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June Beer of the Month Club: Alameda Brewing Co
While they were founded in 2015, my first introduction to Alameda Brewing Co. was at this year’s Beer Week in February. Focusing on building a community, they host weekly trivia nights, and World Cup watch parties while the games are playing, as well as many other events ranging from speed dating to live stand up comedy. Luckily, they produce great beer too, and while not as wide reaching as our other beers featured recently, they frequent local Top 10 lists. For this month, I have chosen to feature a 4 pack of their greatest: Coastal Classic, a quintessential WC IPA, Big Paddle, a Czech Pilsner, Let it Lager, a quaffable Helles, and Rainbow Ripper, their yearly Pride Month WC IPA release. As some of these are IPA’s I recommend coming by as soon as possible to capture all of the volatile terpenes at their freshest. The lagers are more for the coming warmer days as we approach, and occasionally experience, San Francisco’s late “Summer” season. Cheers, Daniel Ruppert Beer Buyer Rainbow Ripper West Coast IPA Brewery: Alameda Brewing Co. Tasting Notes: Rainbow Ripper is our first Pride beer, brewed in spirit with our LBGTQ+ community to celebrate Gay Pride month! This amazing and empowered IPA is pounding out Peaches and Peaches and Peaches! Maybe some stonefruit and Apricot, but mainly Peaches! Still flavored like beer, this is a very approachable and quaffable IPA with a balanced bitterness and dry finish. Rainbow fists in the air. Locale: Alameda, California ABV: 6.5% Price: $5.99 per can Big Paddle Czech Pilsner Brewery: Alameda Brewing Co. Tasting Notes: This Czech Pilsner has the clean crisp notes that you expect. Light malt, noble hops and a deft hand help to give this beer a light body and crisp finish.Your go-to beer indoors or out in the sun, there's nothing you can't handle with Big Paddle. Locale: Alameda, California ABV: 5.0% Price: $4.99 per can Coastal Classic West Coast IPA Brewery: Alameda Brewing Co. Tasting Notes: This west coast staple brings back classic hop notes which put West Coast breweries on the map. Full-bodied with notes of toffee and caramel and a mild hoppy bitterness, Coastal Classic goes down easy which makes it a crowd favorite. Locale: Alameda, California ABV: 6.5% Price: $5.99 per can Let it Lager German Lager Brewery: Alameda Brewing Co. Tasting Notes: Munich Helles brewed for balance and drinkability. Soft malt character, subtle sweetness, and a clean, crisp finish come together through an extended lagering process, making this an easy drinking Lager built for any occasion. Locale: Alameda, California ABV: 5.0% Price: $5.99 per can
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December Beer of the Month: Sante Adairius Rustic Ales
My first introduction to Sante Adairius Rustic Ales began as a small seed that unexpectedly grew into a beautiful tree. What was meant to be a simple trip to Santa Cruz unexpectedly introduced me to a cult brewery with many loyal members. One night, I stopped to eat at their Santa Cruz gastropub, and while the beer did impress me, I didn’t pay it much attention.. But, after I had returned to San Francisco, I mentioned to a friend that I had visited Sante Adairius, and he was impressed. Curious, I asked him the cause of his reaction, and he told me of the zealous following this brewery has. Sure enough, not even a week later, a customer walked in asking if we had any of their beers. This prompted me to discuss Sante Adairius with Justin, who told me that we had been on their distribution waitlist for a few years at that point. Luckily for us, a few months later (and several more customer inquiries), we got an email letting us know that we’d been brought onboard and could now share their beers with you! Owned and operated by Adair Paterno, Sante Adairius Rustic Ales is known for their rustic ales (shocking, I know). This category includes styles like Saisons, Bière de Gardes and other earthy, fruity, and spice driven beers. True to its name, this type of beer focuses on traditional production practices using various yeasts and bacteria