Almanac Beer Company

Microbrewery in Alameda, California, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 2010

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Alameda, CA, United States
Description
Our name, Almanac, refers to the Farmer’s Almanac, a seasonality reference guide for farmers that has been published every year in the U.S. since 1818. Our motto, “Farm to Barrel”, was adopted to reflect our passion for brewing bold and sustainably sourced beers. Farm-to-barrel brewing is about selecting the best in sustainably sourced ingredients and using them to create beers inspired by the great brewing traditions of the world. We aim to create something uniquely Northern Californian.

Almanac was founded in 2010 by Damian Fagan and Jesse Friedman, two avid home-brewers who bonded over their mutual appreciation for California farmers markets. They set out to brew beers inspired by California’s rich agricultural bounty. After nearly seven years of partner brewing, we moved into our very own 30,000 square-foot production & aging facility located on a historic naval airbase on Alameda Island in San Francisco Bay.

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6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft. Black beer with a tan head. Roast and nutty aroma. Nutty and light chocolate flavor with light caramel. Medium bodied. Nuttiness and light chocolate linger with light caramel.

Tried on 07 Sep 2025 at 23:32


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6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can from The Davis Beer Shoppe. Pours translucent gold with a smallish white head. Aroma is white berry and some herb or non-pine evergreen. Kind of cedar. Med body. Malt isn't adding sugar, just support. Flavor is a thing kind of like the aroma, but the cedar firmed up. Thinking an old cedar chest in a light way. Bitterness persists into the finish.

Tried from Can at The Davis Beer Shoppe on 27 Aug 2025 at 23:45


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

US Pint can from O'Shea's: well out of date when bought (canned on 11th Jan 2022).Poured into an old Corsendonk stemmed tulip glass at my daughter's place in Laguna Hills on 22nd August 2025. Light haze in the golden body, white affair on top. Hop burn in every sip, this was/is a serious player hop wise, citrus flavoured stuff with an earthy/piney undertone. Harsh hop feel (hence the hop burn feel mentioned earlier), it's intense and some would not be able to finish this (in it's dated can), but I'm made of stern stuff and almost you'd think the hops might mellow with age they seem to have grown in strength over the last few years. Would have been interesting to have this in date 3 years ago.

Tried from Can from O'Sheas Brewing Co. on 22 Aug 2025 at 19:40


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

On tap at LAX. Aroma is dank, citrus, pine. Pours hazy golden with off-white foam. Taste is mildly bitter with juicy hop flavors. More than solid.

Tried from Draft at Barney's Beanery - LAX Terminal 2 on 09 Aug 2025 at 00:02


5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5.5

12oz can from a Trader Joe's. Drank in the afternoon sun in Laguna Hills on 6th August 2025 while the granddaughters played in the pool. Very pale body, light golden in colour, white crust that didn't hang around for long. A slight malty lead over the hop content, not a lot going on, but it's pleasant enough and was an ideal beer to have at the time.

Tried from Can on 06 Aug 2025 at 15:30


7.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Tried on 02 Aug 2025 at 01:06


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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8.5

Can from Total Wine in Vacaville, CA. Pours hazy gold with a moderate, somewhat transient white head. Aroma is citrus, herbaceous. Med body. Juicy but rather dry. There's some sharp bitterness. Citrus, passion fruit, melon. Some herbaceousness.

Tried from Can from Total Wine & More - Vacaville, CA on 28 Jul 2025 at 00:10


7

Very light, inca cola vibes.

Tried from Draft on 12 Jul 2025 at 14:28


9
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9

Fles 35,5cl thuis. Funky, fizzy, eik, citrus, barnyard, lemon, witte druif, brett, zuren, fruitig, zoetje. Goede balans. (5-7-2025).

Tried from Bottle from Beer Republic on 05 Jul 2025 at 14:58


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can. Hazy golden beer with a cream head. Light tropical fruit aroma. Citrus and light tropical fruit flavor. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Citrus and tropical fruit linger.

Tried on 27 Jun 2025 at 17:06