If Fort Bragg on the north coast of California isn’t cool enough,
you have the North Coast Brewery right in the heart of town.
North Coast has some unique flavors to a typical beer style. Some I like, some not so much. There is something here to quench any beer taste bud. The Acme Pale Ale and IPA are pretty standard but it is the other brews that stand out in one way or another.
Many true breweries will offer a cask conditioned version of a popular brew and North Coast is no different. They offer, at the time I was there, the Red Seal Ale in draft from a keg and pulled from cask. If you are unfamiliar with cask pulled beer, simply put, in kegs and bottles, the beer is carbonated to give it self life or keep it from going bad over time. Cask conditioned beer is unfiltered and unpasteurized and is not carbonated but still bubbles with the natural fermentation process of live yeast still in the beer. Don’t let that bother you. Just try it side by side carbonated and pulled and make your determination of what you prefer. It does change form beer to beer and brewery to brewery so if you had one, you certainly have not had them all.
September 13, 2008
North Coast Brewery
Recommendations:
Blue Star Wheat Ale: American Wheat Beer - Nice crisp wheat beer similar to a Widmer or Pyramid Hefe.
ABV: 4.5%,Bitterness: 17 IBU's, Color: Translucent Straw
Pranqster: Belgium Style Golden Ale
ABV: 7.6%,Bitterness: 20 IBU's, Color: Soft Gold
Old Rasputin: Russian Imperial Stout
ABV: 9%,Bitterness: 75 IBU's, Color: Black
North Coast Brewing Company
Opened in 1988
455 North Main Street
Fort Bragg CA 95437
707 964-2739
www.northcoastbrewing.com
Photography: © Mark E Loper Photography
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