April 13, 2012
Recently toured this brewery with my wife and was very impressed. The tour itself lasted about an hour and took you threw the different stages of their beer brewing and production down to bottling and packaging. At the end of the tour you are given the chance to sample about 10 different beers. There is also a restaurant on location where you can sample more of their fine beers. Decent gift shop as well. free souvenirs , free samples, good beer! Love this place!

March 12, 2012
I had the opportunity to attend one of Sierra’s Beer Camps, so this rating might be skewed a little bit, as I got substantial more VIP access to the brewery than one would receive if visiting for a regular tour. I’ll keep my rating as objective as possible. I know they offer 4-5 free tours throughout the day. What I did see of the regular tour seemed to provide ample access to the brewery. The restaurant is fairly large with a sizeable outdoor patio to enjoy the beautiful springtime Chico weather. The actual bar itself is a tad on the small size. Maybe ~ 12-15 seats and when busy, it can get a little cramped. Only Sierra offerings on tap, but plenty of them. All served in proper glassware. They don’t have a cask line running all of the time, but every Thursday at 4, there’s a handpull for pint pours. The food is better than average, not amazing, but very reasonably priced. They try to use as much local ingredients as possible. Local beef raised on spent grain, local fruits/nuts/olives/greens, bread made from the spent grain, etc. I ate dinner there once and lunch twice and the place seemed to be packed at all hours of the day. The brewery itself is a huge complex. Very pretty copper brew kettles seemingly all over the place. The hop freezers are massive and chock full of full cone hops from around the world. Expansive gift shop selling all sorts of Sierra beer as well as just about everything you could possibly think they could put their logo on. What really makes Sierra stand out to me is their commitment to being as "green" as possible. They recycle everything that is possible; CO2, used grain, hops, their water, etc. Solar panels cover the roof of the parking lot as well as the brewery. I could go on and on about how much respect I gained for the brewery in the two days that I spent there, but I won’t. Bottom line... if your anywhere near Chico, it’s worth a stop for sure. Is it worth the 2+ hour drive from SanFran? Maybe not. But if you do have the opportunity to go, I would highly recommend it.

January 25, 2012
Went on a tour on my birthday and loved this place. I have been drinking their beer since i was 15 and even lived close buy but never went to the brewery. Took me 20 years but what a nice clean place. Our guide was great and the beers were good too...cant wait to go back!

January 12, 2012
Foods one of their lower scores? That I don’t get. The regular menu items are vast and tasty, and there’s been a few specials on previous visits that blew my mind. Decent prices, tasters. Always have draft only stuff going in addition to the ever expanding bottled selection. It used to be a so so brewer for me, but what they’ve done in the last few years really shows. Nice atmosphere, and have yet to have bad or slow service.

December 28, 2011
Wow what a place. So much history....great food, great beer, awesome tour, free swag. What more could you ask for from a brewery?

December 11, 2011
I visited the brewery the day before Thanksgiving 2011, and I couldn’t be more excited about it. I wasn’t disappointed. My rating reflects the tour as well as the restaurant. The place is huge, but I was still amazed at how much beer comes out of this place considering you can find their beer pretty much anywhere from the corner gas station to the very top craft beer stores. The restaurant is nice and spacious with an absolutely breathtaking bar. They had 17 beers on tap and all of them were included in the sampler at a reasonable price. At least 5-6 were tap only. I had the Thai chicken pizza which was very good. Service was top notch too. Be sure to visit the gift shop for lots of swag. Prices were reasonable for SN gear. The tour was absolutely the highlight for me. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable, and had thoughtful answers for my more in-depth questions. They take you through the whole process and you get to see everything from the mashing of the grains to the boil and on the the bottling line. They even let you walk through the hops cooler and rub your hands through the 12 or so different varieties and take sniffs. At the end they give you a complimentary tasting of about 6 or seven of the beers on tap. All of this is free. Amazing. Overall, this was one of my favorite beer experiences and I can’t wait to go back again. Even though they’ve gotten a bit big to truly claim "little guy" status, SN does things the right way. Family owned, they take care of their employees, and never sacrifice quality for growth.

November 12, 2011
I love this brewery. Not as much for the beer but what they do for the brewing, home brewing community. I am in The Chico Homebrew Club and they allow up to have our meetings there. They also host the Chico Homebrew compititions there as well. There is not enough i can say about this place. They have a great selection of beer and allot of good beer.The venue is fantastic.. The only thing is that it is such a great brewery that you some times you have to wait a wile to get a beer.

August 23, 2011
A wonderful place to visit if you’re a lover of Sierra Nevada or are any where in the neighborhood. Expect some offerings you won’ find anywhere else and the clean, precise signature of Sierra is all over everything that they serve.

July 20, 2011
Nice restaurant and big outdoor patio in front of the brewery building. Hop fields make an interesting site beyond the parking lot. Food was good, though maybe a little over priced for the quality level. Tons of Sierra Nevada beers to choose from.

June 11, 2011
Good food, lots of variety of Sierra draft. Will definitlely go back when in town.