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Breweries in California produce a wide range of beers in different styles that are marketed locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. In 2012 California's 458 breweries, importers, brewpubs, and company-owned packagers and wholesalers employed over 7,000 people directly, and more than 109,000 others in related jobs such as ...
Almanac Beer Company is an Alameda, California brewer that makes farm-to-table beers in small batches using fruit, grains and herbs purchased from local family farms. The company has brewed both year-round table beers and special releases, as well as beers set aside from larger batches and aged in oak barrels.
That same year, 805 became the top-selling craft beer in California. Distribution of 805 later expanded to Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, Montana and Idaho. 805 today accounts for more than 50 percent of the Firestone Walker's total beer production.
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The New Albion Brewing Company is known as the first American craft beer brewery.Founded in 1976 by Jack McAuliffe, Suzy Stern, and Jane Zimmerman in Sonoma, California, [1] New Albion is acknowledged as the first United States microbrewery of the modern era, [2] [3] as well as a heavy influence on the subsequent microbrewery and craft beer movements of the late 20th century.
[1] [2] Its Steelhead Extra Pale Ale was listed by the Oakland Tribune as one of ten "quintessential Northern California beers". [3] Other beers produced by Mad River have included Steelhead Stout, [ 4 ] Serious Madness Black Ale, [ 5 ] Double Dread Imperial Red, [ 6 ] and John Barleycorn Barleywine.
California’s state beer tax has remained steady at 20 cents a gallon since 1991. The excise tax on distilled spirits, such as whiskey and vodka, that are 100 proof or less is $3.30 a gallon.
At 25,000 square feet, the tasting room is billed as the largest beer tasting room in San Diego County. Brewing operations at the new facility will eventually expand the company's brewing capacity ten-fold, according to Zien. [2] Beers from the brewery have been rated on RateBeer.com website as #1 Top Brewer in the World 2006 and again in 2013. [3]