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.
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. Poured Brown, mild head, a bit watery. Malty and nutty aroma and pretty standard for a brown ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:02
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Draught from Rattle & Hum. Poured an oragish brown with mild head. SOme almond aroma and such, some piney hops.
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 01:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours an opaque brown to black. Little head. A weighty presence. Dark licoricey aroma. Taste is same with some hints of chocolate fruits and a mild alcohol burn.
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 01:02
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tiny glass from R&H. Poured a clear gold with smallish white head. Sweet and bocky malty taste but clean finish. good.
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 01:02
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught de el Tiger. Poured a very dark blackish brown, smallish head, a more malty and chocolatey brew than I expected, not a hwole lot of uniper here.
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 01:02
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled. Poured brownish black with a tannish head that lingered on the top for a bit. Aroma is coffee and lots of chocolate, as is taste. Good stuff from SN
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:02
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Draft from the draught house in Austin. Poured a pale yellow with minor head. Aroma was somewhat malty but the taste was just a bit too weak for me.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 May 2025
at 01:01
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft at ratlle and hum. I don’t know why this was a saison, it was a little funkadelic.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 May 2025
at 01:00
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottled. Poured pretty cloudy. Spicy bananas etc. Pretty well done for an american made hefe.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:00
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught from el tigre. Poured a cloudy pale-ish yellow. Some malths and fruity aromas. Not bad.
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 00:59