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HopTown Brewing
(Closed)
Notes
Opened: 1996
Annual Production: 350 bbl
Contributors: Diane Crawford, Siegfried Binge
March 30, 2007: HopTown is closed pending their relocation to Livermore CA. The beers are being brewed at Sudwerk in the meantime, and rumor has it that HopTown and Sudwerk may be planning some sort of merger.
January 11, 2009: Diane Crawford passes along this news:
"Shared an excellent pint of Pacific Coast ESB at Pacific Coast in Oakland with Dave Heist, proprietor of Hoptown Brewing, late of Pleaasnton, CA. But he had bad news.
Dave says he’s pulled the plug. He delivered his last van load of Paint the Town Red. It’s over for now, he said. He closed his one-man brewery in Pleasanton last summer and has been contract brewing at Sudwerk in Davis, with funds of his own and from an investor."
Updated: January 12, 2010
Beer List
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Date: September 4, 1997 (#2172)Package: draughtPlace: The HopYard, Pleasanton CAScore: 13½ pointsOverall Impression (2½)
Red, low head. Sweet, caramel, smoky aroma. Good body, pretty sweet, with a lot of caramel flavor.
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Date: March 30, 2007 (#6442)Package: draughtPlace: The HopYard, Pleasanton CAScore: 15½ pointsAppearance (3)
Golden. Hazy. Moderate carbonation and head.Aroma (2½)
Very clean.Mouthfeel (8)
Light body. Smooth. Low carbonation. Lots of sweet malt, quite grainy. Good grassy, mildly resiny and floral hop flavor. Reasonably bitter.Overall Impression (2)
Awards:
- Gold Medal, 2003 Great American Beer Festival
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Date: September 27, 1996 (#1661)Package: draughtPlace: Great American Beer Festival, Denver COScore: 17 pointsOverall Impression (3)
Pale amber. Fresh hop aroma. Major hop flavor!