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| Industry | Brewing |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1995 |
| Founder | Sam Walker |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Area served | California & Nevada |
| Products | Beer |
| Owner | Sean Turner |
Number of employees | 40+ |
| Parent | Mammoth Brewing Group |
| Website | www.mammothbrewingco.com |
Mammoth Brewing Company is a Californian regional brewery founded in 1995 in Mammoth Lakes.
History
Mammoth Brewing Company was founded in 1995, [1] and is one of the highest elevation breweries on the West Coast of the United States at over 8,000 feet above sea level. [2] [3] Since 2007 it is owned by Sean Turner. [3] [4] The brewery and tasting room are located at 18 Lake Mary Road, in Mammoth Lakes. [1] They also had a tasting house, office and gift shop at 94 Berner Street, Mammoth, [5] although this was relocated in 2013. [6] In early 2013 they produced 5,300 barrels per year; in May 2013 they added two fermenters and one bright beer tank to increase their capacity to 8,000 barrels a year. [6]
Beers
Mammoth's beers include:
- Golden Trout Kolsch (5.5% abv) - a kolsch style beer
- Yosemite Pale Ale (5.5% abv) - an American pale ale. [7]
- Double Nut Brown (5.5% abv) - a porter. [7] Won a gold award at the 2012 World Beer Cup in the Brown Porter category, [4] and a gold medal at the 2014 Great American Beer Festival in the Brown Porter category.
- Real McCoy Amber (5.5% abv) - an Amber Ale. [7] Won a bronze award at the 2012 World Beer Cup in the German Style Brown/Düsseldorf-Style Altbier category. [4]
- Epic IPA (6.5% abv) - an India pale ale. [7]
- IPA 395 (8.0% abv) - a double IPA [7] or a spiced ale.
Seasonals
Mammoth Brewing Company has a variety of seasonal beers including:
- "Elderberry Sour" (8.0% abv)- A Belgian style sour beer.[ citation needed]
- "El Capitan" (9.5% abv)- a west coast style imperial IPA.[ citation needed]
- Floating Rock Hefeweizen (5.0% abv) - a wheat beer named after pumice. [8]
- Wild Sierra Mountain Farmhouse Ale (7.5% abv) [8]
- Blondibock (7.5% abv) - A bourbon barrel aged German style bock, formerly known as Bluesapalooza Blonde Bock. [7]
- Lair of the Bear (9.5% abv) [7]
- Fire & Eisbock (10.0% abv) [7]
- Hair of the Bear Doppelbock (9.0% abv) [8]
References
- ^ a b "Mammoth Brewing Company". Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ^ Comiskey, Patrick (28 December 2012). "Mammoth Brewing Company: To the Ends of the Earth for a Microbrew". LA Weekly blogs. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ a b Brooks, Jay R. (September 2013). California Breweries North. Stackpole Books. pp. 369–370. ISBN 978-0811711586.
- ^ a b c "Mammoth Brewing earns gold, bronze". Mammoth Times. 11 May 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
- ^ "Mammoth Brewing Company". Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
- ^ a b Lunch, Jack (17 May 2013). "Mammoth Brewing adds tanks". The Sheet News. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Our Beers". Mammoth Brewing Company. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ^ a b c "Our Beers". Mammoth Brewing Company. Archived from the original on 29 August 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2014.