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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7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
Clear golden, white head. Solid sweet piney aroma. Sweet malty and piney flavour, piney, slightly perfumy finish. Quite sweet with lasting hop bite.
Tried from Can on 15 Jun 2025 at 18:21

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
35cl blik van AH. Zou toch zweren deze al eens gehad te hebben. Medium zoet, fruitig, tropisch, redelijk fris, wat gist, degelijke NEIPA. Lichte body.
Tried from Can on 14 Jun 2025 at 22:16

6.5/10
Tried from Can from Cotteridge Wines on 14 Jun 2025 at 18:56

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Old rating from 22-01-15 - 355ml bottle poured at home, it's hazy orange with a small white head. Aromas & tastes of banana, cloves, citrus, bread, wheat, grain, hints of spice & malt. Medium body. Soft carbonation. Mild bitter finish. Outstanding
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jun 2025 at 13:32

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle at home, from HOTM online, 13/06/2025.
Clear golden amber topped with a lasting creamy beige head.
Nose is bitter orange, caramel malts, pine resin, grapefruit zest.
Taste comprises sweet malts, pine resin, grass, caramel, mango, grapefruit.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come resinous hop bitterness allied to a balanced rising boost.
Runs a touch sweet but a decent old skool DIPA.
Tried on 13 Jun 2025 at 17:45

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pretty good Torpedo, piney and bitter as all hell but in the classic Sierra Nevada IPA way, notes of orange and grapefruit zest and a touch of caramel offsetting the deluge of hop vitriol. Clingy bitterness lingers long into the finish. Nice pint.
Tried from Can on 13 Jun 2025 at 00:23

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Can from Raynville Superstore. It pours crystal clear golden - blonde with a medium fluffy white head. The aroma is sweet, juicy, tangy, tropical fruit vibes, mango, green banana, fruit cocktail and tinned peach. The taste is initially smooth, then you get some bitterness/dryness right upfront, fruit cocktail, green banana, pithy citrus, green, weedy edge, grapefruit vines, peppery spice and resin with a drying, bitter finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. I like the bitter snap to it. Moreish.
Tried from Can from Raynville Superstore on 12 Jun 2025 at 17:37

6.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 5
Outsized bitterness, with the Vic Secret hop minerality adding an almost medicinal slant to the finish. Modest notes of citrus and wine must and pine. Kinda weak sauce.
Tried from Can on 12 Jun 2025 at 00:51


7.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 8
2025 bottle from Sierra Nevada Cascade Club UK. A golden/amber coloured pour with a healthy off white head on top. Hoppy, malty, orange, caramel, tropical fruit taste and aroma. Not as sweet as before and not quite as complex in my opinion but still quite decent.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2025 at 21:16