Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
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| Sierra Nevada Brewing Company | |
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| Location | Chico, CA United States |
| Owner(s) | Ken Grossman (independent) |
| Year opened | 1979 |
| Annual production | 680,000 barrels |
| Active beers | |
| Sierra Nevada Pale Ale | Pale ale |
| Sierra Nevada Porter | Porter |
| Sierra Nevada Stout | Stout |
| Sierra Nevada Wheat Beer | American Wheat |
| Seasonal beers | |
| ESB (Early Spring Beer) | Bitter |
| Summerfest Lager | Pale lager |
| Anniversary Ale | American IPA |
| Celebration Ale | India pale ale |
| Special Release beers | |
| Bigfoot Barleywine Style Ale | Barley wine |
| Harvest Ale | Pale ale |
| Limited Draft Only beers | |
| 20th Street Ale | Pale ale |
| Best Bitter Ale | Bitter |
| Blonde Ale | Blonde ale |
| Brown Ale | Brown ale |
| Crystal Wheat | Pale wheat ale |
| Doppelbock | Doppelbock |
| Draught Style Pale Ale | Pale ale |
| Extra Special Pale Ale (ESP) | Pale ale |
| India Pale Ale | India pale ale |
| Oktoberfest | Oktoberfest |
| Pale Bock | Helles bock |
| Pilsner | Pilsener |
| Rauchbier | Rauchbier |
| Ruthless Weiss Beer | Hefe weizen |
The Sierra Nevada Brewing Company was established in 1980 by homebrewers Ken Grossman and Paul Camusi. Camusi 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 almost 700,000 barrels of beer per year. Their specialty brews include the winter Seasonal Celebration, like the pale ale only hoppier with hints of oak and cinnamon, and Summerfest, which is citrusy and sunny. Their beer is consistently rated high in BeerAdvocate.com's Top 25 list, and has been featured on many television shows, including Friends and Sex in the City. 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 Sierra Nevada Brewing Company's Pale Ale is the second best-selling craft beer in the United States, behind the Boston Beer Company's Samuel Adams Boston Lager.
The brewmaster is Steve Dresler who has been with the brewery since 1983 when their output was 25 to 30 barrels a week. While commonly referred to as a microbrewery, their production has outgrown that label and they are more properly called a craft brewery.
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[edit] Beers
[edit] Sierra Nevada Classics
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Seasonals
[edit] ESB (Early Spring Beer)
- Alcohol Content: 5.9% by volume
- Beginning Gravity: 14.9 Plato
- Ending Gravity: 3.6 Plato
- Bitterness Units: 45-46
- Yeast: Top-fermenting Ale Yeast
- Bittering Hops: English Challenger
- Finishing English Challenger & East Kent Goldings
- Dry Hopping: English Challenger
- Malts: Two-row Pale, Maris Otter & Crystal
[edit] 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
[edit] Anniversary Ale
- Alcohol Content: 5.9% by volume
- Beginning Gravity: 14.9 Plato
- Ending Gravity: 3.5 Plato
- Bitterness Units: 46
- Yeast: Top-fermenting Ale Yeast
- Bittering Hops: Chinook
- Finishing Hops: Cascade
- Dry Hopping: Cascade
- Malts: Two-row Pale, Caramel & Munich
[edit] 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
[edit] Special Release
[edit] 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
[edit] Harvest Ale
[edit] Limited Drafts Only
[edit] Pale Bock
- Alcohol Content: 7.0% by volume
- Maibock/Helles Bock Style
[edit] India Pale Ale
- Alcohol Content: 6.9%
- Bittering Hops: Magnum
- Finishing Hops: Goldings
- Dry Hopping: Goldings
- Malts: English
[edit] Brown Ale
- Hops: Goldings
[edit] Crystal Wheat
- Malts: 65% wheat malt, 35% barley malt
[edit] Blonde Ale
- Hops: Perle, Styrian Goldings
- Malts: Maris Otter English
[edit] Best Bitter Ale
[edit] Ruthless Weiss Beer
- Unfiltered
[edit] Torpedo Extra IPA
Almost a double.
