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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6.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Old rating - A pint from the tap at All Bar One, St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Pours a amber colour with a white head. Aromas & tastes of pine & citrus, medium bitter finish. Decent.
Tried from Draft on 05 Jul 2025 at 16:33

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from the brewery enjoyed at home a year after purchase. Dark brown bordering on black with a thin white head that dissipates quickly. Rich caramel and brown sugar with bits of chocolate, oak and fruit on the nose. More barleywine than brown so far. Thick sweet flavor with spice earth brown sugar caramel fruit. So much going on but it doesn't seem to meld well at this point. I can't find much mandarin. Decent sipper, I enjoyed it but wasn't what I was expecting.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jul 2025 at 00:19

8.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Hazy pale yellow colour, moderate sized ecru-ish white head (which would probably be larger in a normal glass); aroma of pineapple, mango, so.e pea h, tangerine, orange peel and some oats notes; hoppy taste with the same notes as can be felt in the aroma; good one!
Tried from Can on 04 Jul 2025 at 03:56

6.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Purchased at Publix, drunk in Chesterfield at Eric's house. Decent body, relatively dry, pretty citrusy with good hop bitterness. Nice that it's not too grainy flavored. Good non alk option.
Tried from Can on 03 Jul 2025 at 23:00

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Slightly unclear golden with a foamy head. Pine honey and resin, stone fruit, hay, lemon zest, coriander seeds. Dry zesty resinous bitterness, some fruity sweetness. Medium bodied, oily texture, soft carbonated, dry zesty resinous bittersweet finish. Pretty good crafty Pilsner!
Tried from Can from Heinrich's Super Getränke-Markt 3000 on 03 Jul 2025 at 19:54

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 9 Overall 8.5
A beer I’ve had before, thought it had been rated. It appears not. This is a 2025 edition 12 oz bottle purchased at Mr. T’s across town recently. I pull the cap and lift into my chilled ABGB tulip glass. The appearance is a clear gold liquid topped by a thin skim of ice white foam. The nose is pine, straw and syrup. The taste far exceeds the smell, I get dankness, pine resin, plenty of malt, varnish and some dried apricot sweetness. Quite good. No lack of a thick sensation in this one and moderately bitter. Also good. I call this a high level IPA.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jul 2025 at 22:12

7/10
Tasted like caramel flavored Vicks vaporub when I first opened it but as it warms up and airs out it's much better! Hop notes dominate still with a thin caramel finish. Thanks Andy K. !
Tried from Bottle on 30 Jun 2025 at 18:02

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Dumbed-down from the original recipe, sweeter and boozier without being noticeably juicier, an attempt to cut in on the giant-can ubiquity of shitty Voodoo Ranger and its shitty variants. Not an improvement, no longer a reasonable alternative to 90-Minute.
Tried from Can on 30 Jun 2025 at 01:08

6.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can at Quarles Fest after figuring out our cousin has COVID. Clean and mild grainy flavor, decent light bodied summer beer. Not too exciting but decent earthy hop notes.
Tried from Can on 29 Jun 2025 at 23:32

7.5/10
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jun 2025 at 01:43