throughout the fermentation process. Some contemporary brewers even go the extra mile and open ferment their beers, allowing for the outside environment to influence how the beer tastes. Returning to Sante Adarius, their beers typically fall under the umbrella term of Farmhouse Ale, following in the tradition of Belgian Saisons. They often utilize a blend of yeasts, and age their beers in a variety of barrels, adding more complexity and depth while maintaining an approachable demeanor. What struck me about their beers was how they always feel one step ahead, yet maintain a distinctly traditional aura. For example: one of their recent releases, the 831 IPA, presents with the texture of a Hazy IPA while maintaining the body of a West Coast IPA, a balance not easily achieved. Fitting with this oxymoronic teeter totter, I have decided to feature a farmhouse ale that has been aged in, of all things, vermouth barrels as well as a bourbon barrel aged imperial stout that was finished in cognac barrels. Just a heads up that these beers are a little pricier than the average Beer of the Month selection, but they were just too good to pass up. Next month we’ll focus on something a little less economically heavy. Have a wonderful holiday season, and I hope to see y’all in the next year. Santé! Daniel Ruppert Beer Buyer Sante Adairius Portable Magic Barrel Aged Stout 500ml Brewery: Sante Adairius Rustic Ales Tasting Notes: Despite only being finished in Cognac Barrels, Brandy takes the forefront on the nose, with the chocolatey notes of the bourbon barrels making up the background. Pours a deep opaque mahogany with minimal head. Syrupy texture that covers the mouth, with pleasant oaky sweetness, chocolate, and Cognac receding to the background. The long finish sees the return of brandy with the oaky sweetness being reserved to an exhale. Locale: Capitola, California ABV: 16.7% Price: $25.99 Sante Adairius Veiled Alchemy Barrel Aged Farmhouse Ale 500ml Brewery: Sante Adairius Rustic Ales Tasting Notes: Fall hayride through an orange orchard on the nose. Pours a hazy amber with a short lasting head and noticeable sediment. Citrus continues on the palate with subtle notes of teak, hay, and flower petals. Lasting sweet finish with orange peel in the spotlight and mint in the background. Don't be intimidated by the sediment, it's just yeast left over from the brewing process! Locale: Capitola, California ABV: 6.3% Price: $22.99
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Beer of the Month Club April 2025: The Lost Abbey Brewery
The Lost Abbey Brewery This month we’re featuring one of my favorite breweries (and my introduction to Belgian-style beers) that steered me away from mass-produced beers and led me to explore as much of the wide world of beer as I could. The Lost Abbey was first imagined by Vince Marsaglia, one of the co-founders, along with his sister Gina, of long running San Diego brewery Pizza Port. He had imagined a brewery focused on Belgian-style abbey ales with the idea being since no Abbey was actually involved, that it was “lost”. The idea was put on hold, but began to simmer when brewer Tomme Arthur was brought on board. After nearly 10 years of brewing with Pizza Port, Tomme and the Marsaglias were finally able to realize the vision when they took over Stone Brewing's facility in San Marcos after they had moved to another nearby location. The facility was split between Port Brewing, who focused on hop-heavy beers, and Lost Abbey, who focused on the abbey-influenced ales. They won numerous awards over the years, including Small Brewery of the year at both the Great American Beer Fest and the World Beer Cup. In 2023 Tomme split Lost Abbey off from Pizza Port, retaining the recipes and tasting rooms. They spent most of 2024 sharing brewing space with Mother Earth Brewing in nearby Vista before finding a longer term space at the end of the year. Since their separation from Pizza Port, Lost Abbey have expanded their offerings to also include IPAs to round out their selections, and hopefully have a long future ahead of them. Cheers! Justin Malesheetz - Beer Buyer The Lost Abbey Devotion Blonde Ale Vista, CA