Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet

From little things, big things grow…   Inspiring founder & owner of Northern Californian brewery, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co, is a man of passion, determination and innovation.    From humble roots, as a small West Coast craft brewery with a goal to produce 2,000 hectolitres of beer a year, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co is now a bi-coastal North American business that champions innovation, advanced energy technology & sustainability, business leadership and is now brewing 1.7 million hectolitres of beer a year from their West Coast and East Coast breweries.   After learning to brew from the father of a close friend at a young age, Ken Grossman opened a homebrew supply store in downtown Chico, called The Home Brew Shop in 1976, before selling it in 1978, founding Sierra Nevada Brewing Co in 1979 and releasing their first batch of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co beer in 1980, which was an American Stout.   At the time, there was no such thing as small-scale or “micro” brewery equipment in the USA and it was way too e