Mammoth Brewing Company
| Industry | Brewing |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1995 |
| Founder | Sean and Joyce Turner |
| Headquarters | Mammoth Lakes, California, United States |
| Products | Beer |
| Website | www.mammothbrewingco.com |
Mammoth Brewing Company is a Californian regional brewery founded in 1995 in Mammoth.
History
Mammoth Brewing Company was founded in 1995,[1] and is the highest elevation brewery on the West Coast of the United States at over 8,000 feet above sea level.[2][3] Since 2007 it is owned by Sean and Joyce Turner.[3][4] The head brewer is Jason Senior.[5] The brewery and tasting room are located at 18 Lake Mary Road, in Mammoth Lakes.[1] They also had a tasting house, office and gift shop at 94 Bernert Street, Mammoth,[6] although this was relocated in 2013.[7] In early 2013 they produced 5,300 barrels per year; in May 2013 they added two fermenters and one bright beer tank to increase their capacity to 8,000 barrels a year.[7]
Beers
Mammoth's beers include:
- Golden Trout Pilsner (5.5% abv) - a pilsner.[8]
- Paranoids Pale Ale (5.5% abv) - an American pale ale.[8]
- Double Nut Brown (5.5% abv) - a porter.[8] Won a Gold award at the 2012 World Beer Cup in the Brown Porter category,[4] and won Gold Medal at the 2014 Great American Beer Festival in the Brown Porter category.
- Real McCoy Amber (5.5% abv) - an Amber Ale.[8] Won a Bronze award at the 2012 World Beer Cup in the German Style Brown/Düsseldorf-Style Altbier category.[4]
- Epic IPA (6.5% abv) - an India pale ale.[8]
- IPA 395 (8.0% abv) - a double IPA[8] or a spiced ale.
Seasonals
Mammoth Brewing Company has a variety of seasonal beers including:
- "Elderberry Sour" (8.0% abv)- A Belgian style sour beer.
- "Dos Osos" (7.5% abv)- a Mexican style Dark Lager.
- "El Capitan" (9.5% abv)- a west coast style imperial IPA.
- Floating Rock Hefeweizen (5.0% abv) - a wheat beer named after pumice.[9]
- Wild Sierra Mountain Farmhouse Ale (7.5% abv)[9]
- Blondibock (7.5% abv) - A bourbon barrel aged German style bock, formerly known as Bluesapalooza Blonde Bock.[8]
- Devils Post Pale Ale (7.5% abv)[9]
- Lair of the Bear (9.5% abv)[8]
- Fire & Eisbock (10.0% abv)[8]
- Lake Tahoe Red Ale (5.5% abv)[9]
- Hair of the Bear Doppelbock (9.0% abv)[9]
- Charley Wine (10% abv)[9]
- Owens Valley Wet Harvest Ale (8.0% abv)[9]
References
- 1 2 "Mammoth Brewing Company". Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ↑ Comiskey, Patrick (28 December 2012). "Mammoth Brewing Company: To the Ends of the Earth for a Microbrew". LA Weekly blogs. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- 1 2 Brooks, Jay R. (September 2013). California Breweries North. Stackpole Books. pp. 369–370. ISBN 978-0811711586.
- 1 2 3 "Mammoth Brewing earns gold, bronze". Mammoth Times. 11 May 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
- ↑ "Press Release 5 May 2012". Mammoth Brewing Company. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
- ↑ "Mammoth Brewing Company". Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
- 1 2 Lunch, Jack (17 May 2013). "Mammoth Brewing adds tanks". The Sheet News. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Our Beers". Mammoth Brewing Company. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
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