
New brewery in Santa Cruz opens with a focus on European style lagers

Tied House in Downtown San Jose closing in 2009 opens up the doors for Hermitage Brewing, located on South 7th street, San Jose, an incubator of sorts for other local breweries and gastropubs including San Jose’s Strike Brewing Co.
A new tap room has setup shop in Downtown San Jose with a clean, modern austere interior. ISO Beers opens with over 30 taps along the stainless wall of minimalist tap handles. Bare light bulb filaments are protected by wire baskets overhead. There is an outdoor patio that is currently sparsely furnished, but looks to be a great place to enjoy a glass of the many beers on tap.
There is also a wall of refrigerators with many more beers in bottles in the back.
You can bring food into ISO Beers – we walked over and brought back Ike’s Sandwiches then ordered a pint.
The full tap list is at ISO Beer Menu, updated regularly. This is a solid new tap room with a great selection of taps in Downtown San Jose! Can’t wait for the patio to be fully filled out and sunny days to enjoy the view.
Heretic Brewing Co. AHA Rally | American Homebrewers Association.
Mingle with homebrewers and win prizes – meet the staff – and take a brewery tour.
Date: Saturday, Apr 26
Event Type: AHA Rallies
Time: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Contact: Matt Bolling
Heretic Brewing Co
1052 Horizon Dr
Fairfield, CA 94533
Gigayeast, a new startup in the Bay Area, is looking for a unique flavor by hitting the trails and bringing back samples to the Belmont laboratory just off Highway 101.
The upcoming CA State Fair competition has added three categories:
Drop off location:
MoreBeer Los Altos is a drop off location so no need to worry about shipping entries to Sacramento. Entry registration is due May 2nd with entries being submitted by May 16th.
Rubicon Brewing Company will brew one of the gold medal winning beers.
For more information, visit the NorCal HomeBrew Competition site