This month we have added five new beers to our inventory that we are sure you will love.

Big Sur Light - Big Sur Beverage Company. They claim that this is the 1st microbrewed light beer!

Whale Rock Wheat - Bonnema Brewing Co. A nice unfiltered American wheat beer. Great for summer!

Central Coast Brown Ale - A traditional English style brown ale - made in the USA!

West Coast Wheat - Central Coast Brewing Co. An American wheat brewed with an English ale yeast!

Farm House Ale - Jack Russell Brewing Co. The house specialty, a nice & tasty Belgian style ale in 750 ml bottles.

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

- - Benjamin Franklin

The Coast Range Brewing Co. is located in the "Garlic Capital of the World" Gilroy. They brewed their first batch of beer in 1995 and have been family run ever since, with the main man, Ron Erskine at the helm.

Coast Range's beer is brewed in a steam-fired, 20 barrel brewhouse (that's about 1220 gallons per brew), the brewery has four 40 barrel fermenters and one 80 barrel fermenter. They sell their beer on draft and in bottles at several locations in Central California but it is pretty hard to find.

Master Brewer, Peter Licht brews Coast Range's two flagship ales, California Blonde and Coast Range Pale Ale, both of which are award winning beers!

Coast Range Pale Ale's deep amber color and rich malt body come from their domestic 2-row malt and four of the finest British pale and crystal malts. A generous amount of Pacific Northwest hops supply a well balanced bitterness and fragrant floral bouquet. A proprietary yeast provides a fresh fruity aroma and a clean satisfying finish. Coast Range Pale Ale won a Silver certificate and a 3rd Place Ribbon at the California State Fair in 1995 and 1997. It also won a Silver Medal in the 1998 World Beer Championships and a Bronze in the 1997 World Beer Championships.

SLO Brewing Company was founded in 1988 by President, Michael Hoffman as a charming brewpub in San Luis Obispo. In 1998 SLO Brewing Co. expanded and opened a state-of-the-art 35,000 barrel capacity 15,000 sq. ft brewery in Paso Robles, California. That facility is now running strong and even brewing several contract brews.

You can still get a tasty meal and a fabulous beer at original brewpub in downtown San Luis Obispo, but don't be surprised if the draft beers there taste a bit different than the bottled stuff. The brewpub makes all unique beers and a bunch of seasonal and specialty brews. When no one is looking, SLO's new brewmaster, Matthew Brynildson, and his crew sneak over there and use the 10 bbl system as their playground to try out new recipes.

Amber Ale (originally Garden Alley Amber) won a Gold Medal in April at the 2000 International World Beer Cup held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They call this beer the 'Jewel of the Coast.' It has a deep ruby color, is full of flavor, not too rich and has a noticeable hop fragrance. After the initial smooth swallowing, you will enjoy a nice, light hoppy finish that doesn't last too long. This beer has won numerous medals and awards since 1995!

Snowshoe brewing Company has two beautiful locations in the foothills of the gold-filled Sierra Nevada Mountains: The original brewery and brewpub is in Arnold and the newer addition is in Sonora.

The brewery was founded in 1995 by Jeff Yarnell and Al O'Brien to salute the pioneering spirit of John "Snowshoe" Thompson. Snowshoe Thompson was well know for his faithful delivery of the mail to California gold camps during the famous Gold Rush era in the mid 1800's. He would hand-carry mail over the Sierras in the dead of winter using homemade, long cross-country skis called snowshoes at that time.

In 1998 the Sonora brewpub opened in a renovated 1920's lumber co. office building originally designed by the same architect who designed Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco. The bottling and much of the beer is brewed in Arnold using a 15 bbl brewhouse, three 15 bbl fermenters and three 30 bbl fermenters. The Sonora location has its own 15 bbl system in which it brews the beers sold at its restaurant.

Grizzly Brown Ale is brewed with five different malts giving it a rich roasted flavor and a smooth chocolate finish. This beer is definitely the locals favorite. Every time we visit one of the breweries it seems the bar tenders are more busy filling growlers one after another than pouring pints.

Now you can buy brewery T-shirts & Pub Glasses from BEER On The Wall!

We have started collecting T-shirts and Pub Glasses from several of the breweries in our warm & fuzzy family. Soon we will have them all!

Be the first beer geek on your block to drink California microbrew from a California microbrewery Pub Glass wearing a California microbrewery T-shirt!

Check out our website to see which shirts and glasses we have in stock now!
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