Auburn Alehouse

Auburn Alehouse
Location 289 Washington Street, Auburn, California, United States
Opened January 21, 2007
Annual production volume 1,870 US beer barrels (2,190 hL)[1]
Owner(s) Brian Ford
Lisa Ford
Website Official website
Active beers
Name Type
Gold Country Pilsner Pilsner
Gold Digger IPA India Pale Ale
Fool's Gold Ale Pale ale
Auburn Export Lager Lager
PU 240 Imperial IPA India Pale Ale
American River Pale Ale Pale ale
Old Town Brown Ale Brown ale
Shanghai Stout Stout
Seasonal beers
Name Type
Old Prospector Barleywine-Style Ale Barley wine
McFord's Irish Red Ale Irish red ale
Miner's Wheat Wheat
Rye Not? Rye beer
Oktoberfest Marzen Märzen
Irish Dry Stout Irish stout

Auburn Alehouse is a brewery and restaurant located in the Old Town neighborhood of Auburn, California in the United States.[2]

History

Auburn Alehouse was co-founded by Brian and Lisa Ford. Brian Ford started making beer by homebrewing. His brewmaking mentor was Paul Zawilenski. Ford then took classes through the American Brewers’ Guild in fermentation science and engineering. Ford interned at Rubicon Brewing Company. He opened Crawford Brewing Company in 1997. The brewery relocated to Nevada City, California and was renamed Stonehouse. He quit working there in 1999 and Beermann's in Roseville, California. He also opened their location in Lincoln, California. He quit working for that company in 2003. He started working in construction. He had intentions to open another brewery and worked on the plans for Auburn Alehouse, which opened in 2007. The brewery also has a restaurant.[1]

The brewery and restaurant are located in the American Block Building, which was the Shanghai Restaurant prior to becoming a brewery. When it was the Shanghai, portions of the movie Phenomenon were filmed there.[2] The restaurant serves pub food. It has been featured in the Placer Herald,[3] The Union,[4] KTXL[5] and Sacramento.[6]

Beer

In 2013, Auburn Alehouse produced 1,870 barrels of beer. Bill Wood is a brewer at Auburn Alehouse. They make a Pilsner which Ford calls a "Pre-Prohibition style Pilsner". They make a seasonal barley wine, called Old Prospector, that uses wine from Dono dal Cielo.[1]

Awards

Name Style Honors
Gold County Pilsner Pilsner 2013 Great American Beer Festival Bronze
Gold County Pilsner Pilsner 2012 Great American Beer Festival Gold
Gold County Pilsner Pilsner 2011 Great American Beer Festival Bronze

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Auburn Alehouse: Auburn's Original Craft Brewery". Hops to Table Magazine. Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Auburn Alehouse". Geotourism Map. National Geographic. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "BurgerQuest Week Two: Auburn Alehouse". Placer Herald. Gold Country Media. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Natividad, Ivan. "A brotherhood of brew: Area breweries band together to make Gold Country craft beer destination". The Union. Swift Communications. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  5. ↑ Robins, Paul. "Cooking: Sacramento Magazine's Best of Dishes". Fox 40. Tribune Broadcasting Company. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  6. ↑ O'Donnell, Kira. "Auburn Alehouse". Sacramento. Retrieved 9 August 2014.

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/21/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.