Sierra Nevada Brewing Company

Craft brewers have had a great time in the past decade as the public’s excitement over their products has led to a massive increase in demand. But with that growth has comes the need for more capacity. For many early stage companies, that has meant adding additional fermentation tanks, purchasing larger brewhouses, even expanding into… Read more »

With coveted floor space owned by multi-packs of light beer stacked high and wide, coolers jam-packed with ice-cold premium cans and bottles, and point-of-sale marketing offering up life-size cut-outs of bikini-clad women and professional athletes, convenience stores are the biggest off-premise retail channel for beer.

Drawing inspiration from their 2009 collaboration, Life & Limb, Sierra Nevada and Dogfish Head have once again teamed up to create a new brew – Rhizing Bines Imperial IPA. The hop-forward offering combines two different and distinct hopping methods that each brewer employs at their respective breweries.

Sierra Nevada announced (via it’s facebook page) yesterday that the second installment of the Beer Camp Variety Pack offerings will hit shelves in mid-August. This year’s mixed 12-pack includes four different offerings – Oatmeal Stout, Imperial Pilsner, Floral IPA and Imperial Red Ale.

CHICO, CA – Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. is proud to announce Scott Jennings as Head Brewer of the brewery’s new eastern facility in Mills River, NC. Scott has been with the company since 2001 in various capacities. In 2004, Scott was named Research and Development Head Brewer, responsible for overseeing the brewery’s 10-barrel pilot brewhouse,… Read more »

While it promises to offer faster routes to market and a reduction in transportation costs, the news that Sierra Nevada has decided to add a production facility on the other side of the country means that the company will likely face a new set of logistical challenges, according to beer industry experts.

Earlier today, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company announced it would be building an east coast location in North Carolina. Three different press releases discussing the announcement made the rounds around the web and we got them all below.

It’s official. Sierra Nevada is heading for North Carolina. The venerable craft brewer — the second-largest in the U.S. — announced plans today to build an East Coast brewing facility in Mills River, a town 12 miles from downtown Asheville –nicknamed Beer City USA.

The Hendersonville (N.C.) Times-News reported today that Sierra Nevada Brewing Company will announce plans this week to build a new facility at the Ferncliff Industrial Park in Mills River, North Carolina.

LONG BEACH, CA – Beachwood BBQ & Brewing is pleased to announce that on Wednesday, December 14 we’ll be teaming up with our friends at Sierra Nevada Brewing to host a six course beer-paired dinner. Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp Program produces special and unique beers by bringing Sierra Nevada fans to Chico, CA to be… Read more »

As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. For Sierra Nevada, this means replacing their Q1 seasonal, Glissade, with a new offering in 2012. Ruthless Rye IPA, scheduled for a mid-January release will, make its way into 6-packs, 12-packs and be priced in line with other core Sierra Nevada offerings.