here is what one beer nerd had to say about it:
The beer poured a very clear, light golden color. Initially deceived as to the strength and quality of the beer. There was a slight white head to the beer the dissipated quickly and left a floating island in the middle. There was a spicy, somewhat fruity nose to the beer and a bit of yeasty funk. The taste was spicy as well with a touch of malty sweetness and some additional citrus tastes to balance it all out. This beer is deceiving as hell with the high abv. Not so much in the first but after the second I was really feeling the fullness of the body and really enjoying it.