Sierra Nevada Alcohol-Free Beers
Five Sierra Nevada Trail Pass beers in our directory, all under 0.5%: four in stock in the UK, and Fest Brew, which had sold out. We haven’t scored any yet.
Sierra Nevada is the family-owned Californian brewer behind Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. Its alcohol-free range, Trail Pass, began in 2024, is brewed to stay under 0.5% rather than having the alcohol taken out, and includes a hazy IPA that won gold at the 2025 World Beer Cup.
- Founded: 1980, in Chico, California, by Ken Grossman and Paul Camusi
- Owner: The Grossman family: “100% family-owned and operated”, it says
- Brews at: Chico, California, and Mills River, North Carolina
- Alcohol-free: Trail Pass, since January 2024: all under 0.5%, brewed without removing alcohol
- In the UK: Imported by Cave Direct since June 2025; sold by The Alcohol Free Co, Dry Drinker and Wise Bartender
Who are Sierra Nevada?
Ken Grossman, who ran a homebrew shop in Chico, California, started Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. there in 1980 with Paul Camusi, on a brewhouse he pieced together from old dairy equipment; the first batch of its Pale Ale was brewed that November. Camusi sold his share to Grossman in 1998. The company says it’s still “100% family-owned and operated”, and it now brews in Chico and in Mills River, North Carolina.
Trail Pass, Sierra Nevada’s alcohol-free range
Trail Pass launched in January 2024 with an IPA and a Golden, and Sierra Nevada added a Hazy IPA and Brewveza, a blonde, later that year. It says the beers use “traditional brewing methods, not alcohol removal” to stay under 0.5%. In 2025 the Hazy IPA won gold for hoppy non-alcohol beer at the World Beer Cup.
In the US there’s also a lemon radler and a seasonal Fest Brew, which Dry Drinker lists but had sold out. Some of Sierra Nevada’s own calorie figures disagree with each other, so where they do, we don’t quote one.
The Sierra Nevada beers in our directory
Checked October 2026. Per-100ml figures are our sums from Sierra Nevada’s per-can figures. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10.
Where to buy Trail Pass
The Alcohol Free Co had four Trail Pass beers in stock on 29 October 2026, from £2.76 a can or £16.30 for six; Dry Drinker had three, from £15.90 for six, and Wise Bartender had the IPA at £2.70 a can. Those are affiliate links. Sierra Nevada has no UK shop; Cave Direct has imported its beer since June 2025.
Facts checked against Sierra Nevada’s own website and US shop, the Brewers Association’s World Beer Cup results, Beverage Industry, Brewers Journal, The Alcohol Free Co, Dry Drinker and Wise Bartender, 29 October 2026.
Sierra Nevada Beers in Our Directory
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