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American Standard | Summer Wheat | Bohemian Pilsner | Ancient Oaks Belgian-style Wheat | Ghost Rail Pale Ale | Pomponio Pale Ale | Lompico Gold IPA | Steamer Lane | Redwood Ale | ESB | Bear Creek Organic Brown | Big Basin Brown | Winter Warmer | Abbey Road Belgian-style Dubbel | Castle Rock Doppelbock | San Lorenzo Porter | Black Sheep Stout | Mudslide Stout | Oatmeal Stout | Black Dragon Stout | El Diablo Imperial Stout | Chain of Gold Belgian-style Tripel | Dizzy Lizzy Barley Wine
American Standard
A style of beer that many of us cut our teeth on, the American Standard Pilsner. Although it's usually served right from the can, you can quaff ours right from the pint glass. Neither malt nor hops dominate the flavor profile letting our fresh mountain water come through. top Summer Wheat
Although traditional wheat beer has it's origins in Germany, this style, American Wheat, was originated in San Francisco. What makes this beer different from a typical hefe-wiezen is the use of English ale yeast. With equal parts pale malted barley and malted wheat and an ever so delicate dose of hops, this beer makes for a refreshing summer beverage usually served with a slice of lemon. top Bohemian Pilsner
Beer, as we know it stems from the Czech town of Pilsen. Pilsner is the first beer to be brewed without roasting the malt, thus creating golden, clear beer, a practice that grew into the most popular style of beer extant. As much as the malt defines this style of beer for it's straw color, so too do the noble Saaz hops in the beer's flavor profile making it crisp, dry and refreshing. top Ancient Oaks Belgian-style Wheat
This beer was inspired one coming from Belgium, in specific the area which borders upon France. It is there where local farms have their own breweries. Historically the farm workers would have recieved beer as a portion of their wages. This beer has a golden hue, is unfiltered , and has several hop additions pitched in throughout the boil. An addition of several spices are added, one of which is Corriander, lending a spicy character to this unique beer. top
Ghost Rail Pale Ale
Long ago, when Boulder Creek was little more than a lumber mill, a railroad was built to get lumber down to the Santa Cruz Wharf. This hearty Pale Ale is brewed for those hearty souls that still ride the rails. Specialty malts are added to the mash to give the beer it's wonderful hue while a blend of two hops are added in three seperate additions.
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Pomponio Pale Ale
This native american pale ale , named after a local indigenous legend, who once traversed the Santa Cruz Mountains, is a style of beer that has evolved into something very different from the British pale ales of which it was initially based upon. American pale ale, as we know it, owes it's unique character to the cascade hop, whose popularity grew with the boutique beer revolution. top Lompico Gold IPA
I.P.A., or India Pale Ale has a rich history and tradition. Historically it was a high-alcohol beer that was brewed and sent from England to it's troops in India starting first in the mid eighteenth century. Due to it's long sea voyage, a recipe evolved using both high-alcohol and a high proportion of hops, both of which are a natural preservative in beer. This beer brewed properly has backbone of malt layered with a floral bitter hop flavor that lingers on into a dry finish that begs the drinker for another sip. top Steamer Lane
This is a style of beer that is indigenous to the pacific coast. In the mid-nineteenth century German brewers emigrated to the west coast and started producing their lagers here. Due to a warmer climate and lack of ice for cooling, their Lagers evolved into a style completely it's own, I call it a Pacific Coast Lager. Gold in color, it's rich malty-sweetness dominates the flavor profile with a hint of hops to balance out the finish. top Redwood Ale
Our flagship beer, an American amber ale. This beer is among the many styles of beer that have evolved, or grown out of the craft-beer movement. Redwood Ale is medium bodied with a somewhat sweet caramel flavor derived from the use of crystal malt. A touch of chocolate malt helps bring out the red-amber hue. Hop flavor and aroma are evident in the aftertaste, but, hop bitterness is subdued, making for an easy drinking ale. top ESB
E.S.B. stands for Extra Special Bitter, a bitter is essentially a draft pale ale. In England this style varies in color, strength and flavor due to local tastes, the most common of which is Fuller's E.S.B. Although made from similar ingredients to a India Pale Ale, an E.S.B., or bitter is in fact smoother and less bitter. A malty sweet body balances nicely with a hoppy finish making this beer truly a session ale. top Bear Creek Organic Brown
Organic ingredients make up this brown ale. Chocolate and Brown malts contribute to it's malty sweetness. top Big Basin Brown
