Old Chico Crystal Wheat
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, California, United States 🇺🇸
Weizen - Kristallweizen Rotating|
Score
6.20
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Old Chico Crystal Wheat is our lightest offering. This filtered beer is brewed with malted wheat and barley, and perfectly balanced by unique Crystal hops. Old Chico is a great choice for those new to craft brew and longtime beer aficionados alike—light-bodied, refreshing and wonderfully drinkable.
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7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Kind of a weak version of Sierra Nevada Pale Hill. I like the other original version better
Tried
from Draft
from
The Beer Temple
on 21 Jun 2026
at 01:12
6/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Light yellow color with lasting head. Slightly sweet wheat flavor with a mild, spiciness at the end. A little crisp at the end. Slight citrus bitterness.
Tried
from Draft
at
Sierra Nevada Brewery - North Carolina
on 12 Apr 2025
at 19:11
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Clear golden coloured body with a light white head, about three centimetres at first that fades down quite nicely. Aroma of fresh hops, citrus, grasses, hay and some hop pellets. Light-bodied; Grassy flavours at first with a dose of fresh malt and hops, a hint of artificial sugars and a dose of grain noticeable right behind. Aftertaste shows more of a funky malt with cardboard than anything else, but some fake sugars are also around. Overall, a decent beer that shows some very light flavours, but nothing too exciting and definitely not in the same class as other kristalweizens are. I feel like this beer is more like the beers of the East here, instead of a beer from California from one of the bigger breweries. I sampled this stubby twelve ounce bottle purchased from City’Super in One IFC in Central, Hong Kong on 29-July-2017 for a marked down price of HK$22,00 sampled in my hotel room here in Admiralty, Hong Kong on 01-August-2017, marking this the first time I’ve ever seen this beer, which is halfway on the other side of the world from home and the U.S.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2017
at 01:56
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz bottle picked up at Total Wine in Reno
Pours clear light golden with a medium sized white head, good lacing. Aroma of wheat, hay and grains. Flavor of grains, bisquity, grassy and citrus zest
Ok
Pours clear light golden with a medium sized white head, good lacing. Aroma of wheat, hay and grains. Flavor of grains, bisquity, grassy and citrus zest
Ok
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2017
at 22:21
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared during RBWG 2016 in the hotel room. Pours totally clear gold with a frothy white head. The nose has some grainy wheat, rindy citrus, hay. Medium sweet flavor with a bit of sugary wheat bread, orange, tangerine, grains, dirty hay, light pine. Light to medium bodied with average carbonation. Nicely balanced on the finish, with more sugary wheat bread, citrusy hops, a little bitter grass, pine and hay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2016
at 13:18
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle split in the Fart Dungeon ... breakfast rake ... 04/02/16. Clear golden with a decent off white covering. Nose is toasted malt, grain, straw, lemon drizzle. Taste comprises toasted bread, grain, light white pepperage, lemon twinge, light melon notes. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Clean, simple, easy drinker.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2016
at 13:16