Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Commercial Brewery
in
Chico,
California,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 4 Venues
Established in 1979
Contact
Subsidiaries
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.
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can 47,3 cl. Pours an opaque black with a rich, creamy and lacing light brown head. Distinct Bourbon and wood aroma. The body is surprisingly modest considering the color and strength and actually a bit too modest for the heavy Bourbon accents. Roast and chocolate, but the Bourbon dominates. Getting quite boozy towards the finish. 310126
Tried
from Can
on 31 Jan 2026
at 15:07
3.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 1.5
Texture 3
Overall 2
Can, slight haze on pale. Decent white head fades to thin blanket. Simple nose, just fresh smelling beer with very little indication of peach or IPA. Yes, taste is quite IPA - ish but that is followed up with some peach lurking in the background. And you can tell its 7%, it has a slight warming sensation. Decent carbonation. In the middle the fruit seems to increase a tad. As it warms becomes more like any other mere IPA. Of course, a long bitter IPA rude finish. Extra point for the mild peach flavor, distracts a little from the IPA notions.
Tried
from Can
from
Chalet Premier
on 29 Jan 2026
at 17:55
5/10
Tried
on 29 Jan 2026
at 02:38
5/10
Tried
on 29 Jan 2026
at 02:36
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Has the heavy, sweet mouthfeel of Big Little Thing and a strong citrus pith and pine bitterness offset by lemon drops, orange, and a touch of mango. Ultimately grows somewhat saccharine; lower the ABV and you'd have a much better beer.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jan 2026
at 01:22
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
12 oz can. Aroma has notes of citrus (tangelo), biscuity malt, latex. Pours hazy golden with a one finger off-white head with decent retention. Taste has a moderate building to high pithy bitterness with flavors like the aroma. Carbonation is prickly to creamy.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jan 2026
at 23:16
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at The Beer Temple. Pours a clear light yellow gold with a white head that dissipates do the edges and laces slightly. Aroma has bread and sweet grass with a hint of citrus underlying. Flavor has grass and earthy bread with a note of hay and light pine backing.
Tried
from Draft
from
The Beer Temple
on 24 Jan 2026
at 22:54
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
About to have a beer called springfest on the eve of a winter storm of the century. Pour is a very light looking blond with a large white head. Aroma is grapefruit and lemon hops. Flavor is more bitter grapefruit hops. No malt to get in the way of the hops. She's a bitter one and quite tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jan 2026
at 23:26
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
It is a regular ale, on the American way. The color is copper, bitter, hop, malt, a bit watery but it is easy to drink, drinking it a long time ago, to repeat one of these days.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2026
at 13:39
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Tried
from Bottle
from
Horrocks Farm Market
on 23 Jan 2026
at 02:04