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
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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 26 Oct 2025 at 15:32


Tried from Bottle on 26 Oct 2025 at 14:43


7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Tap at Murphys PourHouse. Nice quick drink while picking up cans to go to the cabin.

Tried on 22 Oct 2025 at 03:20


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Tried from Bottle on 19 Oct 2025 at 14:39


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8.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

12.7 oz bottle from Reserve Society. Aroma has notes of bourbon, vanilla, toffee, dark fruit, coconut, wood. Pours muddy brown with an immediately collapsing beige head. Taste is moderately to highly sweet, a little tart, with some firm bitterness around the edges. Tastes mighty fine, but it smells even better. Would be better without the tartness. Flavors of bourbon barrels, toffee and dark fruit.

Tried from Bottle at The Bruery on 05 Oct 2025 at 23:18


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7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

From Beer Drop, date is illegible.

Pours a hazy straw gold with a large head of foam that shrinks down to a finger. Lacing is good.

Smell is coriander and orange zest, with a hint of fruity tartness.

The taste is coriander, orange zest, yeasty, fruity with a mild tartness. Very flavourful for 3.5% abv, indeed.

Light bodied but not watery, lively carbonation, I would drink this again.

Tried from Can on 05 Oct 2025 at 12:54


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Can 473ml @ gunnfryd.
Pours black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, alcohol, dark chocolate, coffee, oak, vanilla and licorice. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a long warm, dark chocolate, cocoa, oak and coffee finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

Tried on 04 Oct 2025 at 19:54


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Can. Intense, with roasted malts, coffee and dark chocolate. Cocoa. Nice indeed, even at this ABV. 848417

Tried from Can on 04 Oct 2025 at 19:54


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle BeerViking 2025-10-03 Göteborg
AR: sour, Belgien yeasty,
AP: dark brown, wee head
F: sour, Belgien yeasty, warming feeling

Tried from Bottle from Beerviking on 04 Oct 2025 at 13:24


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

KKKYGG. Black color with a tan head. Aroma and flavor is alcohol, roasted malt, dried fruit, alcohol, chocolate, coffee, cocoa, oak.

Tried from Can on 04 Oct 2025 at 08:53