Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Commercial Brewery
in
Chico,
California,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 4 Venues
Established in 1979
Contact
Subsidiaries
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.
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Very nice overall, sturdy dry pine, a little hop oil, lightly toasted malts, earth. Softly resinous. Highly drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
at
Beer Merchants Tap
on 18 Jul 2025
at 15:55
7/10
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jul 2025
at 13:20
8.6/10
Piney, bitter, burnt malt and hoppy. Actually pretty hoppy for a barley wine. Unique check-in 8️⃣8️⃣8️⃣8️⃣
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2025
at 16:40
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
This can is coming from Ingelheim, Strumpf, Getränkmarkt. I could say that it is a old school ipa, typical bitterness of this brewery, mineral, dry malt, generous resinous side, a bit grassy, bitter, floral, 11.05.24
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jul 2025
at 10:39
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Golden yellow with small head. Dank pine, pine, and more pine, grapefuit peel, and caramel malt aroma. Very sweet orange, peach, biscuit malt, and very strong bitter/dank pine and grapefruit peel flavor. Good body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2025
at 03:37
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
0.355 l bottle from 'Beyond Beer', bottled in April 2025. Almost clear, orangeish amber with a medium large, frothy, almost stable, white head. Sweetish, fairly resiny, gently fruity aroma of lots of pine, tobacco, grapefruit and mango. Quite sweet, gently bitter, very resiny and gently fruity taste of massive pine, grapefruit, tobacco, orange jam, mango and orange liqueur, followed by a long, quite bitter, gently boozy finish. Full body, smooth and slightly creamy mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Heavy stuff, but I really dig it, same procedure as every year.
Tried
from Bottle
from Beyond Beer
on 11 Jul 2025
at 17:59
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
On tap at The Rake, Borough Market. Nice nose of honey,vanilla, orange marmalade, light bourbon. Taste is honey, vanilla, caramel, pineapple, oak, nice hit of bourbon coming through in the back end. Rich boozy sweet finish. Top notch.
Tried
from Draft
at
The Rake
on 09 Jul 2025
at 15:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
0.355 l can from 'Beyond Beer', canned in December 2024. Hazy, golden yellow with a medium large, frothy, slowly diminishing, white head. Sweetish, rather fruity-floral and a bit dank aroma of passion fruit, pineapple and some green peppers. Gently sweet, moderately bitter, fairly fruity-floral and a bit dank taste of passion fruit, pineapple, some grains and hints of green pepper, followed by a short, moderately bitter, slightly dry finish. Thin to medium body, gently effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Very nice NAIPA!
Tried
from Can
from Beyond Beer
on 09 Jul 2025
at 10:10
7.4/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can. Pours clear golden, medium white head, good lacing. Aroma is pine, mango, lemon. Flavor is light sweet, medium bitter. Medium body.
Tried
on 08 Jul 2025
at 00:17
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
568ml can. Pours dark orange with a small head. Aroma is pine and caramel, with a little booze. Taste has pine, toffee and caramel.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jul 2025
at 21:18