![]() ![]() The Brewery at Mills River, North Carolina The free tour in Chico was fun, our guide was friendly (and a little goofy), and we all left happy. The tour included some souvenir beer glasses (yay!) and more beer samples than I expected. I got my first sip of their Otra Vez gose (and loved it), but my favorite sample was definitely their Narwhal, a rich imperial stout. Fresh hopsįinally, the tour ended and we got to taste the beer! ![]() Hops are perishable, and the cooler they store them in is COLD, so we didn’t stay long.īut we did get to touch the hops, smell them, and rub them in our hands to make the scent stronger. Most beer makers use dried hops pellets, but Sierra Nevada uses fresh hops. The highlight of the tour (for me) was when we went into the hops cooler. The free brewery tour was fun– our guide walked us through the main areas of the brewery, and gave us a brief history of Sierra Nevada (and their love of the outdoors). We returned to Sierra Nevada with more of my husband’s family, and we did the free brewery tour before eating lunch at the brewery (again). I do remember that the restaurant was gorgeous, the vampire fries (garlic fries) were fantastic (I highly recommend them), and I was extra-happy to come back and eat there again a few days later. I wish I’d taken photos of the restaurant, and that I more clearly remembered what food we ordered. We spent a week visiting his family in Chico before heading to go backpacking in Yosemite, and during that week, we ended up at the Sierra Nevada Brewery twice.įirst, his grandparents picked Sierra Nevada’s restaurant for lunch. Last September, the husband and I hopped on a plane and headed to California. The beer company is named after the Sierra Nevada mountain range, and the brand promotes environmental sustainability and a love of the outdoors. Their original brewery is in Chico, California, and they recently opened a second brewery in Mills River, North Carolina. ![]() Sierra Nevada is (as of 2019) the third largest craft beer brewer in the United States. Sierra Nevada Brewery in Chico, CA Tell Me About Sierra Nevada Beer Here’s what we thought of the free tour and the Beer Geek tour! This post is not sponsored. We toured both Sierra Nevada Brewery locations – one in Chico, California, and the other in Mills River, North Carolina. ![]()
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