Sierra Nevada was one of the first regional breweries to install a vapor condenser to recover waste steam from the kettle boiling step to preheat process water. We utilize plate heat exchangers throughout the brewing process to recover energy where practical.

We have just completed a modernization of our boiler systems to utilize cutting-edge technology with online oxygen sensors and variable-speed blowers to increase energy efficiency and minimize any air emissions. Additional stack-heat recovery equipment has been installed to extract all the useful heat from the system.