Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

Founded in 1980 by Ken Grossman and Paul Camusi in Chico, California, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. is one of America’s largest and one of its premier craft breweries. Sierra Nevada is highly regarded for using only the finest quality ingredients.

The pioneering spirit that launched Sierra Nevada now spans both coasts with breweries in Chico and in Mills River, North Carolina.

The brewery is famous for its extensive line of beers including their classic Pale Ale, Sidecar Orange Pale Ale, Torpedo, Tropical Torpedo, Hop Hunter IPA, Nooner Pilsner, Otra Vez, Kellerweis, Porter, Stout and a host of seasonal, specialty and limited release beers.

Sustainability

Sierra Nevada has set the standard for craft brewers worldwide with innovation in the brewhouse as well as advances in sustainability.

The brewery won the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s “Green Business of the Year” award for 2010.

Sierra Nevada is powered by solar energy, having 10,000 photovoltaic modules covering its rooftops and parking lot. In all, the brewery uses 2.6 megawatts of solar electricity on premises. It also has built a charging station for electric vehicles on its premises.

The company uses a small-scale BioPro™ biodiesel processor to convert the used cooking oil from its restaurant for biodiesel use in its delivery trucks. In 2009, the brewery reached an agreement with a local ethanol company to produce high-grade ethanol fuel from its discarded yeast. Spent grain is sold to local cattle ranchers for livestock feed; spent water is sent to the brewery’s own water treatment plant, where it is reused, mainly as drip irrigation for its fields. Over 99.5% of the brewery plant’s solid waste is diverted from landfill.

The company owns one mile of railway for use in intermodal freight transport, which aids in reducing the brewery’s carbon footprint. Each rail car can hold the equivalent of four semi-trailers of grain; rail transport is more fuel efficient than road transport.

Sierra Nevada is the largest buyer of organic hops in the United States. It also farms its own organic hops and barley for use in its annual Chico Estate Harvest Ale release.

Sierra Nevada Brewing Company’s Mills River, North Carolina facility earned a LEED Platinum certification in June 2016 Sierra Nevada’s Mills River brewery is the only LEED Platinum certified brewery in the U.S. The Mills River brewery is also a Platinum Zero Waste facility, certified by the US Zero Waste Business Council.

Learn more about Sierra Nevada at sierranevada.com.

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. is an independent craft brewer.

Inside the Tap Room at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. in Chico, California