Monterey Coast Brewing Co., is located about 10 miles inland, in downtown Salinas, and has been around for at least a dozen years. Until recently it was Salinas’ only brew-on-premises establishment open to the public. (Monterey’s Alvarado Street Brewery now has a production facility in Salinas with an attached tap room.) The brewpub is actually…
Category: Breweries
Brüehol Brewing (Benicia, CA)
Today I made my way over to Benicia to try the offerings at Brüehol Brewing. Brüehol Brewing was established in Benicia in 2014 by Mark Keller, Mark Ristow, and Steve Nortcutt, but opened its tap room only three weeks ago. I was eager to get there because Mark R. and Steve used to be homebrewers…
Triple Rock Brewery & Ale House (Berkeley, CA)
I recently visited Triple Rock Brewery in Berkeley for the first time. Considering how long I’ve lived in the Bay Area, how much time I’ve spent in Berkeley, and that the brewery has been around since 1986 -making it one of the earliest modern microbreweries in the area- it’s just ridiculous that I had…
Del Cielo Brewing Co.
I got some pretty exciting news a few days ago: my friend Luis Castro’s brewery project is a go, and he already has a lease on a location in downtown Martinez (CA). On Friday, I got to check out Del Cielo Brewing Co.’s future digs at the corner of Escobar St. and Estudillo St….