California Beer Reviews
The birthplace of craft brewing and people who love hoppy beer.
by Tom Smillie | California, India Pale Ale (IPA), Mug, Pint Glass, Port Brewing Company, United States, Wet/Harvest Hop Beers |
2010: My days have been extremely long as of late balancing my time between my new job, with all its transitions and my church where I serve in multiple ministries. So, on this now rare occasion, I decided to write up a review on a beer that I tried and immediately...
by Tom Smillie | American Barleywine, California, Pint Glass, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Snifter, United States |
In celebration of closing a chapter at one job (10-1-10) and starting a new one the following Monday, I decided my choice of beer should be rather celebratory in nature as well. Insert the third of four beers commemorating Sierra Nevada’s 30 years of brewing. This...
by Tom Smillie | American Brown Ale, California, Mug, Pint Glass, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, United States |
New to their fall seasonal line up is this pretty little Brown ale. After looking at their website I looks as though this is been substituted for their Anniversary ale (personally I’m quite alright with that). The fresh new label art given to their bottles over the...
by Taylor Birkey | American Brown Ale, California, English Brown Ale, Lost Coast Brewery, Mug, Pint Glass, United States |
When you hear the term “brown ale” today, it could mean a few different things. Brown ales are most widely brewed in England, Belgium, and North America, and range from mild, low-ABV to more hoppy, higher-ABV. Lost Coast Brewery’s Downtown Brown is...
by Michael Larson | 21st Amendment Brewery, California, Fruit Beers, United States |
Nothing says a guy’s afternoon like NFL football, greasy food, dirty dishes in the sink and…watermelon beer? My first experience with 21st Amendment’s ‘fruity’ brew, was over Labor Day weekend. It was an intriguing find at a Grand Ave. liquor store, stashed in...
by Tom Smillie | American Pale Ale (APA), Anchor Brewing Company, California, Mug, Pint Glass, United States |
My initial experience with this brew came in April during Chicago Craft Beer Week when I went to a meet and greet with Fritz Magtag. It was on tap, along with almost all Anchors beers, so I decided to give it a try. This Pale Ale was brew to be a new seasonal from...