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Sierra Nevada Chico Brewery

Sierra Nevada’s Chico, California brewery-site identity.

  • production facility
  • current
  • 2 sourced/contextual connections

Identity facts

What this node represents

Identity class
production facility
Temporal status
current
Place context
Chico

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located in

Chico

No narrower time scope asserted

Sierra Nevada identifies Chico as one of its brewery locations.

operated by

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

Role: Company operator

No narrower time scope asserted

Sierra Nevada identifies Chico as one of its current brewery locations.

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place

Chico

Navigation heuristic: 40. semantic 16 + evidence 4 + verification 8 + confidence 6 + cross-type 3 + route 3 + extra-relations 0

located_in · forward

Sierra Nevada Chico Brewery — located in → Chico.

Entity is located in a place for a stated time period. Sierra Nevada identifies Chico as one of its brewery locations.

Evidence: How Our Adventure Started

organization

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

U.S. brewing company founded by Ken Grossman in 1980, represented separately from its Chico and Mills River production facilities.

Navigation heuristic: 40. semantic 16 + evidence 4 + verification 8 + confidence 6 + cross-type 3 + route 3 + extra-relations 0

operates · reverse

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. — operates → Sierra Nevada Chico Brewery. This explanation is being viewed from the target side of the directed relationship.

Operation is distinct from ownership, control, brand identity, and production location; temporal scope may matter. Sierra Nevada identifies Chico as one of its current brewery locations.

Evidence: How Our Adventure Started

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How Our Adventure Started

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

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