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San Andreas Brewing

(Closed)

737 San Benito Street
Hollister CA 95023
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Notes

Visited: July 29, 1995

Opened: 1988

Annual Production: 2,000 bbl

Contributor: Patrick Gordillo

Pretty good range of beers available at the pub and at various beer bars throughout California. Beers distributed outside California are contracted from August Schell Brewing Company of New Ulm MN.

Directions: 101 South past Gilroy to Highway 25. Follow the signs for Hollister. Highway 25 is San Benito Street in Hollister. San Andreas Brewing is on the left side of the street.

Updated: January 21, 2008

Beer List

Aftershock Bock

Traditional German-Style Bock
- Date: April 7, 1995 (#855)
  
  Package: draught
  
  Place: The HopYard, Pleasanton CA
  
  Score: 14½ points
  
  Overall Impression (3)
  Red, clear, low carbonation. Good-but-short-lived head. A touch perfumey, some subtle malts. Malty flavor...a little smoky, even. Great flavors in finish. Pretty well-balanced.

Apricot Ale

Garden (Fruit Wheat) Beer

Date: July 29, 1995 (#1115)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 13½ points

Overall Impression (2½)
Golden, good carbonation and head. Apricot aroma. Apricot beer.

Atlantis Red

American-Style Amber/Red Ale

Date: September 6, 1995 (#1162)

Package: draught

Place: The HopYard, Pleasanton CA

Score: 13½ points

Overall Impression (2½)
Amber, low carbonation, good head. Caramel malt aroma, some spicy hops. Bitter, hoppy flavor and finish. Needs more malt, more body.

Cherry Ale

Garden (Fruit Wheat) Beer

Date: May 26, 1995 (#1002)

Package: draught

Place: The HopYard, Pleasanton CA

Score: 11½ points

Overall Impression (2½)
Red-amber, hazy. Good carbonation, pink head. Malty aroma, with some fruit. Way too much Tettnang flavor. Cherries are definitely an afterthought...faint in finish.
Date: September 3, 1993 (#118)

Package: draught

Place: Lyon's Brewery, Dublin CA

Score: 13½ points

Overall Impression (2½)
Red. (Imagine that.) Cherry aroma. (Imagine that!) A little sour, like cherry-pie cherries. Fairly astringent. A fleeting impression of cough syrup, but of course not as viscous. Actual cherry flavor fades quickly, astringency lasts too long.

Date: December 18, 1994 (#659)

Package: draught

Place: Pacific Coast Brewing, Oakland CA

Score: 11 points

Overall Impression (2)
PINK?!? Cranberry aroma. Hi-C flavor, with some malt thrown in.

Date: April 28, 1995 (#894)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression (3)
Pale, moderate carbonation. Spicy Chinook nose. Thick, for a "light" beer. Chinook flavor dominates...tasty. Tettnangs are a nice touch, not overdone.

Date: April 28, 1995 (#898)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Pretty black, good head. Coffee aroma, some hops behind. Tastes just like a cold cup of espresso!

Date: September 8, 1995 (#1173)

Package: draught

Place: The HopYard, Pleasanton CA

Score: 12½ points

Overall Impression (2½)
Golden-amber, OK head and carbonation. Smells like graham crackers. Tastes like wet graham crackers, with bitter hoppy undertones.

Date: April 28, 1995 (#896)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 13½ points

Overall Impression (2½)
Amber, low carbonation. Low head. Some caramel aroma, a little sharp. Pleasant, clean. Good caramel balance and finish.

Date: February 23, 1995 (#787)

Package: draught

Place: The HopYard, Pleasanton CA

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Red-amber, very thin head. Some caramel aroma. Good caramel flavor, but subdued. Good body. Surprisingly (relatively) clean finish.

Date: June 27, 1993 (#103)

Package: draught

Place: Lyon's Brewery, Dublin CA

Score: 13 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Certainly amber. A little hazy, but not enough to notice. (So why'd you bring it up?) (Shut up.) First beer with a prominent malt aroma that I've had all night. Aw jeez...get my hopes up with a great look and a nice aroma, and then give me a sour fruity beer. Doesn't really even deserve 13 points.

Date: July 29, 1995 (#1116)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Golden-amber, good carbonation and head. Some caramel and hops in nose. Thick, smooth. Great balance, malty.

Date: April 28, 1995 (#895)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Golden-amber. Good carbonation, head dropped quickly. Malty nose. Munich malt comes through well in start and finish...hops in middle.

Date: July 3, 1995 (#1078)

Package: nitrogenated

Place: The HopYard, Pleasanton CA

Score: 13½ points

Overall Impression (2½)
Black, thin head. Nitro tap. Very nice coffee aroma. Coffee flavor, thin. Cold coffee finish.

Date: April 28, 1995 (#897)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 10½ points

Overall Impression (2)
Yellow. Low carbonation. Hmmm...did the Woodruff used to be on this line? Spice aroma comes through in flavor too. Not pleasant, not expected.

Date: April 28, 1995 (#899)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Amber, nearly flat. Nutmeggy-ish aroma. Thick, herbal-spicy. Not at all offensive...but not a session beer either.

Date: March 13, 1995 (#797)

Package: draught

Place: The HopYard, Pleasanton CA

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Yellow-amber, medium carbonation. Woodruff aroma dominant, but not overpowering. Interesting...medium body, cinnamon/nutmeg/ginger...pumpkin pie flavor. Good, but not habit-forming. Dessert beer.