The Bruery
Regional Brewery
in
Placentia,
California,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2007
Contact
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.
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.
7.8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap @ OTH. Pours cloudy golden, white head. Aroma is hoppy, lemongrass and spices. Piney hops, yeasty aroma. Hard to describe the tantalizing goodness of hops, lots of freshness in this one. Flavor, dry hopping is amazing. Drinks like a Belgian IPA. Belgian yeast palate with some spices and piney hops, wheat and a mild malty touch in the background. At 8.5% this beer is smooth and complex. Keeps a fresh lemongrass and citrus fruit finish, clean dry hopped aftertaste.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2010
at 10:04
6.2/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled@Beer Hunters, Pori. Deep amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is fruits, wheat, mild roasted notes as well as some herbs and grass. Flavour is slightly acidic wheat along with some mild bready and roasted notes as well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2010
at 05:53
6/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled@Beer Hunters, Pori. Hazy pale yellow colour, mediumsized white fluffy head. Aroma is wheat,yeast, some fruits and mild spicyness as well. Flavour is quite much the same. The funny thing is that one of the first things that came to my mind with this one was Deus little brother.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2010
at 03:18
7.2/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
From tap. Pours hazy dark brown to deep orange with a huge pink to light tan head. Aroma is dry malty and slight vegetable yeasty. Light caramelish and subdued fruity flavoured. Lasting caramelish and subdued fruity impression into the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Feb 2010
at 06:33
8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
75 cL bottle. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is dark roasted and wooden. Smooth caramelish and vague yeasty. Sweet caramelish flavoured. Light breadish roasted and towards toffee. Vague vanilla like note to the base. Sweet and caramelish finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2010
at 06:32
7.8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle @ Fastelavnssmagning, Ulfborg. Pours unclear orange with a small creamy egg white head and lacings. Nose is fresh grain, yeast, brett and pepper. Very dry and grassy flavor. Refreshing. Nice
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2010
at 04:33
6.8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Rich mahogony beer with a tan head. Yeast and toffee malt aroma with light chocolate. Chocolate and sweet malt flavor with toffee and yeast. Medium bodied. Sweet toffee lingers with yeast and chocolate. Maybe with some age...
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2010
at 10:24
7.1/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Mahogony brown beer with a huge tan head. Citrus, earth, and yeast aroma. Dark malt flavor with earth, light spice, light yeast, and light citrus. Medium-plus bodied. Earth and yeast lingers with spice and darker malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2010
at 10:18
7/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
750ml bottle @Suttree’s Nothing else to do TN Gathering. Thanks Phil-pours a dissipating white head and hazy yellow color. Aroma is sweet light malt-caramel, pine hops. Taste is sweet light malt-caramel, pine/spice hops,yeast.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2010
at 12:24
8.1/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
750 with very nice looking label pouring up clear deep gold with copper hues and one inch off white head. The aroma has sweet notes of orange and grapefruit blending into Belgian yeasty spices and ripe red apples. The taste is smooth and refreshing where assertive orange and grapefruit hop flavor take center stage with modest levels of yeasty spice and ripe red apples carve out a pleasing supporting role. I get no sense of the ABV. I’m not a Belgian IPA style fan unless it is way IPA like this one. Very tasty brew with lots of apple and citrus flavor and almost no hop bitterness.
Tried
on 23 Feb 2010
at 20:08