Bootlegger's Brewery Tasting
The WCBrewCrew recently stopped by Orange’s very own Bootlegger’s Brewery. Walking up to the nearly Brewery located in a hidden section of industrial offices you gain excitement to taste some of these Orange County born brews. With a food truck out front the atmosphere is almost that of a block party with close neighbors. We found staff to be as warm and inviting as the atmosphere. Even though this brewery has only been around 3 years they are fast growing with 500 and quickly growing to 600 distribution locations.
As WCBrewCrew’s recent addition I’m still learning the ropes and nuances of the beer (and craft beer) culture. What’s it to you? Well you get a lamens interpretation of what these beer actually taste like. I’m not a brewing savant and most brewer jargon is lost on me so this mean the blog shoots pretty straight from the hip. Hopefully relating to even the most infrequent beer drinker.
If you visit their website Bootlegger’s posts about 8 brews, but the benefit to making it out to the location is discovering a great variety of options. Including some of their exclusive barrel brews that are limited to their tasting room. Below you’ll find a sample of five brews that most people would enjoy.
-Old World – most notable is the banana taste that worked really well without any added garnishments. We’re told it’s their top seller and surprisingly brewed without any bananas.
-Spring Ale: slightly spiced with light taste but I’d probably max out after 2 pints
-Rustic Rye is a great tasting IPA that doesn’t leave the lingering bitter after taste.
-Pumpkin Ale –more of spiced taste than pumpkin but in my book would still be ranked high than Blue Moon Harvest Moon Pumpkin Ale
- Black Phoenix w/ Nitro – a nice stout that combines coffee and chipotle with making you feel like you just ate an entire meal.
All in all the beers are very consistent in relation to each other and transition nicely from one another from light to dark and vice versa. For more information visit: http://www.bootleggersbrewery.com/
Written by: Edi Verdugo for the WCBrewCrew
Stop in:
401 S. Richman Ave
Fullerton, CA 92832
714-8711-2337
Tasting Room is Open:
Thursday 4-9pm
Friday 4-9pm
Saturday 2-9pm
Sunday 12-6pm