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Fiddlehead [8] celebrated its 25rd vintage in 2013 and is distributed among restaurants and through a wine club. [9] Her wine has won various awards, to include San Francisco Chronicle's Top 100 Wines in 1999, 2000, and 2001. [10] [11] [12]
By 1944 Aztec was the only brewery still operating in Southern California. [13] The company was purchased by Altes Brewing Company in 1948; Altes was then bought by the National Brewing Company, which closed Aztec Brewing Company in 1953. For the next 36 years there was no local commercially brewed beer in San Diego County.
Bison Brewing in Berkeley (opened 1997, closed 2008) [10] Buffalo Bill's Brewery in Hayward, the first brewpub licensed in California since Prohibition; Cleophus Quealy Beer Company in San Leandro [6] Diving Dog Brewhouse in Oakland [11] Drake's Brewing Company in San Leandro; Eight Bridges Brewing Company in Livermore [9] Faction Brewing in ...
Fiddlehead's 2003 Sauvignon blanc was featured prominently in the 2004 film Sideways. [1] The 1997 vintage of this wine was also listed as a Top 100 Wine in the San Francisco Chronicle. [2] Fiddlehead's Pinot noir has also been featured as a "top wine" on repeated occasions. [3] [4]
Firestone Walker's Mind Haze IPA was created after a year of experimentation at the Propagator. [35] In 2021, the Propagator released Gen-5, marking the Venice location's fifth anniversary. Gen-5 is a hazy double IPA featuring Nelson Sauvin, Nectaron and Riwaka hops from New Zealand as well as Citra and Mosaic. [ 36 ]
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. was established in 1979 by homebrewers Ken Grossman and Paul Camusi in Chico, California, United States. [1] The brewery produced 786,000 US bbl (922,000 hl) in 2010, [2] and as of 2016, Sierra Nevada Brewing is the seventh-largest brewing company in the United States and is the third largest privately owned brewery in the United States.
The departures reportedly stemmed from disputes with the new owner, Constellation Brands, over the status of Ballast Point's distilled spirits operation, which was not part of the sale. [13] After leaving Ballast Point, White and Cherney moved the spirits operation to Cutwater Spirits, a new company they founded in 2017.
Alpine Beer Company is an American brewery founded in 1999 by Pat McIlhenney in Alpine, California. [1] Alpine Beer Company produces a variety of beers, many of which have high alcohol content and are strongly hopped beers. [2] The beers have acquired a following due to the popularity of such beers as Pure Hoppiness and Exponential Hoppiness IPAs.