USA Tasting Notes: Clear gold with a nose of hay, white flowers, banana, and bread flour. Dry on the palate with chamomile, banana and grain notes balanced with a grassiness and restrained hop bitterness on the finish Head Brewer: Colin Montgomery $3.99 per bottle / $14.99 per 4-Pack The Lost Abbey Judgement Day Quadrupel Ale Vista, CA USA Tasting Notes: Brown with a light fluffy foam. Raisin shines through on the nose along with notes of molasses, light baking cocoa, and fig. Boozy and rich with bitter chocolate and dark dried fruit notes with a coffee fruitiness and light earthiness on the finish. Head Brewer: Colin Montgomery $14.99 per bottle The Lost Abbey Lost And Found Dubbel Ale with raisins Vista, CA USA Tasting Notes: Dark brown with notes of banana bread and raisin on the nose. Soft and balanced on the palate with notes of prunes, fig, and fruity dark chocolate with a dark malty finish. Head Brewer: Colin Montgomery $11.99 per bottle The Lost Abbey Noble Tendencies Czech-Style Pilsner Vista, CA USA Tasting Notes: A pale light yellow with light foam and a light grainy nose. Dry and crisp with grain notes, a herbaceous and citrus finish, and pleasing bitterness. Head Brewer: Colin Montgomery $3.99 per bottle / $14.99 per 4-Pack
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Beer of the Month Club February 2025: Urban Roots Brewing and Smokehouse
URBAN ROOTS BREWING This month we’ll be looking at a brewery from 2 industry stalwarts who have created something very special up in our state’s capitol. Urban Roots Brewing was started by longtime friends Rob Archie and Peter Hoey, who had been talking about starting a project together for years. Rob is a Sacramento based Restaurateur with multiple successful restaurants under his belt, but is best known for starting Pangea Bier Cafe which pairs great food (including an award winning burger) with a beautifully curated draft list and regular brewer’s dinners. He paired his restaurant experience with head brewmaster Peter Hoey, who has decades of experience working with such breweries as Sierra Nevada, Sacramento Brewing Co., and Bison Brewing. Peter is also an instructor with the American Brewers Guild and has years of experience on the sales side working for Brewers Supply Group. Since opening Urban Roots in 2018, they have won numerous awards, including Brewery of the Year at the California Craft Brewers Cup, multiple gold and silver medals at various competitions, and most recently Business of the Year by the California Black Chamber of Commerce and CA Legislative Black Caucus for being a black-owned business and making a difference in the local community. From delivering meals to local college students during the pandemic and organizing the We Stand With You Initiative after the George Flloyd shooting, Urban Roots Brewing works hard to be a positive force in their community along with making great beer. Cheers! Justin Malesheetz Beer Buyer Urban Roots Brewing Like Riding a Bike West Coast IPA $4.99 per can / $17.99 per 4-Pack Pouring a clear golden with fluffy foam and medium carbonation. A classic resinous nose with notes of pine, peach rings, pineapple, grapefruit, and a light floral note. Fairly dry, with moderate hop bitterness and a crisp, fruity finish with notes of tropical citrus and cherry gummies on the palate. 6.2% ABV Urban Roots Brewing Extra Guac Double IPA $6.99 per can / $22.99 per 4-pack A brilliantly clear straw in the glass with moderate foam on the thinner side. Aromatic nose bursting out of the glass with notes of guava, tangerine, ruby grapefruit, and a light grain character. Soft and piny palate that doesn’t feel overly hot, with a pronounced hop bitterness that balances the long citrusy finish. 8.2% ABV Urban Roots Brewing Chocolate Moustache - Spumoni $23.99 per bottle A deep black with a slight red tint to the edges. A decadent nose jumps out of the glass bringing to mind German black forest cake, dark chocolate brownies, pistachio, and Dr. Pepper. Lush, mouthcoating, and boozy without feeling overdone. 14.9% ABV
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Beer of the Month Club October 2024: Hanabi Lager Co.
Hanabi Lager Co. This month we have something pretty fun not only for beer fans, but also for those of us who have an interest in wine and its intersection with craft beer . Before starting Hanabi Lager, Nick Gislason and Jennifer Angelosante brewed beer together while they were at college at Western Washington University. Nick even spent a year working at their local brewery before graduating with a bachelors in chemistry. He received a master’s degree from UC Davis in enology and viticulture and worked at wineries such as O'Shaughnessy, Craggy Range, and Harlan Estate before landing at Screaming Eagle in 2010. All the while he managed one the only Japanese-style fireworks shows on the West Coast, a passion he had followed since the age of 12, apprenticing under a master fireworks builder. After getting her masters in Mathematics and spending a few years as an actuary, Jennifer apprenticed at Naked Wines before receiving a second master’s from UC Davis in Enology and Viticulture, and apprenticing at wineries such as Hanzell, Bitouzet-Prieur, Shea, and Chateau Certan. Once graduating she worked as an Enologist at Realm, Assistant Viticulturist at Silverado, and as a Technical Writer for Guildsomm, a non-profit member organization and great resource for in depth wine information. While doing all of this Jennifer and Nick brewed fresh beer for their fellow winemakers, trying their hands at a myriad of different styles, and eventually focusing on traditional Czech and German style lagers. They intertwine their winemaking philosophy with traditional brewing methods and utilize specific heirloom grains according to their seasonality. In 2015, they started to crystalize how they would take this project to the next step in a way that still felt personal to them. They assembled a workshop designed and built from the ground up with help from a brewery engineer and fabricator to help them focus on the most interesting barley malts they could get their hands on and limiting the ingredients to what a good lager should be: barley, hops, yeast, and water. Cheers! Justin Malesheetz Beer Buyer Hanabi Lager Co. Haná Pilsner Style Lager Napa, CA Their core beer brewed year round featuring the heirloom barley used in the first Pilsner made in 1842. Pouring a slightly hazy light yellow with a fluffy mousse like foam. Slightly grainy and floral on the nose. Bright and pleasingly bitter on the palate, with a touch of maltiness. Notes of lemon grass, mint, and fennel shine through on the dry finish. $15.99 per bottle / $173.29 per case Suggested Food Pairings: Fresh spring rolls, phở, dim sum, pozole verde Hanabi Lager Co. Edelweiss Pilsner Style Lager Napa, CA Made from a descendant of the Haná barley used in the Hana Pilsner. Light yellow and slightly hazy in the glass with a fluffy foam. Very light grain on the nose, with notes of lemongrass and bay leaf shining through. While this shares a lot of the same characteristics of the Haná (bright lemongrass and mint notes with a moderate, well integrated hop bitterness and light but distinct malt), there’s more coming through with notes of grapefruit pith, lemon peel, and lemon balm on the dry and refreshing finish. $18.99 per bottle / $205.69 per case Suggested Food Pairings: ceviche, spaetzle, fish tacos, Peruvian-style roast chicken
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Beer of the Month Club July 2024: Break Even Beermakers
BREAK EVEN BEERMAKERS This month we have an ambitious new project based out of a tiny city up in gold country. Originally founder Kevin Carter was looking for a place close to San Francisco to relocate his father from the Pacific Northwest. This eventually led him to Amador City, where he purchased a building that at the time was a beer house and BBQ restaurant as well as 40 acres nearby. Once he decided to open a small brewery in the space he was connected with Aaron Wittman who had started his brewing career at Rare Barrel after spending time in academia, went on to Cellarmaker, and was working with Berkeley Yeast designing beers to test newly engineered yeast to be used for commercial brewing before going over to help start Break Even. The pair started work in 2020, with an eye towards using local and sustainable ingredients from like minded companies close to home, like Admiral Maltings for grain and hops from California Farmers, going only as far as the Pacific Northwest for other needed varieties. They use a Copper 