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Gray Whale Ale:

Our house pale ale, Medium body, amber, well balanced bitterness and sweetness.

  • Bronze medal winner at the 1991 GREAT AMERICAN BEER FESTIVAL
  • Original Gravity 1.054
  • Bitterness about 30 IBU
  • Alcohol about 4.6% by weight
  • Brewed with Chinook, Nugget, Perle and Willamette hops

 

Blue Whale Ale:

STRONG AMBER ALE with a deep copper hue, full body, and a big hop finish. This beer is definitely for the person who loves hops. The complex flavors are further enhanced with maturing over oak.

  • Silver Medal winner at the GREAT AMERICAN BEER FESTIVAL IN 1989.
  • Original Gravity 1`.070
  • Bitterness about 70 IBU
  • Alcohol 7.1% by weight.
  • Brewed with lots of Centennial and dry-hopped.

 

killer thumbKiller Whale Stout:

Our house dark, rich, roasty, smooth, and hoppy.

  • 1990 Silver Medal winner, 1991 Honorable Mention at the GREAT AMERICAN BEER FESTIVAL.
  • Original Gravity 1.050
  • Alcohol 5.1% by weigh
  • Bitterness 50 units.

 

Imperial Stout:

The Stout of Russian Czars! Brewed strong (10 % alcohol) to withstand the long trip to Moscow from Great Britain. Black, full bodied and very warming.

  • Silver Medal Winning Strong Ale at the 1992 and 1993 Great American Beer Festival.
  • Original Gravit1.100
  • Alcohol 10.0%by volumn
  • Bitterness about 50 units.

 

Orca Porter

This medium bodied dark ale attains a light mouthfeel and quick finish through bitter hopping. Chocolate malt provides the color and flavor.

  • Original Gravity 1.048
  • Alcohol 5.1% by weight
  • Bitterness about 50 IBU's

 

Columbus IPA

This beer is an India Pale Ale! It is the first commercially brewed beer in the country using Columbus hops. It is very hoppy, aromatic and quite strong. All hopheads will love it!

  • 3rd Place, Silver Certificate, 1995 California State Fair Craft Brewers Competition
  • Silver Medal, India Pale Ale, 1995 Great American Beer Festival
  • Original Gravity 1060.
  • Alcohol 6.0% by weight.
  • Bitterness about 80 IBU's

 

Emerald Ale:

Our most popular seasonal beer, which we originally brewed for St. Patrick's Day. This is a strong Red Ale. It is full-bodied with the flavor leaning to the malt. All Centennial hops! O.G. 1.060

  • Original Gravity 1060.
  • Alcohol 6.0% by weight.
  • Bitterness about 30 IBU's

 

 Triple:

This is a pale, high gravity ale, "triple" fermented with a special Belgian ale yeast. The ale is somewhat estery (fruity) in character and lightly hopped. Be careful, it's strong!

We Recently had to change the name to "Triple". It Seems that the Law firm that represents the Belgian Beer industry feels that Americans are too stupid to figure out that an Oakland Brewery producing a beer in Oakland California is not a beer brewed in Belgium. 

  • Bronze medal winning "Belgian Style"Ale at the 1994 Great American Beer Festival.
  • Gold Medal, Belgian Ale, 1995 Great American Beer Festival
  • Best Triple in the country!
  • Original Gravity 1080.
  • Alcohol 8.0% by weight.
  • Bitterness about 30 IBU's

Code Blue Barleywine: 

Our Award winning Barleywine This beer is Approximately 10% alc. by volume. Malty, full-bodied, and warming, somewhat like a Thomas Hardy Ale.

  • 2nd Place, Silver medal at the California State Fair's first Craft Brewing Competition, 
  • 2nd Place, Silver medal: Toronado Barleywine Festival 1997
  • Silver Medal, Barleywine Style Ale 1998 GABF. Smooth as Silk. 

Holiday Abbey Ale: