What Are Hops?Dig into the source of bitterness, aroma, and flavor in beer. Posted In: Our Beer, Hops
What Is A Hazy IPA?How they look, how they taste, how they're made. Learn all about this popular style. Posted In: Our Beer, Hops
Our Barrel Aged Beer BeginningsOur Barrel-Aged Beer Goes Nationwide Early in the 2010s, Jeff White filled 10 bourbon barrels with a no-name Russian imperial stout. It was a “pilot” beer, simply an experiment. But standing over... Posted In: Our Beer
Discover WanderlandWanderland takes inspiration from our North Carolina backyard, but the spark was a friendly visit from the United Kingdom. Posted In: Our Beer
Introducing Online Beer SalesYou're in search of rare beer, and we have a cellar that runs deep. It's time we share these specialty bottles, some of which are years into aging. Well, start adding a... Posted In: Featured, Our Beer
Barrel-Aged TorpedoTen years ago, we first brewed Torpedo Extra IPA. To celebrate, we cellared away a fresh batch in bourbon barrels before recharging it in our signature Hop Torpedo. The result: bold, fruity... Posted In: Our Beer
Barrel-Aged NarwhalFrom the depths of the barrel room, a monstrous beer calls out from its cask. Though past sightings have been rare, now this malt monster swims free after nearly a year in... Posted In: Our Beer
Resilience Butte County Proud IPAOn November 8, 2018, the Camp Fire ignited in the hills above our Chico brewery. The fire devastated our Butte County community and displaced tens of thousands, including nearly 14 percent of... Posted In: Our Beer
Sierra Nevada and Bitburger Oktoberfest Collaboration 2019It’s the ultimate season of revelry, so we teamed up with Germany’s Bitburger Brewery for an Oktoberfest that turns backyards into beer gardens. Rally your friends and celebrate with a festbier whose... Posted In: Our Beer
Drying Hops Is A Careful DanceA sea of hop popcorn, that's what it looks like. A beer lover's ball pit, perhaps. For a place that's oppressively hot, a hop-drying facility, or kiln, manages to be rather beautiful.... Posted In: Our Beer
Wild Hops in WhitmoreWith empty onion sacks tied to our belts, we dove into the thicket and thorns. We'd have to wrestle nature for these wild hops. Our team was in Whitmore, a town about... Posted In: Our Beer
Hop Selection 2013"Should we start with Cascade?" It's fitting that our founder, Ken Grossman, would make that suggestion while in Yakima, Washington, earlier this month for hop selection. He's been smitten with whole-cone Cascade... Posted In: Our Beer
