Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Beer 6pkPack: 6 x 12oz bottlesABV: 5. 6% It changed tastes, made hops famous, and brought an industry back from extinction. Thats a hard working beer. Heavy on hops, that was always the brewery plan. So in 1980, they loaded Pale Ale up with Cascadea new hop at the time named after the mountain rangeand the intense aromas of pine and citrus sparked the American craft beer revolution.