Alpine Beer Company

Client Brewer in Alpine, California, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Tilray Brands
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 1999

Contact
Alpine, CA, United States
Description
Alpine Beer Company began with Patrick and Valerie McIlhenney in 1999. We are a small-town brewery, nestled in the foothills of the mountains just outside of San Diego. From IPAs to small-batch sours, we’ve been crafting high-quality ales since 1999. Known as the “Home of Pure Hoppiness,” people travel from near and far to try our special brews. Now you can bring home a little taste of hoppiness from Alpine.

In 2014 Alpine Beer Company and Green Flash officially joined forces, allowing for the expansion that Pat had been working on to become an immediate reality.

In December 2021, Alpine Beer Co. was acquried by Atlanta-based SweetWater Brewing Co.

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

A golden and murky beer, a head is medium and blond. Aroma has mandarin, grapefruit, also some other tropical fruits. Taste has mandarin, grapefruit, some mango, medium bitterness. Medium bodied. Very good and balanced beer.

Tried on 26 Jun 2023 at 14:21


7.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6.5

Light gold body with thick white head. Light hop aroma. Hop forward taste full with a good balance. Long fruit finish.

Tried on 24 Jun 2023 at 05:20


7.5

A little bit old, and the hops show it. Still pretty good.

Tried from Can on 15 May 2023 at 21:29


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottled. Hazy orangeish golden colour, small white head, which leaves some lace. Aroma is citrus, some bready malts, mild toffee and herbal notes. Flavour is crisp bready and biscuity malts with some bitter floral notes as well as some spruce and slight herbs.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2022 at 21:39


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can. Rich amber beer with a cream head. Tropical fruit and citrus aroma. tropical fruit and citrus flavor with light dusty malt. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Tropical fruit and citrus linger.

Tried from Can on 26 Aug 2022 at 20:52


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

Blik 35,5cl thuis. Hoppig, malttonen, harsig, bitters, fruitig, mandarijn, citrus, grapefruit, ananas, tropisch fruit, droog. (21-8-2022).

Tried on 21 Aug 2022 at 13:48


9.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5

Blik 35,5cl thuis. Tropisch fruit, rogge, volle smaak, hoppig, bitter, juicy, fruitig, mango, citrus, witte druif, mandarijn, witte peper. Goede balans. Goed. (14-8-2022).

Tried on 14 Aug 2022 at 16:09


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9

Blik 35,5cl thuis. Flink hoppig, bitter, malttonen, fruitig, bloemig, licht plakkerig, pine, harsig, mango, grapefruit, vrij zacht. (11-8-2022).

Tried from Can on 11 Aug 2022 at 20:09


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Blik 33cl thuis. Bitter, dennenaalden, flink hoppig, tropisch fruit, pine, harsig, malttonen. (10-8-2022).

Tried from Can on 10 Aug 2022 at 15:56


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

My first rye IPA, might as well be top of the list. A 12 oz can coming from the city’s only craft beer store. I have chilled a thick beer glass for this one. 98 degrees currently, seems appropriate. The delivery is a semi-transparent yellow-gold and some white, floating particulate topped by a frosty head of alpine white foam. I smell pine, grass and good possibilities. I have a drink, well, it all comes together. Cedar, pine needles, yellow fruit, some earthiness, bread, a just-right sweetness and a moderate bitterness concluding. Rather tasty and likewise refreshing in my current circumstance. A total throwback, thank God they still are around.

Tried from Can on 22 Jun 2022 at 22:15