10 barrel system to make 2 to 3 Beers a month with a focus on high quality sessionable beers. They pride themselves in doing everything as hyper regional as possible, even planting an acre of hops along with an orchard with olive trees and apricots. All of this extra care shows in the beers, which are well balanced and expressive. Cheers! Justin Malesheetz Beer Buyer Break Even Beermakers Chasm Black Lager Amador City, CA Brilliantly clear black with a fluffy foam that quickly dissipates. Rich toasty nose with notes of vietnamese coffee, chocolate biscuit, graham cracker, toasted brioche, and a touch of vanilla. Dry on the palate while still feeling rich and showing some coffee fruitiness and a light pleasing bitterness on the long finish. $6.99 per 16 oz can / $26.99 per 4pk Break Even Beermakers Poppy Pedal Hoppy Lager Amador City, CA Pale gold, with a thick fluffy foam. Very floral and citrusy on the nose, with notes of bread flour, white peach, grapefruit, green apple. Moderate hop bitterness on the soft palate with a round maltiness and a more tropical flavor with notes of pineapple and mango. Perfect for when you want all the flavor of an IPA, but without the heaviness. $6.99 per 16 oz can / $26.99 per 4pk Break Even Beermakers The Head of Joaquin Murieta Hazy IPA Amador City, CA Slightly hazy straw with moderately fluffy foam. Bright and tropical on the nose with notes of pineapple, key lime, guava, and new world riesling. On the palate the lush fruit is accompanied by notes of cotton candy, banana, and a slight bread flour like malt character balanced by moderate hop bitterness and a dry finish. $6.99 per 16 oz can / $26.99 per 4pk
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Beer of the Month Club June '24: New World Pilsners
NEW WORLD PILSNER This month we’ll be taking some sidestreets down a very familiar road for most. Pilsners are one of the most popular styles in the world, with the best perfectly balancing a grainy malt character and hop bitterness with a dry finish and low alcohol. Classical styles are usually made with Saaz and/or Hallertauer to impart earthy, spicy, and herbal notes and light pilsner malt for a light bready grain character. While there is variation within this (with Bohemian/Czech Pilsner splitting the difference between the softer more malt forward German style and the dryer more bitter Northern German style), the style has exploded outwards across the world with various stylistic offshoots, as well as faithful takes on the classic style. This month, along with some more traditional pilsners, we will be highlighting a style coming out of California and the Pacific Northwest, the west coast pilsner. This newish style is still being hammered out in breweries across the west coast, but is closer to an Italian pilsner where they dry hop the beer to impart a more intense hop flavor and give the finished beer a more floral hop essence. Instead of using European hops with their more spicy and earthy qualities, these beers use new world hops like Nelson, Strata, Mosaic and similar varieties to bring out bright piney, citrusy, and tropical notes on the nose. These techniques are sometimes combined with those used in a cold ipa, where lager yeast is used and the beer is fermented at a cooler temperature to create a lighter, crisper style of IPA while retaining the hoppyness you would find in an American IPA. Combined with the use of American and other new world hops this creates aromatic, low alcohol beers with all the tropical notes that one would get from an IPA with the malt backbone of a traditional pilsner and a dry to soft finish. These beers are not only fantastic on their own, but pair well with a variety of foods from fennel salad with parmesan and lemon, clams with garlic, caprese salad, leek soup, and all manner of fried treats. Cheers! Justin Malesheetz Beer Buyer Ghost Town Brewing Low God West Coast Pilsner Oakland, CA Dry hopped with Nelson and EXP 586 Hops, Pilsner malts, and their house lager yeast. Pouring a slightly hazy straw with thinner foam with fast rising bubbles. Bright citrus, stone fruit, and floral notes are supported with a grainy maltiness. Moderately hoppy bitterness and dry finish make for a crisp and refreshing pilsner. $4.99 per can / $17.99 per 4pk Cellarmaker Distorted Bliss California Pilsner Berkeley, CA Mashed with Italian grown pilsner malt, fermented cold and then lightly dry hopped with Strata, Mosaic, and