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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5.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 5.5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Pour is a dark but clear gold with a large white head. Aroma is bready and grain malt but very lacking. Flavor is some grainy malt and some generic fruity hops with accompanying bitterness. More "traditional" than Americanized marzen's but I kind of like the darker more toasted versions. This was just ok.
Tried from Can on 02 Aug 2025 at 20:29

7.8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 8
Very nicely done, and a step up from the Phantom Torpedo I just had in this mixed pack. And that was already well done. Pine, grapefruit. Some unripe pineapple. Clear golden pour with decent head. Bitter end. Nice balance, nice body. Can.
Tried from Can on 02 Aug 2025 at 01:23

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 7
Another solid IPA from Sierra Nevada. Bitter, piney. Clear golden pour with good pillow of head. Decent body despite relatively low abv on this one. Some grapefruit. Can from mixed case.
Tried from Can on 01 Aug 2025 at 23:47

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
19.2 fl oz can from Albertsons. Cloudy golden pour, persistent thick, dense head. Citrusy aroma, mostly grapefruit grows bolder in the taste, zesty, juicy. I wasn't expecting much, and this beer over-delivered.
Tried from Can from Albertson's (Various Locations) on 01 Aug 2025 at 02:50

7.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
Thick foamy white head on a marmalade coloured body.
Pine, resinous & marmalade aroma.
Medium to full bodied, nicely carbonated with thick cloying back.
Pine, stewed fruit, orange, resinous & dank tastes with an extremely bitter finish.
Extreme, old school & top drawer beer - They don't make many beers like this anymore.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Jul 2025 at 21:09

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Dose 0,355l: Golden, glasklar, kräftiger stabiler mittelporiger Schaum; frische + fruchtige Nase, malzig-fruchtige Süße, leichte Hopfennoten, florale/blumige Noten, helle Früchte, Apfelringe, kräftig Malz, Getreide, Karamell, Hefearomen, fruchtig-malzige Bitterkeit; frischer + leicht fruchtiger Körper, dezente Zitrusnoten, leichte fruchtige Säure, grüne/helle Früchte, Zitronensaft, kräftig Malz, Getreide, cremig, mittlere Kohlensäure, dezente florale Hopfenaromen, trockene Hefearomen, etwas Getreidemaische; fruchtig-trockener Nachgang
Tried from Can from Craftbeer Shop on 30 Jul 2025 at 10:02

8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
12 ounce bottle from Woodman's Menominee Falls. 7/30/25. Clear amber, medium tan head, average retention. Looks nice. Aroma of dank, melon, dry tropical fruits. Taste is grapefruit, dank, melon, hints of tropical fruit. Strong bitterness, Nice, nice, nice. Love the bitter. Can't get enough!
Tried from Bottle from Woodman’s Foods - Menomonee Falls on 30 Jul 2025 at 05:13

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Bottle at home, 24th July 25. Pours clear and dark golden. Aroma is pine and resin pithy citrus. Taste is pithy, bitter, marmalade, pine and resin, bittersweet linger - still rocking it old school
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jul 2025 at 11:58

7.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
Not bad overall. Some candied citrus peel, pale bread, pine needles. Moderate bitterness. It grew on me as I drank it.
Tried from Can on 26 Jul 2025 at 22:51

6.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Can, from Whole Foods, Manhattan NYC. Pours cloudy dark yellow with a large foamy off-white head, faint piney aroma, adequate carbonation, bitter citrus peel taste, faint piney flavor, thin body, long bitter finish. Citrusy West Coast IPA.
Tried from Can from Whole Foods Market - Upper West Side on 26 Jul 2025 at 22:08