Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. was founded in Chico, California, by Ken Grossman and Paul Camusi and brewed its first Pale Ale in 1980, using the then-new Cascade hop. A second brewery followed in Mills River, North Carolina, in 2014. The company is still independent and family-owned, with Brian Grossman representing the second generation as chief brewing officer, and ranks as the second-largest craft brewery in the United States by volume. The range spans hop-led pale ales and IPAs, the hazy Little Thing series, lagers, seasonal releases and a non-alcoholic line.
Beers by Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
39 beers
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The recurring character behind the beers
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. brew a broad range across 8 style families.
Across these 39 beers, 4 notes keep showing up:
Four notes carry across the range. That's a tight house style — most breweries in the catalogue share just one.
Compared with the wider catalogue of similar styles:
How we measure this
Two thresholds are at work here:
- The signature list shows notes that recur in at least 6% of this brewery's beers. A low bar — enough to flag a pattern, not high enough to call it an exclusive trait.
- The peer comparison below shows only notes where this brewery's coverage differs from similar breweries by at least 20 percentage points. A higher bar — enough to call a real difference, not a nudge.
A note can appear on the signature list without appearing in the peer comparison: it recurs here, but similar breweries do the same thing.
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Their beers place in the Top 71% of the catalogue on average, across 34 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.
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About Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. was founded in Chico, California, by Ken Grossman and Paul Camusi and brewed its first Pale Ale in 1980, using the then-new Cascade hop. A second brewery followed in Mills River, North Carolina, in 2014. The company is still independent and family-owned, with Brian Grossman representing the second generation as chief brewing officer, and ranks as the second-largest craft brewery in the United States by volume. The range spans hop-led pale ales and IPAs, the hazy Little Thing series, lagers, seasonal releases and a non-alcoholic line.
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