Dunloe Brewing

Well we made it another year, which means another round of Annual. This year we have a citrus medley of Minneolas, Meyer lemons and grapefruit plus a dash of Tahitian sea salt. Bready malt with a big citrus nose all wrapped up in a little 3% spritzy light lager. Maybe the most normal version yet?

I wasn’t quite sure what to say in an anniversary post this year, so this took way longer than it should. The brewing industry is a bit rough, and sometimes it’s hard to see the light. So thank you all for 9 years of supporting our little labor of love and our team of wonderful weirdos. Thanks for sitting around our tables with friends or strangers and making the place a proper community. End of the day that’s why I keep doing it. Thanks to you all.

A few fresh ones this week. A sour, a dark lager and a session IPA. All between 4.3 and 5%

Starting out with the new one, Slinky on a Stair Master comes in at just 4.3% with all Nelson Sauvin hops. Notes of passion fruit, citrus, grape and a touch of the devils lettuce. In cans for now at both spots, with draft on the way.

Middle of Somewhere is also back in cans. This mixed fermentation sour gets a hefty dose of Good Humus apricots and a dash of Citra after spending a few months in oak. Light, just a bit tart, and apricot start to finish. 4.4%. Draft coming soon

Dressed to Spill, dark lager, is on tap with cans in the works. Chocolate and coffee on the nose with, a simple toasty malt middle, finishing with lingering chocolate. Light and easy drinking at just 5%.

As usual we are late on posting holiday hours, but we did can some fresh Dunnies Light. So hopefully that makes up for it.

4.2% easy drinking light American lager canned today.

It’s our week for Picnic in the Park, so we will be selling these guys under the big oak tree from 4-8pm.

We got a few cases of Pocket Taco through the can line before it decided it wasn’t happy. Sneak peak on Olive today, with some proper volume at both spots tomorrow. Maybe.

This year we have a blend of 7 month all stainless and 17 month oak aged mixed fermentation beer. Grilled limes, jalapeños, serrano and a bit of sea salt. Proper shenanigans.

It’s been quite a bit since we’ve done this double IPA, but here it is again with some fresh artwork from .skow.art

BrewDude & The Hoppy Hippy took me in and taught me quite a lot when I was just starting in beer. Not sure why they did, but I am glad they did. Learned a lot, sweat a lot, and they made some good beer despite me.

This double IPA has a dry and simple base, so the Galaxy and Citra hops can pop. Mango and tropical fruit up front with a citrus finish.

This one’s a “thanks for teaching me all the wonderful shenanigans” kinda beer. Remember where you came from and do what you can.

We’ve got some wonderful apricots from . We are excited to use them in something fun but be like Barb and go investigate before they are gone. Get some tasty fruit from them tomorrow at the .farmers.market.

Fun fact: our goofy brewery cat Barb was first a barn kitten at good humus before she came to live with us.

Our collaboration with Davis is for Everyone IPA is back, fresh, tasty and inclusive. Seems like we have to say this more now than ever, but Dunloe is a community space. That was the whole goal from day one, bringing people together around beer. All are welcome, but we don’t tolerate hate in any form.

Looks like the rain is passed and we will have a dry day for .farmers.market picnic in the park. We will have all these cold and ready for you 4-8pm under the big oak tree.

We had the privilege of brewing the winning beer from this year’s UC Davis Iron Brew Competition. I have been involved with the competition for over 10 years, starting back when I was a student hoping my groups beer was good enough to win. It wasn’t, but Bananaweizwen was, and it will be on tap at The Local starting today. Cans available at both locations.

Bananaweizen is light and smooth, with bright citrus notes, somehow a bit of pineapple, and of course some banana aromatics from the yeast. No bananas were harmed in the making of this easy drinking Hefeweizen. Congratulations again to the winning group!