<Tr> <Th> Number of employees </Th> <Td> 1050 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> sierranevada.com </Td> </Tr> <P> Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. was established in 1979 by homebrewers Ken Grossman and Paul Camusi in Chico, California, United States . Sierra Nevada Brewing is one of the top breweries operating in the United States . As of 2016, it is the seventh - largest brewing company in the United States . The brewery produced 786,000 barrels of beer (922,353 hectoliters) in 2010 . </P> <P> The brewery was named "Green Business of the Year" by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in 2010 for its practices in sustainability . </P>

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