Half Moon Bay Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Half Moon Bay, California, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2003

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390 Capistrano Rd, Half Moon Bay, CA, 94019, United States

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7.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Tap. Pours clear golden, medium white head, good lacing. Aroma is mosaic indeed, dank, potty, pine juice. Flavor is light plus sweet, light bitter. Medium body, soft mouthfeel. Pretty good.
Tried from Draft on 24 Jan 2018 at 05:45

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bomber from the brewpub. Pours hazy brown with beige bubbles. Aroma of dark fruit and whiskey. Med + barley. Flavor is brown sugar, dark fruit and whisky. Doesn't seem bourbon. There's some old wood. A little heat. Not overly sweet, and the whisky offsets it. I'm likin' it.
Tried on 16 Jan 2018 at 20:08

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Clear copper. A bit of dank stank, pine, hop resin, malt. Medium bodied. Finish has a sharp bitter bite that fades relatively quickly. Solid IPA.
Tried on 10 Jan 2018 at 19:34

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Tap at the brewpub. Pours dark brown with a beige smear. Light aromas of bourbon, malt, and maybe a bit of smoke. Med + body. Not entirely dry; not really bitter. Whisky substitutes for hop on that. The whisky is pretty firm. There’s a wood note, maybe a touch of chocolate, and some really hard to get smoke. Good scotch ale.
Tried from Draft on 03 Jan 2018 at 16:55

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bomber from the Folsom, CA BevMo. Pours coppery/orange gold with a transient white head. Aroma is the nice, typical pie spice thing. Med body or so. Flavor is the typical pie spice thing, but I think I also get squash notes. The flavors aren't super strong, so the spice isn't overpowering. It's a moderate flavored thing in some ways, but the spice is beyond moderate - just not overwhelming. Nice level of flavors. Fairly dry; no hop bitter; just spice.
Tried on 13 Oct 2017 at 20:42

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft. Hazy amber beer with a cream head. Grapefruit aroma. Tangerine and light grapefruit flavor. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Tangerine and light grapefruit lingers.
Tried from Draft on 19 Sep 2017 at 17:49

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Draught @ Junkyard, 12 Bridlesmith Walk, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 2FZ. [ As Half Moon Bay IPA ].ABV: 6.5%. Clear medium amber orange colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, cookie, pale malt, moderate hoppy, fruity hops, hops. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, orange, riped fruit, pale malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20151011] 7-3-7-3-15
Tried on 15 Jul 2017 at 08:45

4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 3
Draught @ Junkyard, 12 Bridlesmith Walk, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 2FZ. [ As Half Moon Bay Calf-eine ].Clear dark brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate - milk chocolate, sour, butterscotch, soured milk. Flavor is moderate sweet with a long duration, sour, soured milk, buttery, chocolate - milk chocolate. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20151011] 4-3-3-3-6
Tried on 12 Jul 2017 at 11:08

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Tap at Harry’s Hofbrau in Redwood City. Hazy yellow-orange with smallish head. Patterns nicely. Juicy fruit flavor and aroma. Leans a little heavy on the bitterness.
Tried from Draft on 03 Jun 2017 at 11:56

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
28th May 2017, Bomber shared between five at the Burning Soul Brewery tasting session. I brought this back from California for just such a night. Hazy golden amber pour, thin topping. No expert on Pumpkins and certainly not Pumpkin flavoured beers, but this seemed OK to me: spicy notes alongside a Pumpkin base taste and aroma. Drinkable and nothing nasty to surprise you.
Tried on 01 Jun 2017 at 02:24