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The Sierra Nevada Brewing Company was established in 1979 and began selling beers in February of 1981 by homebrewer Ken Grossman (and Paul Camusi, who retired in 1998 and sold his share in the company to Grossman). Located in Chico, California, Sierra Nevada Brewing is one of the most popular craft breweries currently operating in the United States. Their pale ale is world renowned, and the brewery produces about 600,000 barrels of beer per year. In the winter they brew a special seasonal called "Celebration" which is much like the pale ale only hoppier with hints of oak and cinnamon. This beer is consistently rated high in BeerAdvocate.com's Top 25 list. In 1989, after moving the brewery to its current location, Ken added The Sierra Nevada Taproom and Restaurant, which serves lunch and dinner. More recently the brewery opened "The Big Room", a live music venue located inside the brewery's facilities, and featuring world-class acts from country, bluegrass, folk, rock, blues and other musical genres. The facility is to be entirely fuel cell powered by 2007.
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company is the second best-selling craft beer brand in the United States, behind the Boston Beer Company, makers of Samuel Adams. Sierra Nevada has sponsored a professional bicycle racing team since 2001, now co-sponsored by Kodak EasyShare Gallery.
The brewmaster is Steve Dressler who has been with the brewery since 1983 when their output was 25 to 30 barrels a week.
Beers
Sierra Nevada Classics
Pale Ale
- Alcohol Content: 5.6% by volume
- Beginning Gravity: 13.0 Plato
- Ending Gravity: 2.8 Plato
- Bitterness Units: 37
- Yeast: Top-fermenting Ale Yeast
- Bittering Hops: Magnum & Perle
- Finishing Hops: Cascade
- Malts: Two-row Pale & Caramel
Porter
- Alcohol Content: 5.6% by volume
- Beginning Gravity: 14.5 Plato
- Ending Gravity: 3.8 Plato
- Bitterness Units: 40
- Yeast: Top-fermenting Ale Yeast
- Bittering Hops: Goldings
- Finishing Hops: Willamette
- Malts: Two-row Pale, Munich, Chocolate & Caramel
Wheat
- Alcohol Content: 4.4% by volume
- Beginning Gravity: 11.5 Plato
- Ending Gravity: 2.3 Plato
- Bitterness Units: 27
- Yeast: Top-fermenting Ale Yeast
- Bittering Hops: Perle
- Finishing Hops: Spalt
- Malts: Two-row Pale, Dextrin & Wheat
Stout
- Alcohol Content: 5.8% by volume
- Beginning Gravity: 16.0 Plato
- Ending Gravity: 4.8 Plato
- Bitterness Units: 60
- Yeast: Top-fermenting Ale Yeast
- Bittering Hops: Magnum
- Finishing Hops: Cascade & Willamette
- Malts: Two-row Pale, Munich, Caramel & Black
Seasonals
Summerfest
- Alcohol Content: 5.0% by volume
- Beginning Gravity: 11.8 Plato
- Ending Gravity: 2.8 Plato
- Bitterness Units: 32
- Yeast: Bottom-fermenting Lager Yeast
- Bittering Hops: Perle & Saaz
- Finishing Hops: Saaz
- Malts: Two-row Pale, Dextrin & Munich
Bigfoot - Barleywine Style Ale
- Alcohol Content: 9.6% by volume
- Beginning Gravity: 23.0 Plato
- Ending Gravity: 6.0 Plato
- Bitterness Units: 90
- Yeast: Top-fermenting Ale Yeast
- Bittering Hops: Chinook
- Finishing Hops: Cascade & Centennnial
- Dry Hopping: Cascade, Centennial & Chinook
- Malts: Two-row Pale, English Caramel & Dextrin
Celebration Ale
- Alcohol Content: 6.8% by volume
- Beginning Gravity: 16.0 Plato
- Ending Gravity: 4.0 Plato
- Bitterness Units: 62
- Yeast: Top-fermenting Ale Yeast
- Bittering Hops: Chinook
- Finishing Hops: Cascade & Centennnial
- Dry Hopping: Cascade, Centennial & Chinook
- Malts: Two-row Pale, English Caramel & Dextrin
Specialty Drafts
India Pale Ale
- Bittering Hops: Magnum
- Finishing Hops: Goldings
- Dry Hopping: Goldings
- Malts: English
Brown Ale
- Hops: Goldings
Crystal Wheat
- Malts: 2/3 wheat malt, 1/3 barley malt
Blonde Ale
- Hops: Perle, Styrian Goldings
- Malts: Maris Otter English
Best Bitter Ale
Ruthless Weiss Beer
- Unfiltered
External links
See also
Craft beerCalifornia breweries | Companies based in CaliforniaMicrobreweries
"Sierra Nevada Brewing Company"