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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8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
A typically well balanced SN beer. I’d say doesn’t go full haze - both in look and character. Some tropical fruits, a little pine, rind, tangerine, supportive pale malts. Understated boozy boost. The sweetness is nicely rounded off by the hops. Just a nicely balanced, highly drinkable beer, especially given the strength.
Tried from Can at Beer Merchants Tap on 16 May 2026 at 20:09

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7
Tried on 16 May 2026 at 17:54

8.6/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Eight pack from Teeter. Pint glass at home.

Crips, pale lager with some thin head.
Grainy, peppery, cooked orange peel nose.
Cracker, lots of lemon, hint of crust sweetness, numbing medium herbal bitterness.
Sizzling carb but it dies quickly is the only big complaint. Nice acid, not super thin, average abv.

Very good to great.
Tried from Can from Harris Teeter - Asheville on 15 May 2026 at 22:25

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Dose 0,355l: Bernstein, leichte Trübung, kräftiger stabiler mittelporiger Schaum; sehr frische + sehr fruchtige Nase, kräftige Süße, exotische Früchte, kräftig Pfirsich, Aprikosen, Mango, kräftige florale Hopfennoten, Weizen/Hafer, Hefearomen, malzig-fruchtige Bitterkeit; fruchtiger + leicht würziger Körper, exotische Früchte, kräftig Pfirsich, Pfirsichnektar, Mango, kräftige würzige Hopfennoten, Kräuter, Weizen/Hafer, cremig, wenig Kohlensäure, Hefearomen; fruchtig-trockener Nachgang
Tried from Can from Beyond Beer on 14 May 2026 at 11:56

7.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 9 Overall 7.5
Four pack from the not local at all H-E-B in San Antonio. Struck out locally but find plenty on a work trip, figures.

Straight from the can for most of these.
Resin-y nose with some macerated orange, irritating herbal.
Strong dank is my first impression. Dry & piney, weedy, very pithy rind, slightly medicinal finish.
Frothy, bold carbonation, very dry & constant, boozy.

It comes off a bit too intense to enjoy the four pack but has most of everything else you need in a wcipa.
Tried from Can on 13 May 2026 at 22:40

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Can shared with Morten at the end of Gloomhaven evening at MB2 13.05.26. Clear golden. Aroma of dried tropical fruits, ripe papaya, tawny marmalade, succade, pine and sweet pale malt. Lingering citrus bitterness.
Tried from Can on 13 May 2026 at 22:22

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can. Almost clear gold with a cm of white head. 6+ Gentle citrus peel, peach and pine aroma with crackers and a little biscuit. Taste is along those lines but more rather more insistent with fruit giving way to pine and firm bitterness. More refined/ less rambunctious than many SN hoppy beers. Good.
Tried from Grape and Grain on 12 May 2026 at 13:12

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 9
Can. BB Jan 2027. Pours cloudy Golden Yellow with a small head. Biscuit, Bread and a whiff of citrus, peach and pine. Very elegant and harmonic. Tasty as hell. I feel like its the best IPA ive had in months. 4.3. Super classy.
Tried on 11 May 2026 at 06:42

7.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 8
5oz at Monk's: pours oily dark brown with small head. Aroma is caramel, booze, herbs, and wood. Taste is fairly sweet which adequately covers up the booze. Not really any bitterness, plenty of gin notes. Makes me
Want to try big foot again.
Tried from Draft on 08 May 2026 at 18:51

7.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
12 ounce can taken away from the Needle & Pin and drunk at home. Dark gold and a little bit of quickly dissipating white head. Massive grapefruit aroma woven around the heady scent of biscuity malt. Nothing shy about this beer. Sweet taste, I’m almost tempted to say malt-led but theres loads of grapefruit pith and pineapple hop. Full body with carbonation just on the heavy side. Very impressive!
Tried from Can on 08 May 2026 at 17:36