If Helen of Troy’s was the face that launched a thousand ships, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale was the beer that launched a thousand (or 7,000, by today’s count!) breweries. First released by the pioneering Chico, California brewery in 1980, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale introduced the world to the grapefruit punch of Northwest-grown Cascade hops, and […]
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Resilience IPA Festival
Drinking beer to support victims of the Camp Fire
By now you may have heard about Resilience IPA—but in case you were out of the country or under a rock, let’s review. The beer was created by Sierra Nevada Brewing out of Chico, Calif. Its proper name is Resilience Butte County Proud IPA—born to help those suffering from losses at the hands of California’s […]
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In Search of
Products to make homebrewing a snap
Homebrewing has gone a long way since Jimmy Carter legalized it on the federal level in 1978. The early days were packed with innovative people, including Ken Grossman, who welded kettles together from things such as used dairy equipment and scrapyard metal to put together his first system. (Grossman later founded Sierra Nevada Brewing in […]
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Bigfoot, Beers and Bend
Three great things that go great together
It may very well take a city like Bend to come up with an event that combines specially-crafted beers, primate conservation and lectures on “Bigfoot culture” in one place. (This is not a bad thing.) Somehow, craft beer and Sasquatch folklore have become heavily intertwined, especially here in the Northwest. Olympia Brewing sells 24-ounce “Bigfoot” […]
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From Massachusetts With Love
Jack’s Abby and Springdale have an Oregon holiday
One can argue, with some credence, that craft beer as we know it today began in the West. Sierra Nevada Brewing, the first really successful “microbrewery,” launched in northern California in 1980, followed by a small avalanche in Oregon when brewpubs were legalized in the state in 1984. Now there are hundreds all up and […]
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Back to Beer Camp
Sierra Nevada’s cross-country collaboration returns
Two years ago, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company released the Beer Camp Across America box, a half-case containing 12 different beers from 12 different collaborating U.S. breweries. This spring, its doing it all over again—inviting even more breweries to participate. This time, the variety pack is named after the regular Beer Camp conferences Sierra Nevada holds […]