Named after California's oldest state park, Big Basin Redwoods, this brown ale gets it's color from both brown and chocolate malts, which dominate the beer's malty backbone, while just the right amount of hops are added for a mild bitterness. top Winter Warmer
A tradition has developed in England where local breweries offer strong ale in the winter months, this tradition continues here in America as well. English pale malt, dark crystal malt and roasted malt give this beer it's rich body and deep color. With an alcohol level over six and a half percent it's warming qualities are evident. top Abbey Road Belgian-style Dubbel
Once upon a time, the brewers here donned robes, as monks do. This beer is for those who are as devoted. A belgian-style dubbel, this amber strong ale is brewed with special biscuit and dark crystal malts, and brown sugar. It's alcoholic strength is subdued by the malty-sweetness that the above ingredients contribute. Hops are added twice during the boil and again in the serving vessel to compliment this beer's malty sweet flavor. top Castle Rock Doppelbock
Although much younger than the sandstone formations that this beer is named after, the origins of Doppelbock can be traced directly back to a beer made by Bavarian Monks in the 15th century. The dominant malty-sweet flavor is derived from five dsitinct specialty grains that contribute to the beer's thick body and heavy mouthfeel. A healthy dose of European hops balances out the finish. We dedicate this beer to our local pioneer Bavarian brewers of which several maintained lager beer cellars in the sandstone formations of this county. top San Lorenzo Porter
Porter's popularity, in London during the early 1700's to the mid-1800's is legendary. Although stout was derived from Porter, it is now commonly thought to be placed, as a beer style, between brown ale and stout. The San Lorenzo Porter fits right in between those guidelines. Dark, roasty, coffee overtones define it's malt profile with hops added for a balance of flavor not typically found in a stout. top Black Sheep Stout
This dry workingman's stout is inspired by the dark nourishing nectar drunk in the old country. Although dark in color, this beer defies convention by being both light in body and low in alcohol content, in other words a session stout. top Mudslide Stout
This award-winning recipe is the sweetest of stouts, formulated by combining roasted grains such as black patent malt and roasted barley with the sweeter dark crystal malt and a mix of chocolate and brown malts give this beer the flavor that can only be found otherwise in a candy bar. Chocolate and caramel overtones with just a hint of hop bitterness makes for a tasty treat. top Oatmeal Stout
Although this rich smooth stout has it's origins in Great Britain, it is of a style that has truly evolved here in the small breweries of California. Oatmeal is added to the mash in proportions of 10%, or so, which contribute to a unique full-bodied flavor. Both crystal and chocolate malts create a bitter-sweet malt profile. Hops are subdued and play a supporting role. This beer is served with a Nitrogen and co2 blend to accentuate it's smooth creamy finish. top Black Dragon Stout
Like it's namesake, the Black Dragon Stout is very powerful and mysterious, don't turn your back on it. This big dry stout differs from our other stouts in that it's flavor profile comes from the hops just as much as it does from the malt. Both Black and Brown malt contribute to it's ebony hue while summit hops are added throughout the boil to balance out the beer's malty-sweetness. top El Diablo Imperial Stout
This stoutest of stouts has a royal heritage, it seems that the Russian Imperial Court took a liking to the strong beverage and what evolved became a style of it's own. Much like the origin of India Pale Ale, Imperial stout has brewed with higher alcohol and a greater hop dosage, this ensured that the beer would not spoil on it's journey through the frigid Baltic Sea. Upon the first sip, you may wonder if this is a beer at all, with it's port-like undertones and the warmth of a good brandy. top Chain of Gold Belgian-style Tripel
Over a hundred years ago, a famous vintner named the eastern facing
slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains, which overlooks the San
Francisco Bay. Forever after this wine appellation has been known
as the Chaine d'Or (Chain of Gold). Much like our lil' brewery, or
Gold itself, this is a region where quality surpasses quantity,
this Ale is for you vintners who keep it so. Of the Belgian Tripel
style, this beer is a pale Barley Wine of sorts, made with but a
single malt, Bohemian Pilsner. It's the addition of whole hops for
a finishing flavor that truly complements the malt profile's
simplicity. top Dizzy Lizzy Barleywine
Barleywine is among the strongest of beers, essentially a pale ale concentrated to imense proportions. Although this style of beer was revived in England, where it's origins lie it has gained popularity in this country as well. Brewed to be sipped in the dead of winter, the malt flavor is much like a port or sherry, only when the hops come across the pallet does one think of beer. top |