Sacramento Brewers Talk Local History
Sacramento & Company sat down with Device Brewing Company, Alaro Craft Brewery, and Urban Roots Brewing & Smokehouse to learn more about the growth of the craft beer scene in Sacramento. Join us at #CABeerSummit to taste beers from these local breweries and others from all over the Golden State!
Craftbeer.com – Alaro Brewing Looks to Future While Honoring Location’s Brewing Past
Opening a new brewpub is going to be a challenge in what’s becoming an increasingly competitive Sacramento craft beer scene. Opening a new brewpub in the same spot where a Sacramento craft brewing icon stood for nearly 30 years? Well, that’s something else entirely. “We’re trying to take 30 years and make it current. That’s […]
Gold Medal at the GABF!
It’s particularly exciting when a brand-new brewery wins a medal, a sign of more great things to come. This year, Sacramento’s newest brewery, Alaro Craft Brewery received a gold medal with their very first IPA ever brewed at the largest and most respected commercial beer competition in the world, the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) […]
Up to the minute in Midtown: get to know the newest businesses in the heart of Sacramento
Ready to hit up the freshest new spots in Midtown? From a clothing boutique to a unisex hair salon to two separate craft breweries, read on for the rundown of the newest businesses to open in this Sacramento neighborhood. Alaro Craft Brewery is a pub and brewery now open at 2004 Capitol Ave. in Midtown. The […]
Soak up the suds this summer at 11 new Sacramento breweries and taprooms
This brewhouse opened in the former Rubicon Brewing Company space in midtown on June 30. With a moniker that recalls the Spanish heritage of co-owners Annette and Ray Ballestero’s surname, Alaro features a rotating lineup of seven beers from head brewer Chris Keeton, some of which boast names with a Spanish flair, like the La Luna oat stout with notes of […]
CapRadio Business – Alaro Brewing Company
A Spanish-themed brewery plans to open up in midtown Sacramento at the spot once occupied by Rubicon Brewing Company on Capitol Avenue. It’s called Alaro Brewing Company. And the Sacramento Business Journal’s Digital Editor Sonya Sorich says it could open in April or May. “The team behind the new brewery includes one of the founders […]
Sacramento Business Journal – Spanish-themed Alaro Brewing will fill former Rubicon space
The new brewery’s management will include former members of the food team at River City Brewing and Rubicon’s former brewer. Alaro Brewing Co. has taken over the space in midtown Sacramento previously occupied by Rubicon Brewing Co., which closed last year. Annette and Ray Ballestero hope to have the new brewery and restaurant open in […]
Sac Bee – Spanish-style brewery with tapas announces opening date in former Rubicon building
Sacramento’s restaurant scene continued to expand in the first half of 2018, from downtown steakhouses down to Asian restaurants off Stockton Boulevard. These 30 restaurants all opened in Sacramento within the first six months of the year. Existing restaurants that opened near-identical iterations of their current work weren’t included in this roundup, nor were eateries […]
Mix96 – Spanish-themed Alaro Brewing will fill former Rubicon space
Sacramento’s Rubicon Brewing Company closed its doors after almost 30 years in September. It was announced today, Feb. 14, that Alaro Brewing, a Spanish-themed brewery, is taking over the space. Rubicon posted a message on Facebook on Aug. 7 last year that it was closing. The team wrote: “It is with great sadness that we […]
SF Eater – The 13 Hottest New Restaurants in Sacramento Right Now, Winter 2018
Restaurant obsessives want to know what’s new, what’s hot, which favorite chef just launched a sophomore effort, where to sip the cocktail of the moment. To answer those questions: the Sacramento Heatmap, which will change continually to highlight the best and buzziest restaurants the capital has to offer. And, realizing that there’s much more to […]
