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Patrick Broderick: The brew’s master
Patrick Broderick’s love of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team is well-known to many at North Coast Brewing Company. Indeed, Broderick’s status as a Bay Area native might come as a surprise to co-workers who are familiar with his passion for the club. How does a...
Congressman recognizes NCBC’s sustainability
Congressman Jared Huffman recognized North Coast Brewing Company and Fortunate Farm on Tuesday, August 21, for their environmental sustainability efforts. Rep. Huffman represents California’s 2nd Congressional District. In a brief ceremony, Rep. Huffman presented...
Tom Allen: A founding partner remembers the beginning
The road that would eventually lead North Coast Brewing Company to become one of the best breweries in the world started at a dilapidated house in Mendocino, California. In 1985, after two decades working for advertising companies in New York and San...
Belgo-Style Dry-Hopped Pale Ale Is a Summer Session Beer Extraordionaire
Continuing our 30-year tradition of crafting balanced expressions of classic beer styles, we have released, for the second year in a row, our thirst-quenching Belgo-Style Dry-Hopped Pale Ale. This limited seasonal arrives just in time for summer's longest, laziest...
Celebrate World Oceans Day with an Ocean-Friendly IPA
Our President and Co-Founder Mark Ruedrich has had a lifelong interest in the sea and marine life, earning a degree in Zoology with the intention of one day working as a Marine Biologist. When he reached California's North Coast, however, he decided to open a brewery...
Read Our 2017 Sustainability Report!
We're proud to release our 2017 Sustainability Report, now available online, documenting our plan to make the world a better place, one pint at a time. Acknowledging climate change as the biggest challenge facing the world today, we have accelerated our commitment to...
7 Reasons Drinking North Coast Beer is Good for the Planet
When we started brewing beer 30 years ago, the world was just beginning to take climate change seriously. Today, we recognize this threat as the biggest challenge facing our planet. That's why we view our commitment to environmental stewardship as a necessity and hope...
Welcome Spring with our Tart Cherry Berliner Weisse
Spring is officially here, and North Coast Brewing welcomes its arrival with the return of our spontaneously soured Berliner Weisse. Adorned with delicate cherry blossoms, and blushed pink by Montmorency cherry juice from King Orchards in Michigan, the spring edition...
The History of Our Old Stock Ale
We released our first Old Stock Ale in the year 2000, but our interest in the “Old Ale” brewing style dates back to a time in the 1990s, when the last of the classic English old ales had nearly disappeared from the market. Cellaring and aging isn’t just for fine wine...
The Early, Tenuous Days of Centennial Hops
By Jeff Alworth | Beervana I spoke to Mark Ruedrich this week about Old Rasputin Imperial Stout. The company he cofounded, North Coast Brewing, first made that wonderful beer 24 years ago, and it will feature in a forthcoming "Classic Beer" column. I'm not here to...