Talus. Pouring a clear yellow with a fluffy foam and fast rising bubbles. This is a round, soft, aromatic, rich pilsner. The nose is bursting with floral and green notes alongside bright grapefruit with a toasty biscuit and honey maltiness. The medium toasty malt sweetness and lower hop bitterness mix with rich papaya and guava flavors on the long soft finish. $5.99 per can / $20.99 per 4pk Lowercase Soft Pilsner Seattle, WA This is an interesting new world spin on a German pilsner, where the traditional ingredients were brewed using techniques that would be common when creating a New England IPA. They start with dry hopping using Hallertau Mittelfruh, Saaz and Tettnanger. In place of oats and wheat raw, pearled barley with no husk is used and cereal mashed before being added. Pours a slightly hazy straw, with a big fluffy head and fast rising bubbles. Very pronounced hoppy nose, with lots of spicy herbal notes and hints of unripe guava. Dry finish with medium malt sweetness and hop bitterness on the finish. $5.99 per can / $20.99 per 4pk Wayfinder Party Time Pilsner Portland, OR The most traditional of the pilsners we have this month. Classic take on a Bavarian pilsner using noble hops. Pouring clear straw with a fluffy head, this has classic notes of floral and spicy hops aromas, light grainy maltiness, with a refreshing crisp and bitter finish $5.99 per can / $20.99 per 4pk
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June Beer of the Month- Mad Fritz
Mad Fritz- One Valley; Two Passions “There is an old saying that ‘it takes a lot of beer to make great wines….’ Well, we can attest to it! After nearly 25 years of home brewing to quench our thirst, we decided to go-pro. The stack of recipes are too many to count. These recipes and their styling are often layered with a culinary perspective along with visions of a cold frothy beer at the end of a long day of winemaking. In 2012 we began to turn this passion into reality. We reached out to the community around us, the barrel suppliers, equipment manufacturers and our local farmers to literally test the waters. We pulled barrels and equipment from our wineries and began building a custom brewing system. In 2014, we found a small space in St Helena, received a use permit and began creating our beers….Wow! How did that happen? A lot of sweat, determination and of course help from our family, friends, and colleagues…Did we say wine! Yes, it’s only fitting that “it takes a lot of wine to make great beer!” We craft ales and lagers with an emphasis on controlling the raw materials furthering the expression of a time, pleace and the people who make it happen. The best beers are always crafted while including the community. The Napa Valley is an incredible place that inspires us to grow, ferment, and create; wine, food, and beer! We have an endless number of skilled farmers, viticulturalists, and just fun people to work with that love the dirt. At the end of the day, beer is kind of like people…..we are distinctive, complex, diversified, and prone to be interpreted in many different ways.”- Nile Zacherle & Whitney Fisher Cheers to Beers! Mad Fritz Brewing The Peacock and Jupiter White Ale Origin: Napa, CA This White Ale or a Belgian Wit-bier was created from an earlier rendition that we had worked on with our even smaller pilot system. We called it Whit’s Wit after my wife Whitney, for obvious reasons! We brew the base with Scarlet variety barley from Alamosa CO and 33% White Wheat, then with a light bittering hand of hops and aroma infuse Cardamom, Coriander, Lemongrass and Mandarin rinds at the end of the kettle. We used a new selection of yeast for primary in stainless then racked to neutral white wine barrels for one month of aging. We usually see another pick up in fermentation from a house yeast, then rack to bottling and natural fermentation in the bottle/keg for carbonation. This beer is a foamy delight in the summer. Its 5.6 to 6.5% ABV is hidden by explosive spice characters that almost seem like a citrus soda on the palate; clean and crisp. Price: $34.99 btl Beer style: Wit-bier Water Source: Calistoga Grain Source: Alamosa, CO Variety: Scarlet (Craft Malted) Adjuncts: White Wheat 30% Hop Source: Yakima, WA Hops: Hallerton IBUs: 19 Barrel: French Oak Botanicals: Coriander, Lemongrass, Cardamom, Mandarin
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May 2023 Beer of the Month Club
