Sierra Nevada Brewing Company

Commercial Brewery in Chico, California, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 4 Venues

Established in 1979

Contact
1075 E 20th St, Chico, CA, 95928, United States
Subsidiaries
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company owns 1 brewery:
Description
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. was founded in 1979, with founders Ken Grossman and Paul Camusi expanding their homebrewing hobby into a brewery. Sierra Nevada is considered one of the earliest and most influential breweries which spawned the craft beer movement of the 1980s-90s.

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7/10
Tried from Can on 08 Feb 2026 at 21:54

5.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 5 Texture 5 Overall 5
Gold with a frothy, white head. Wort-like aroma, floral, dough. Taste is dough-like sweet. Finishes much the same with minimal bitterness. Light bodied, moderate carbonation, moderate watery texture. Drinkable and unfortunately fairly typical for the style.
Tried from Can on 08 Feb 2026 at 20:05

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Can shared by Joen. Clear bright yellow color, white head. Aroma and flavor are lightly malts, hops, quite sweet I must say. In the end though, not bad.
Tried on 08 Feb 2026 at 15:15

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
Pours clear gold into a willi. Bright white head with good retention recedes leaving spot lacing. Pine and pith aromas. Crisp with sweet tangerine and grapefruit pith front to back. Lasting earthy pith and pine finish.
Tried on 08 Feb 2026 at 01:54

7/10
Tried from Can on 07 Feb 2026 at 22:34

8.5/10
4 months old and still killer. I've been craving something like this for so long
Tried from Can on 07 Feb 2026 at 16:46

8.8/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 9 Overall 9
Bought locally, packaged December 6th 2024.

Deep clear amber, plenty of foam, very good retention and lacing.

Smell is pine, orange zest, light caramel malt.

Taste is pine, orange, light caramel malt, still quite bitter overall.

Soft mouthfeel, this is Bigfoot!
Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2026 at 15:40

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Can from The Davis Beer Shoppe. Pours very dark slightly ruddy amber with a decent creamy tan head. Aroma of semi-dark fruit, light spice and darkish malt. Med body or so. It's malty but not very sweet. Definitely bitter. Odd combination of coffee, spice, slightly toasty malt and some pine. Pretty good tho.
Tried from Can at The Davis Beer Shoppe on 07 Feb 2026 at 02:36

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Can. Pours clear golden with a foamy off-white head, citrus aroma, adequate carbonation, bitterish citrus peel taste, faint alcohol undertones, thin body, long bitterish finish. Good DIPA.
Tried from Can on 06 Feb 2026 at 19:17

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Creamy tan head on a tick dark brown coloured body.
Liquorice, malt, berry & coffee aroma.
Medium bodied, smooth & creamy thinning out to a clean back.
Coffee, malt, berry, raisin & liquorice tastes with a bitter fruity finish
Bitter!
Tried from Bottle on 06 Feb 2026 at 17:19