Andrew Goff

Click here to see full beer tasting results. Ron Kuhnel doesn’t so much drink beer as he forms fleeting, intimate relationships with it. Onlookers to these brief but passionate courtships will note that fully four of his five senses become engrossed, with only his ears forced to sit on the sidelines. If beers audibly communicated, […]

“See how clear that is.” Six Rivers Brewmaster Carlos Sanchez holds  a sample glass of Trula Pilsner up to the light for us both to inspect. The golden-colored lager is so clear it almost seems fragile. “You can’t hide any flaws in this beer,” Sanchez says. Six Rivers Brewery is the only local brewery to […]

To get an idea of the size of the Lost Coast Brewery empire, just walk through its Eureka brewhouse — a labyrinth of giant fermentation tanks, bottling machinery and stacked pallets of ready-to-ship product that seems too big to believably be in Humboldt. To say you could get lost in there might sound cliché, but […]

Bottles? We don’t need no stinkin’ bottles. If you’ve ever tasted a Redwood Curtain beer, odds are it was from the tap, maybe even produced mere feet away from where it entered your face. Located in the unglamorous Bay View Industrial Center on Arcata’s South G Street, Redwood Curtain Brewery’s Tasting Room is low on […]

Earlier this year, Eel River Brewery produced a specialty beer to promote Earth Day and raise money for California Certified Organic Farmers. The name?  Earth Thirst Double IPA. In an age when “green” branding is almost inescapable, Eel River Brewery has promoted itself as “America’s first certified organic brewery” since 1999. But owner Ted Vivatson […]