What it is
Christmas Jam IPA is a new beer from Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. in Chico, CA. The label lists it as an IPA at 6.2% ABV, and the label was approved Sep 28, 2026.
It's a collaboration. The label ties it to one event, the Christmas Jam concert.
What the label tells us
The hop bill is Comet, El Dorado and Idaho 7. The package is a can.
The label's own pitch is that it's made "EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE CHRISTMAS JAM CONCERT," which makes me wonder how far past the concert it travels. I don't know, and the label doesn't say.
On flavor, the label says it is "heavily hopped for bright citrus and stone fruit notes." That is the brewery's description, not ours.
There's no art description to go on, so I'll leave the artwork alone.
When you might see it
There's no timing to go on yet. Nobody has spotted it, and no release date has been announced.
What we don't know yet
- Release date
- Price
- Where it will be sold, and whether it's sold beyond the concert
- How it tastes, since nobody at Hopgrail has tried it
- Who the collaboration partner is
More from Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
- Trail Pass: an earlier beer.
- Big Little Thing: an earlier beer.
- Cosmic Little Thing: an earlier beer.
- Haze Craze Hazy IPA Pack: an earlier beer.
- Hazy IPA Pack: an earlier beer.
- Dual Torpedo Double Dry-Hopped Double IPA: another new label approved around the same time.
- Midnight Torpedo Black IPA: another new label approved around the same time.
- Radio Tower: another new label approved around the same time.
- Voyager Torpedo Double IPA: another new label approved around the same time.
- Barrel-Aged 1979 Stout: another new label approved around the same time.
On your grail list. We'll email you when it's spotted.
