Auburn Alehouse

Auburn Alehouse

Location	289 Washington Street, Auburn, California, United States
Opened	January 21, 2007
Annual production volume	1,870 US beer barrels (2,190 hL)[1]
Owner(s)	Brian Ford Lisa Ford
Website	Official website
Active beers
Name Type Gold Country Pilsner Pilsner Gold Digger IPA India Pale Ale Fool's Gold Ale Pale ale Auburn Export Lager Lager PU 240 Imperial IPA India Pale Ale American River Pale Ale Pale ale Old Town Brown Ale Brown ale Shanghai Stout Stout
Seasonal beers
Name Type Old Prospector Barleywine-Style Ale Barley wine McFord's Irish Red Ale Irish red ale Miner's Wheat Wheat Rye Not? Rye beer Oktoberfest Marzen Märzen Irish Dry Stout Irish stout

Auburn Alehouse is a brewery and restaurant located in the Old Town neighborhood of Auburn, California in the United States.^[2]

History

Auburn Alehouse was co-founded by Brian and Lisa Ford. Brian Ford started making beer by homebrewing. His brewmaking mentor was Paul Zawilenski. Ford then took classes through the American Brewers’ Guild in fermentation science and engineering. Ford interned at Rubicon Brewing Company. He opened Crawford Brewing Company in 1997. The brewery relocated to Nevada City, California and was renamed Stonehouse. He quit working there in 1999 and Beermann's in Roseville, California. He also opened their location in Lincoln, California. He quit working for that company in 2003. He started working in construction. He had intentions to open another brewery and worked on the plans for Auburn Alehouse, which opened in 2007. The brewery also has a restaurant.^[1]

The brewery and restaurant are located in the American Block Building, which was the Shanghai Restaurant prior to becoming a brewery. When it was the Shanghai, portions of the movie Phenomenon were filmed there.^[2] The restaurant serves pub food. It has been featured in the Placer Herald,^[3] The Union,^[4] KTXL^[5] and Sacramento.^[6]

Beer

In 2013, Auburn Alehouse produced 1,870 barrels of beer. Bill Wood is a brewer at Auburn Alehouse. They make a Pilsner which Ford calls a "Pre-Prohibition style Pilsner". They make a seasonal barley wine, called Old Prospector, that uses wine from Dono dal Cielo.^[1]

Awards

Name	Style	Honors
Gold County Pilsner	Pilsner	2013 Great American Beer Festival Bronze
Gold County Pilsner	Pilsner	2012 Great American Beer Festival Gold
Gold County Pilsner	Pilsner	2011 Great American Beer Festival Bronze

References

1. "Auburn Alehouse: Auburn's Original Craft Brewery". Hops to Table Magazine. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
2. "Auburn Alehouse". Geotourism Map. National Geographic. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
3. "BurgerQuest Week Two: Auburn Alehouse". Placer Herald. Gold Country Media. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
4. Natividad, Ivan. "A brotherhood of brew: Area breweries band together to make Gold Country craft beer destination". The Union. Swift Communications. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
5. Robins, Paul. "Cooking: Sacramento Magazine’s Best of Dishes". Fox 40. Tribune Broadcasting Company. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
6. O'Donnell, Kira. "Auburn Alehouse". Sacramento. Retrieved 9 August 2014.