Drake’s Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
San Leandro,
California,
United States 🇺🇸
Owned by
Triple Rock Brewing
Associated with 3 Venues
Established in 1998
Contact
1933 Davis St, #177, San Leandro, CA, 94577, United States
Subsidiaries
Description
During the dawn of micro-brewing in the Bay Area Roger Lind started Lind Brewing Company, which would later become Drake's Brewing. Lind was a brewer at Triple Rock in Berkeley, one of the first brewpubs in America, and set off on his own to brew draft-only English-style ales. In 1998 Roger Lind sold the brewery to a local coffee company, which continued to brew Drake's beer. A new era started in 2008 John Martin and Roy Kirkorian, purchased the brewery. Over the ensuing 10 years, they've expanded brewing capacity, distribution, and started producing West Coast style ales using an abundance of high quality hops and malt. A new 60-barrel brewhouse and fermentation tanks to match, boosted our brewing capacity, ensuring more people could find and enjoy Drake's beer was opened in 2016.
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Draft. Black beer with a big tan head. Light cherry, light malt aroma. Nice balanced cherry and rich malt flavor. Medium body. LIngering tart cherry with rich malt. Some darker malts show through. Not as much fruit as in the blueberry and thus more balanced.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Aug 2008
at 14:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Draft. Black beer with a tan head. Aroma of wine, light blueberry, and malt. Big fruity flavor - both blueberries and wine - with slight tartness and malt backing. Medium bodied. Tart blueberries linger with rich malt. Nice. Good complexity. Bigger fruit than expected.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Aug 2008
at 14:29
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Draft. Blackish beer witha nice tan head. light tartness in the aroma, but otherwise its big rich malt and bourbon. Rich malt flavor with chocolate, light bourbon, and a fruity tartness. Medium bodied. Rich malt lingers with bourbon and that tart fruit. Great complexity. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Aug 2008
at 14:26
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft. Black beer with a tan head. light bourbon and chocolate aroma. Bourbon, chocolate flavor with a light earthy and very light brett influence. Medium bodied. Bourbon, chocolate, malt and light earth linger. Bourbon in balance with some milkiness just showing through.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Aug 2008
at 14:24
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Draft. Blackish beer with red highlights and a tan head. Rich malt aroma with light wine influences. Rich malt flavor with light brett, and slight stone fruit and wine that grows. Medium body (too drinkable). Lingering brett, a bit of darker malt, stone fruit, and wine. Nice complexity.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Aug 2008
at 13:59
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours with a yellow tinged, large creamy head that leaves plenty of good lacing. Body is a hazy orange. Room filling aroma of nice floral hops, citrus hops (tangarine and graipefruit) aswell as lots of toffee. Big flavor for a single IPA. Taste is very malty without being sweet. Finishing a floral hop bitter. A bit on the dry side as far as mouthfeel goes, with sharp little bubbles.
Tried
on 05 Aug 2008
at 02:39
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
GABF 2007. A clear golden beer with a thin orangey head. THe arom ais very grassy and grapefruity. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of alcohol and grapefruit, leading to a dry and very bitter finish.
Tried
on 27 Jul 2008
at 13:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at Toronado. Dark hazy amber color with a slight white head. Aroma is mildly fruity. Medium body with mild, creamy carbonation. Flavor is lightly roasted caramel, some light fruit and a touch of sour. Finish is neither sweet nor dry. A bit astringent.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jul 2008
at 21:08
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft. Rich amber beer with a big cream colored head. Malty, yeasty, tart aroma. Tart, malty, yeasty, lemony fruit flavors. Medium body. Tart, malty, fruity (lemon & stone fruit) lingers.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Jul 2008
at 16:06
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Draft. Rich amber beer with a nice cream colored head. Light malt, light fruit, light spice aroma. Very fruity, yeasty, spicy flavor. Medium bodied. Fruity, malty, spicy notes linger.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Jul 2008
at 16:04