Black Hammer Brewing After last month's “trip” to Belgium, we’re keeping it extremely local this month and featuring a selection of beer from San Francisco brewery Black Hammer Brewing. Black Hammer Brewing focuses on superbly balanced lagers, ales and hard seltzers at their brewery in San Francisco, California. They may be the only Burner Brewery in existence today, as their name comes from the nickname of co-founder, Jim "Hammer" Furman, semi-portmanteaued with the name of Burning Man's iconic Black Rock City. Their quest is to promote radical inclusivity as well as radical self-expression, through their brewery & beer, staff, locations, guests and events, and to ensure that everyone feels welcome and appreciated. They began their craft brewing journey aiming to perfect the science and precision of traditional lager brewing, but have opened the brew kettle to crafting a vast array of beer styles old and new, especially within the hazy IPA, hard seltzer, blended sour and barrel-aged spaces. So although they remain committed to a relentless pursuit of stylistic perfection and unparalleled holistic brewing balance, they are having-way-too-much-fun-for-it-to-be-legal thumbing their nose at the Reinheitsgebot every chance they get. Black Hammer Brewing also understands the importance of limiting gluten intake for those with gluten sensitivities, allergies, and celiac disease (co-founder Jim Furman was diagnosed with non-celiac gluten sensitivity in 2021). And since they also know that small-batch craft beer is delicious, and a fundamental component of a happy and fortuitous life, they want everyone to be able to enjoy tasty brews without worrying about gluten issues. So in mid-2017 they implemented their BHB Gluten Elimination Program, instituting manufacturing and testing processes to ensure that gluten levels in their beers labeled “gluten-removed” contain less than 3 ppm gluten, well below the established FDA threshold of 20 ppm* used for labeling foods “gluten-free”. Gluten is removed after fermentation using an industry-standard enzyme, Clarity-Ferm, which Black Hammer has found effective for wheat-free beers less than 8% ABV with zero effect on flavor, aroma or texture, so they apply it to all their brews falling within those limits. Cheers to Beers! Black Hammer Brewing Cuddle Puddle Origin: San Francisco CA Bursting with juicy Cryo Citra, Idaho 7 and Azacca hops, this is one of the smoothest hazies we’ve ever brewed. We get pink guava, peach ring, passion fruit, mango, Valencia orange, lime and lychee. Beer style: Hazy IPA 6.0% ABV | 21 IBU | Gluten-Removed Black Hammer Brewing Playa Origin: San Francisco CA This far too easy to drink lager is engineered with Bohemian pilsner malt, flaked maize and Mittelfrüh and Saaz hops. Beer style: Mexican Lager 5% ABV | 22 IBU | Gluten-Removed Black Hammer Brewing Pale Blue Dot Origin: San Francisco CA Tart and bursting with berry goodness. Whole bean Tahitian vanilla gives this bright purple beer depth and roundness without overwhelming the delicate blueberry notes. Blueberry Sorbet in a can. Beer style: Blueberry Vanilla Berliner-Weisse 4.7% ABV | Gluten Removed Black Hammer Brewing Bock Party Origin: San Francisco CA Flavors of fig, chocolate and toffee combine with earthy Hallertauer hops for the ultímate Bavarian dark lager. Beer style: Doppelbock 8.4% ABV • 24 IBU Black Hammer Brewing Sparkle Pony Origin: San Francisco CA Our flagship beer is Sparkle Pony, a Belgian-style blonde ale with a kick. Subtle fruity esters, smooth malt body and bright noble hops. Won a Gold Medal in the 2022 California Craft Beer Competition and the 2018 Denver International Beer Competition. Beer style: Belgian Blonde 6.9% ABV • 24 IBU • Gluten-Removed Black Hammer Brewing Zoom Boom Romance Origin: San Francisco CA Brewed with Pilsner and Honey Malt, steeped with Coriander and Grains of Paradise. Beautiful, spicy notes of cracked pepper and sage meld with flavors of coconut, melon and pear for a sweet finish. Beer style: Belgian Tripel 9.0% ABV Black Hammer Brewing Dulce de Leche Stout Origin: San Francisco CA Brewed in collaboration with the owner and head chef of 25 Lusk, Matt Dolan, this magnificent stout was brewed with ginger, coriander, and pepper spice accented by a slowly crafted dulce de leche, revealing a thick ale kissed with spice in a winning relationship with that beautiful lightly salted caramel. Beer style: Pastry Stout 11% ABV • 50 IBU
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