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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6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Dose 0,355l: Helles Bernstein, leicht orange, deutliche Trübung, mäßig stabiler mittelporiger Schaum; sehr frische + sehr fruchtige Nase, kräftige Zitrusnoten, exotische Früchte, leichte fruchtige Säure, Ananas, Maracuja, Limetten, florale/grasige Hopfennoten, Weizen/Hafer, Hefearomen, malzig-fruchtige Bitterkeit; fruchtiger + würziger Körper, trockene Zitrusnoten, leichte fruchtige Säure, Limetten, Limettenabrieb, Grapefruitzest, florale/grasige Hopfennoten, Malz, Weizen, cremig, kräftige Kohlensäure, Hefearomen; fruchtig-trockener Nachgang
Tried from Can from Craftbeer Shop on 06 Aug 2025 at 13:14

8.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 9.5 Texture 9 Overall 10
750 c&c Liz brought from the Chico Taproom. Pours dark brn/blk with a dark tan head that was huge and slowing fizzed away. Aroma of dark malt, rum, bourbon, treacle and red berries. Far from dry. Heat and toasted malt stand in for hop bitter. This is really, really good ale.
Tried from Bottle at Sierra Nevada Brewing Company on 05 Aug 2025 at 23:51

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Can from Systembolaget. Of course its a tad thin but overall this is a decent stab at a classic wear coast IPA at this alco free point.
Tried from Can on 05 Aug 2025 at 16:21

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Interesting Christmas beer, a nice love story between the U.S and Belgian knowledge, dry and bitter with a warm touch of toffee, 30.03.20, at Epalinges
Tried from Bottle from Más que cervezas on 05 Aug 2025 at 15:43

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Dose 0,355l: Helles Bernstein, leichte Trübung, stabiler mittelporiger Schaum; sehr frische + sehr fruchtige Nase, kräftige Zitrusnoten, exotische Früchte, leichte fruchtige Säure, Mango, Maracuja, Grapefruit, florale/grasige Hopfennoten, Malz, Getreide, Hefearomen, malzig-fruchtige Bitterkeit; fruchtiger + würziger Körper, trockene Zitrusnoten, leichte fruchtige Säure, Grapefruit, Grapefruitzest, florale/grasige Hopfennoten, Malz, Weizen, cremig, kräftige Kohlensäure, Hefearomen; fruchtig-trockener Nachgang
Tried from Can from Craftbeer Shop on 05 Aug 2025 at 13:13

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cracker malt with a little bit of toasted bread, with hints of apple, lemon, and grass, followed by a modest honey sweetness and a manageable floral bitterness. Tasty.
Tried from Can on 05 Aug 2025 at 01:09

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottled 4/2/25, drunk 8/4/25.
Clear as day, light amber-bronze. Medium-sized, off-white head.
Resin and caramel! I don't know why I'm surprised but it's just been so long. I avoid old school DIPAs like the plague. Some wood, tea, vanilla, black tea and PINE. And caramel. Not boozey, though.
Pine resin and balancing caramel. Sweet and bitter. Love it! It's been so long since I've had this nasty style that it tastes novel and enjoyable. Orange, tea, wood, white bread and caramel. It is balanced from all the sweet white bread and caramel. Pine and orange linger. It does seem more balanced than in the days of old. Still has that hop stink/sweat earthiness. Fun. Would probably not want to drink this too many more times. A few times every decade.
Tried from Bottle from Julio’s Liquors on 05 Aug 2025 at 00:28

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
From Heinrich 3000, Kornwestheim. A solid American IPA, good bitterness, deep at the palate, citrus and sweet, orange peel, 13.04.19, savouring it with pleasure at Epalinges.
Tried from Bottle from Heinrich's Super Getränke-Markt 3000 on 04 Aug 2025 at 18:23

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 8
Light hazy golden with a white head - Fruity and herbal hop aroma - malt body with a herbal hop flavour and good bitterness - Herbal hop flavours and bitterness goes into a long fnish that ends dry - This was good
Tried from Can on 03 Aug 2025 at 16:10

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
It is a classical IPA, smooth for the style, creamy, pineapple, papaya, tropical fruits, hoppy but not at the extreme, 11.06.18, buying this beer at the bootlegger, Paris, drinking it at Lausanne, Prélaz
Tried from Bottle from Bootlegger on 03 Aug 2025 at 05:43