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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8.4/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle. Poured pale orange amber with thick white head. Citrusy, hoppy aroma lovely. Hoppy, piney flavour with fine malt balance. Bitter, hoppy finish. Truly a fine IPA.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Sep 2007 at 23:57

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
12oz Bottle Pours out a nice clear amber topped with a off white head. A very nice hop aroma. Tast of hops not rael strong. Not bad was looking for something a little better from Sierra as a Anniversary ale.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Sep 2007 at 14:51

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Hazy orange with a bit of amber. Head was suprisingly small. Citrus hops, caramel malts, sorta weak aroma. Medium body. Flavor is pretty hoppy, but lacking in actual flavor. Citrus, pine, caramel. Finishes with a bite, but its almost unpleasent, not like a normal hoppy finish. Bitterness lingers. Shockingly dissapointed. Their PA is a work of art, this is a work in progress.
Tried on 04 Sep 2007 at 02:39

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Pour is a orange with a lasting white head. Aroma is some floral hop with notes of honey. Flavor is a bit off with some hops coming through but not much else. This brewer has one of the best beers out there with their pale ale and it is hard to beat that. This one falls short.
Tried on 02 Sep 2007 at 18:30

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
12 oz bottle; kind of weak nose of ivy plants from the hops; amber with a big yellow-tinged head; flavor of mild hop bitterness, much less than their regular IPA, lemon hints are there also and the mild hops last to the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Sep 2007 at 17:08

7.9/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Red black colour with a tan head. Aroma is roasted, coffee, hop. flavour is roasted, coffee, fruit, hop, chocolate. . Nice beer.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Sep 2007 at 01:42

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
On tap at Capital Ale House - Downtown on 11/25/2008. Clear copper amber body with a medium creamy off-white head. Sweet caramel aroma with floral and grassy hops. Sweet floral hop flavor with light caramel and resiny notes. Medium full body wtih moderate carbonation. 7/3/8/3/15 - 3.6 09/01/2007: On tap at Capital Ale House - Innsbrook. Copper amber body with a medium creamy off-white head. Sweet citrus hops aroma. Sweet citrus hops flavor, light caramel and a slightly grainy finish. 7/3/6/3/13 - 3.2
Tried from Draft on 01 Sep 2007 at 06:59

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
A nice easy drinking ipa. Aroma has moderate hops and some malt. Flavor has malt, almost bitter malt, and floral hops. It does down easy enough.
Tried on 31 Aug 2007 at 17:39

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
[re-rate - my palate was a bit off when I last had this - actually fairly low in the bitterness department, with a dry-ish mineral quality, and a british ESB-like malt backbone - a nice session ale] How did I know this was going to be an IPA? - fizzy, clear straw-colored beer that fails to kick up any sort of head - just a few stray bubbles along the edge of the glass - fairly generic, earthy, piney hop aroma, with a sort of citrus tanginess - the flavor isn’t as hoppy as the aroma suggests - herbal, tea-like flavors, with some citrus undertones and medium raw sugar sweetness - hops cling to the tea flavors and compliment them pretty well - kind of thin - hops stand out most in the finish - one of quite a few IPAs I’ve had that taste like "hoppy iced tea" - not exactly a good thing - a sub-par IPA from a maker of some great ones.
Tried on 29 Aug 2007 at 19:37

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
[i] Bottle from Beers of Europe, consumed outside my tent at Towersey Festival [/i] Poured dark brown verging on black with a creamy head. Aroma quite smokey and bitter with a bitter chocolate edge. Tasted quite chocolatey but again good bitterness, quite smooth, very, very drinkable, lovely beer.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Aug 2007 at 23:45