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North Coast Brewing Company

The North Coast Brewing Company is a craft brewery located in Fort Bragg, California. As of 2018, it is the -largest craft brewer by annual sales volume in the United States.[5]

History

The North Coast Brewing Company was founded in 1988 as a brewpub by Mark Ruedrich, Tom Allen and Joe Rosenthal, producing 400 barrels of beer its first year.[6] Doug Moody later joined the team in a directive capacity. In 1996, they acquired the rights to the Acme Brewing Company brand, originally founded in San Francisco in 1907.[7]

Beers

Current

North Coast Brewing Company currently produces 13 beers year-round as well as 4 seasonal beers that are produced quarterly.[8]

Year-round

  • Blue Star[9] - unfiltered American wheat beer
  • Brother Thelonious[10] - Belgian-style strong dark ale, in honor of Thelonious Monk and some profits are donated to the education programs at the Monterey Jazz Festival
  • Foggy Day IPA - Hazy IPA
  • Laguna Baja - Vienna dark lager
  • Le Merle - saison
  • North Coast Steller IPA - India pale ale
  • Old No. 38 - Dublin dry stout
  • Old Rasputin[9] - Russian imperial stout
  • Old Stock Ale[9] - Old ale, also bottled in limited reserve vintages and barrel-aged, including one to benefit
  • Pacific Magic IPA - IPA
  • PranQster - Belgian-style golden ale
  • Red Seal - American amber ale
  • Scrimshaw - pilsner

Barrel-aged

  • Barrel Aged Old Rasputin XXIV - Russian imperial stout, aged in bourbon whiskey barrels
  • Barrel Aged Old Rasputin XXIII - Russian imperial stout, aged in bourbon whiskey barrels
  • Barrel Aged Old Rasputin XXIII - Russian imperial stout, aged in rye whiskey barrels
  • Barrel Aged Old Rasputin XXII - Russian imperial stout, aged in bourbon whiskey barrels
  • Barrel Aged Old Rasputin XXII - Russian imperial stout, aged in rye whiskey barrels
  • Barrel Aged Old Rasputin XXI - Russian imperial stout, aged in bourbon whiskey barrels

Limited reserve

  • Anniversary XX - agave nectar pale ale, released in celebration of the brewery's Twentieth anniversary

Year-round

  • Blue Star[9] - unfiltered American wheat beer
  • Brother Thelonious[10] - Belgian-style strong dark ale, in honor of Thelonious Monk and some profits are donated to the education programs at the Monterey Jazz Festival
  • Foggy Day IPA - Hazy IPA
  • Laguna Baja - Vienna dark lager
  • Le Merle - saison
  • North Coast Steller IPA - India pale ale
  • Old No. 38 - Dublin dry stout
  • Old Rasputin[9] - Russian imperial stout
  • Old Stock Ale[9] - Old ale, also bottled in limited reserve vintages and barrel-aged, including one to benefit
  • Pacific Magic IPA - IPA
  • PranQster - Belgian-style golden ale
  • Red Seal - American amber ale
  • Scrimshaw - pilsner

Barrel-aged

  • Barrel Aged Old Rasputin XXIV - Russian imperial stout, aged in bourbon whiskey barrels
  • Barrel Aged Old Rasputin XXIII - Russian imperial stout, aged in bourbon whiskey barrels
  • Barrel Aged Old Rasputin XXIII - Russian imperial stout, aged in rye whiskey barrels
  • Barrel Aged Old Rasputin XXII - Russian imperial stout, aged in bourbon whiskey barrels
  • Barrel Aged Old Rasputin XXII - Russian imperial stout, aged in rye whiskey barrels
  • Barrel Aged Old Rasputin XXI - Russian imperial stout, aged in bourbon whiskey barrels

Limited reserve

  • Anniversary XX - agave nectar pale ale, released in celebration of the brewery's Twentieth anniversary

Retired

  • Acme California Brown - Brown ale
  • Acme IPA - California India pale ale
  • Beer Engine Red - Irish red ale
  • Black Hart - a dry Irish-style stout
  • Class of '88[9] - a barley wine produced in collaboration with Rogue Ales and distributed via Deschutes Brewery's channels
  • Cru D'or - Dubbel
  • Grand Cru[11] - brewed with agave nectar and aged in used bourbon barrels
  • Mary's Pilsner - Pilsner
  • Puck the Beer - Petite Saison
  • Wintertime Ale - Christmas beer

Awards

See also

  • California breweries
  • Beer in the United States
  • Barrel-aged beer

External links

References

  1. Bill Swindell. North Coast Brewing names Jennifer Owen as new CEO of Fort Bragg brewery North Bay Business Journal, 2022-02-01, retrieved 2022-11-18^
  2. Chris Calder. Owen named NCBC's chief financial officer Fort Bragg Advocate-News, 2019-01-17, retrieved 2019-10-09^
  3. Debra De Graw. Chuck Martins Named Brewmaster at North Coast Brewing Co. Cision PR Newswire, 2022-02-01^
  4. North Coast Brewing Buzzfile^
  5. 2018 Top 50 Brewing Companies By Sales Volume Brewers Association, 2019-03-12, retrieved 2019-10-09^
  6. Jeff Quackenbush. Mark Ruedrich of North Coast Brewing wins large-brewery award The North Bay Business Journal, 2017-12-04, retrieved 2019-10-09^
  7. History of the Acme Brewing Co. BreweryGems.com, retrieved 2019-10-09^
  8. North Coast Brewing Co. - Fort Bragg, CA Beer Advocate, retrieved 2012-05-25^
  9. Steve Body. Deschutes "Class of '88": Pat and John and Cam Make a Porno Seattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved 2013-04-29^
  10. Anita George. 10 Music-Inspired Beers Paste, 2013-04-08, retrieved 2013-04-29^
  11. Fred Abercrombie. North Coast Brewing Releases Grand Cru & Chats with Bay Area Craft Beer Bay Area Craft Beer, retrieved 2013-04-29^