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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7.4/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 9 Overall 6.5
Can. Pours clear golden orange, medium white head, good lacing. Aroma is orange, grapefruit, perfume, mango. Flavor is light sweet, light plus bitter. Light body
Tried from Can on 25 Jul 2025 at 21:35

6.4/10 Appearance 1 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 5 Overall 7.5
Can. An unclear golden beer with a white head. The aroma has notes of citrus fruits, spices, peaches, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of citrus fruits, peaches, spices, hops, and malt, leading to a bitter finish. 8/1/7/3/15
Tried from Can on 24 Jul 2025 at 18:03

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 7
19.2oz stovepipe can from Albertsons. Cloudy golden pour, one finger lasting fluffy head. Faint citrusy aroma, oranges. Taste doesn't add too much here, light citrus zest, quick finish. Hides it's ABV well.
Tried from Can from Albertson's (Various Locations) on 23 Jul 2025 at 05:04

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
It is a really good IPA. The body is dark copper. The taste is in the mouth really bitter, eating the hop and there is a small side of sugar, generous and resinous bitterness, fruity and sweet, boozy, full body, drinking it with Fred and once I bought it at drinks of the world.
Tried from Can on 22 Jul 2025 at 07:45

8.8/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 9 Texture 9 Overall 8.5
Exceptionally clean. Balanced grassy-citrusy hop bite. Lightly sun-kissed pale malts. Some semi-juicy citrus fruit. Faint dank notes. Golly that’s good.
Tried from Can at Beer Merchants Tap on 21 Jul 2025 at 16:57

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Pretty well rounded. Low bitterness, notes of white grape, gin, botanicals, pine needles, pale malt, lemon rind. Interesting, enjoyable.
Tried from Can at Beer Merchants Tap on 19 Jul 2025 at 23:25

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
19th July 2025
Panda thanks to Cloin. Near clear gold beer, very small and very drinkable lived off white head. Light palate, semi dry, good fine carbonation. Smooth malts, a very fine grainy sweetness, suits this brew. The old school hops provide some old school bitterness. A little soft pine in there. Ripe citrus and bitterish marmalade, touch of ripe lemon. Light finish. Drinks pretty easy for it's abv and in this particular case, the old school character was a very welcome change.
Tried on 19 Jul 2025 at 13:09

8/10
Resinous pine bomb
Tried from Bottle from Cotteridge Wines on 19 Jul 2025 at 09:39

4.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 4 Texture 3 Overall 3
Takes the subtle peach notes of Juicy Little Thing and plows over you with them like an eighteen wheeler. Too sweet, which gives the peach an air of artificiality even though don’t think any “natural” flavors were used. First Little Thing beer I outright dislike.
Tried from Can on 19 Jul 2025 at 00:13

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Nicely balanced overall, moderate bitterness, some orange peel, pine, sun-baked pale malts. Good condition. Flora notes in the finish, lingering bitter bite. Sound.
Tried from Cask at Beer Merchants Tap on 18 Jul 2025 at 15:58