Visited: March 29, 2007

Opened: 1994

Contributors: Diane Crawford, Siegfried Binge

Originally Faultline Brewing until November 2023.

Trendy-looking place, rather mediocre beers last time I was there. Of course, last time I was there — December 1994, about three weeks after they opened — they still hadn't got their brewery operating, so they were contracting with another brewery to produce their beers. That's no longer the case, and here's an excerpt from a message I got from Faultline owner Mark A. Perry:

Faultline Brewing is now providing its customers with 5 standard beers and up to 3 seasonal beers at any given time. 5 standard beers are, Golden Ale, Pale Ale, Irish Stout, FBC Best Bitter, and an unfiltered Hefe Weizen (wheat beer)3 seasonals now on tap are Old Battle-Axe Barley Wine, India Pale Ale (IPA)(sporadically throughout the year) and a new Brown Ale arriving in a couple days.

I visited again some twelve years later, and their beers are indeed much better than they were in those early days!

Directions: 101 to Lawrence Expressway South. Left at the first light (Oakmead). Faultline is one block along on the left.

Updated: December 3, 2023

• 2023-11-21: Sunnyvale: After 29 years, Faultline brewery restaurant will rebrand as Laughing Monk (San Jose Mercury News)

• Faultline Amber
  American-Style Amber/Red Ale
  • Date: December 28, 1994 (#677)
    Package: draught
    Place: at the brewery
    Score: 14 points
    Overall Impression (2½)
    Pale amber. Spicy hop nose. Much the same as Golden but bigger.