Ballesta No.17
“Ballesta” is the Spanish word for “Crossbow”, the symbol of our Castle and the name of our Rotating Hop Hazy IPA. This is Number 17 and it’s our 6 Year Anniversary Special Edition! Made with 100% Sacramento grown Admiral Malt for a rich, soft & silky texture and packed with Citra, Galaxy, Azacca, Simcoe & […]
Seven Disciples
With notes of Mango, Passionfruit & Apricot, this super juicy, heavily hopped DIPA will take your palate on a tropical journey. It gains its softness from the clever use of Oats and the layering of Idaho 7, African Queen, Amarillo and Simcoe hops create the flavorful and aromatic bliss.
Three Fields
Our Grisette is a tart, refreshing, low alcohol Farmhouse Ale with origins from the mining regions along the border of France and Belgium. Most believe that the name grisette, translated to mean “little gray” references the grey dresses of women passing out beers to thirsty miners. Made using three different types of rice – Puffed […]
Capitol Session
We’ve combined all the aroma, flavor & character of a great California IPA with the lower alcohol content of a session beer. At just 5.0% this big-tasting beer drinks so easy and won’t weigh you down. We teamed up with our friends at Tower Brewing to bring this classic back, just in time for summer […]
Pegaso Rojo
In the spirit of German beer history and collaboration, we partnered with our friends from Red Bus Brewing. Two different breweries from two different cities, just down the river from each other decided to make similar but different beer styles. Using the same yeast strain, the same base grain profile and essentially, the same hops, […]
Aragón
The German Altbier, a Düsseldorf specialty and one that has stood the test of time. This Alt, the German word for “old”, is exceptionally smooth, clean and beautiful amber hybrid ale/lager that balances toasted malt body of rye and Munich with a range of noble hop character. This classic style gets a classic name, Aragón, […]
Passion for Zappa
Being in the Brewing Industry is all about one thing, Passion. Passion for a community, for the ingredients, for our culture and for collaboration. That is why we invited our friends from Oak Park Brewing to join us in the brew house to help create something fun. Drawing from shared roots, we utilized a special […]
Shieldmaiden No.2
Using Sacramento grown malted barley developed by the University and an experimental Lupulin Hop Hash from our friends at California Beer Farms, we were able to create a delicately clean beer that showcases the beautiful nuances of the malt. By extracting the lupulin glands from the hop cone and removing them from the organic material, […]
The Alliance
A double IPA forged of Allies. Using whole Comet hop cones grown by Triple J Farms in Elk Grove, fresh malted barley from Admiral Maltings in Alameda and brewed along side long time friend and brewer, Al Griffin, we created this epic beer. This crazy drinkable double IPA that carries beautiful fruit and malt aromas […]
Balthazar
Awarded “Double Gold” at the El Dorado County Commercial Beer Competition, this full bodied, garnet red IPA was made to celebrate the holiday season. We used generous portions of specialty malts for a solid malt backbone and beautiful color with flavor and aroma from a balanced variety of CTZ, El Dorado, Centennial, Chinook, & Mosaic. […]
Armada
Ahh, the British Brown Ale is without question my favorite Fall session beer. With its lightly roasted and caramelized malt profile perfectly balanced with noble hop characters, moderate alcohol content and a dry finish, it’s hard to not have another! A style that was originally designed to serve the masses and it still serves that […]
Tipsy Monk
Deep gold in color this spicy, fruity and strong Belgian ale presents soft grainy-sweet malt, firm bitterness and a complex bouquet. With a harmonious interplay between the yeast character, hops, malt, and alcohol, this 9% ale drinks so easy, we appropriately call it the “Tipsy Monk”. We are quite proud that our “Duke of Alchemy” […]
Caravana
Our summertime IPA is built to be crisp, clean, refreshing and pack flavor. It leads with clean hop notes of orange blossom and citrus peel balanced against a spine of cereal & fresh crackers. Hopped with Mosaic, Azacca, Huell Melon and Saaz hops to really dress up this ale, perfect for the hot Sacramento summer. […]
Constable
This well balanced American Pale Ale was meticulously designed and perfected by our beer sales rep, Stan Ruddell, a.k.a., “The Constable”. Deep gold in color with a delicate balance of caramel malt and expressive piney, citrusy & lightly floral character from CTZ, Cascade, Chinook & Amarillo hops. This medium bodied Pale Ale with a mildly […]
Spyglass Red Ale
Navigating through the sea of craft beers to find an exceptional, well balanced ale? You just spotted it! By masterfully layering specialty malts this gorgeous Red Ale has aromas of toasted caramel, breadcrust & pretzel and a subtle malt sweetness that is perfectly balanced and a clean hop bitterness of resinous pine, mild citrus & […]
