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Pure Order is another brewery in Santa Barbara! And using a name derived from the Purity Order aka Rheinheitsgebot of Germany. This is a family run business that has started with a solid list of beers including a pale ale, hefe, California Common, porter and a wheat beer being brewed.
Their Downtown Santa Barbara brewery has a tasting area and a hop garden and with the upgrades at Telegraph and the arrival of Figueroa Mountain, there is a nice little beer crawl on the beach!
Looks like the Santa Barbara area has another craft beer locale to make a habit of….
Hollister Hills Brewery doesn’t have much information up yet but this, “Small batch craft brewery and restaurant. On site brewing delivers fresh brews while our menu highlights artisan food. Also featuring our handcrafted sodas and guest craft beers.”
That’s a good start. More info as I hear about it.
As a prequel to LA Beer Week (which starts today, should I reiterate that more?), I headed up to the Santa Barbara area and Goleta, California specifically to sample Hollister beers for the very first time.
Overall solid beers and good food even though the football was on too loud and the outside patio overlooked a parking lot.
I was surprised that my favorite beer was Tiny Bubbles a sour wheat beer. It was tart but not super sour with a nice little grain taste. Second was the Hippie Kicker IPA, which was better than two other IPA’s sampled. The Pope which was more a pale ale and Maiden Voyage which was a bit of a mess to me. The other surprise was that the Irish stout was better than their touted Black Ice in my beery opinion.
I was sorry not to get to taste the pumpkin saison though.
Telegraph from Santa Barbara has been expanding selections. First was the Petit Obscura and now and oude Bruin with the name of Arborea. Here is the information on it, “Our wild brown ale has a malty character suggesting dark caramel and dried fruit, and is balanced by a refreshing lactic tartness from the wild yeast used during aging. Cherry-like aromas and a hint of oak round out this sensory experience and make for an extremely satisfying and unique beer.”
…Telegraph Robust Ale.
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