Our Brews

03 Nov

Posted at 18:40h in Our Brews

New season = new beers! We have three new experimental beers on tap: Double-Double Hazy New England IPA, Mango Chiffon Cake Ale, and Alt-Bier!...

28 Aug

Posted at 18:48h in Our Brews

We have some more fantasy experimental beers for you all! Come try the Nitro Gnatcatcher IPA, a smooth twist on one of our most popular beers. If you're a fan of maltier beer, give the Dunkel a try!...

13 Jul

Posted at 14:24h in Our Brews, The Brewery

Our wild yeast capture program went like this…. First, we made 12 mason jars of neutral, low IBU wort (sugary, pre-beer mixture). Then we placed these mason jars, with open cheesecloth covered tops, at 12 different locations around Santa Barbara. We let the mason jars sit...

07 Mar

Posted at 17:01h in Our Brews, The Brewery

  Vatting is a process that has been used by brewers for centuries.  In its most basic form, it is the “art” of blending alcohol.  In the beer brewing community, vatting has been used to manufacture Guinness for over 400 years in Ireland.  Fun fact: They...

23 Feb

Posted at 15:11h in Our Brews

  Our Northern German Style Pils is a Golden Lager brewed with Pilsner Malt, German Lager Yeast, Filtered Central Coast Water, and German Hops from three different regions. Pilsners originally began in Czechoslovakia but during the industrial revolution they were brewed in many parts of europe. In this way the...

08 Dec

Posted at 20:19h in Our Brews

Although they may look like twins, these two brews each have a very different flavor profile. They are part of a 3 beer SMaSH series (single malt and single hops) that the NLBC brew crew is cooking up. Both beers were created using 2-Row malt...