The Bruery

Regional Brewery in Placentia, California, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2007

Contact
717 Dunn Way, Placentia, Placentia, CA, CA 92870, United States
Subsidiaries
Description
The Bruery® is a boutique craft brewery based in Orange County, CA, specializing in experimental and barrel-aged beers since 2008. Founded as a small, friend & family run business, The Bruery takes it’s unique moniker from founder Patrick Rue’s family surname.
Patrick picked up homebrewing as a hobby, later to become an obsession, as a distraction to the banality of law school. Soon he was winning numerous awards for his beers and driving his wife, Rachel, mad with the messes that he would leave on the kitchen stove. Upon finishing school, he took it upon himself to draw up a business plan rather than study for the California Bar exam – a risky endeavor that shows through still today in the creative, genre-tilting beers that The Bruery prides itself on.
The Bruery is founded on the excitement that Patrick felt in those first years of homebrewing and we continue to strive for that same passion in every aspect of our business today. We never stop challenging ourselves to develop distinctive & imaginative beers, constantly pursuing improvement in all that we do. We brew dozens of original beers each year with our list of ingredients and inspirations growing perpetually. Our collection of oak barrels has also become a primary element of our brewery. Nearly half of our beer is aged in wine or spirit barrels bringing forth flavors reminiscent of the Belgian countryside or classic American distillers.

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Tried from Bottle on 11 Apr 2025 at 21:38


8.3
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Fat på Taphouset med Ölsommelieren . Här har vi sjukt fyllig dryck smak av madeira och portvin .Fet konsistens oljig . God men inte den bästa från bryggeriet

Tried on 11 Apr 2025 at 10:47


8.1
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7

Fat på Taphouse med P.N. Doftar mycket vinöst med svarta vinbärsblad. Smaken som doften mycket vinös o drar åt svarta bär. Lååång smak. God men lite för vinös för dunder betyg.

Tried from Draft on 11 Apr 2025 at 10:44


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5.5

Keg at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Near black, minimal head. Caramelly chocolate aroma with some madeira. Very sweet with full body and syrupy mouthfeel. Toffee and treacle, milk chocolate and pear brandy. Boozy mid bitter finish.

Tried from Draft at Oliver Twist on 10 Apr 2025 at 16:01


8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8

6th April 2025
Near opaque dark brown beer, small tan head that doesn't last long despite the audible fizzing of the bubbles. Inevitably a slightly viscous palate but balanced by very good fine minerally carbonation. Not often you get a brew pushing 20% that is this well carbonated. Soft but rich dark chocolate malts, some intense chocolate liqueur. A little milk chocolate where the vanilla intersects. Honey obvious but, not that sweet, like a honey brandy or something! The other adjuncts are there but background characters, coconut, candyish strawberry (especially on the back end). Raisan the most well buried. A little coffee tries to peep through. Some bitterness and alcohol spice on the finish. Bruery still pushing the boundaries of what a beer can be. Remarkably drinkable for it's heavyweight abv.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Apr 2025 at 11:13


7

Tried from Bottle on 04 Apr 2025 at 18:46


8

Smooth(!), warming and slightly roasty with some cocoa, chocolate, hints of molasses, licorice, vinous port and earthy woody oaky notes. Surprisingly thin body, a bit boozy finish.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Apr 2025 at 18:38


9

Boozy (gee really?), rich, thin body. Bourbon on top of bourbon, chocolate, raisin, hefty. Still smooth and balanced, delicious, awesome.

Tried on 04 Apr 2025 at 15:34


7

Tried on 03 Apr 2025 at 19:56


Infected. Contacting the Bruery at Society@thebruery.com like it says in earlier checkins.

Edit- The Bruery gave me a gift card within 10 minutes of me emailing them.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Mar 2025 at 19:37