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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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6/10
Molasses nose. Charred wood and cocoa nibs flavor. Black pour thin foam. Not sweet at all.
Tried on 11 Mar 2022 at 23:56

6.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7
Fudge, pecan nose, maybe molasses. Black, thin tan head. Molasses, charred oak. Medium body, moderate carbonation. Not overly sweet.
Tried from Can on 11 Mar 2022 at 00:34

6/10
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Tried from Draft on 12 Feb 2022 at 19:15

8.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Can from Bottle Baron. Hazy golden body with a few flecks floating beneath a white head. Lively carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of earth, mango and black pepper. Flavour of orange, honey and grapefruit. Medium body with an oily texture. Soft fizz. Bright and tongue-tinglingly hoppy. The rye is expertly used and lends a nice spicy, biscuity edge, especially on the aroma.
Tried from Can on 11 Feb 2022 at 23:30

6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6
Pours pale golden to light amber, some haziness. A couple of fingers of head, decent retention and not much lacing. Good enough intensity and freshness in a straightforward per style aroma: light cerealish base, piney and slightly resinous feel, notes of tangerine and grapefruit. Taste notes as per aroma, but with more sweetness than the aroma suggested, and also not very bright/defined. There's overall medium sweetness and medium to high bitterness, with some lingering sirupy sweetness in the aftertaste/finish. Light to medium bodied with average or lightly above average carbonation; a typical per style lively and easygoing mouthfeel. Unimpressive.
Tried on 25 Jan 2022 at 18:43

7.4/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
light golden hazy color. Lemoncello and yuzu very stinky dank nose. Medium carbonation, medium bitterness. Very nice.
Tried on 20 Jan 2022 at 09:52

7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pint can pours with a deep dark mahogany looking body that supports a thin tan head of foam. The modest aroma offers up snippets of dark chocolate and dark roasted malts as well as a faint lactic sort of dried milk sensation. The taste delivers a nice upwelling of dark chocolate that quickly leads to an increase in overall sweetness until it takes on a brown sugar facet. To midway the dark chocolate doesn't relent as the sweetness recedes some leaving room for a bit of lactose milk like tang. Pretty nice.
Tried from Can on 18 Jan 2022 at 03:50

2.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 2 Texture 2 Overall 1.5
Tap at mad mex. Hay pale. Slight off hoppy nose. Really bitter commencement. Up front the taste buds are murderized. Yes, a mouth coating rude ass IPA experience that enters the realm of double IPA. Bitter, bitter, bitter bastard. Viscous finish.
Tried from Draft on 14 Jan 2022 at 18:41

8.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Grapefruit and lots of pine. Golden pour with great head and lacing. Bitter ass finish. Great malt backbone. Light touch of oak. Can.
Tried from Can on 10 Jan 2022 at 22:57

6/10
Floral grass and earthy flavor. Bright citrus and floral palate. Orange gold pour. Thin foam and even lace.
Tried on 09 Jan 2022 at 02:12