AVBC Brewer Select Series: Dutch Kuyt
October 18th, 2021
A Taste of History If you have ever wondered what beer tasted like in the seventeenth century, you finally have a chance to find out. Anderson Valley Brewing Company has brewed a traditional Dutch Kuyt beer (also spelled Kuit, Koyt, Keut, or Keute). Kuyt is a three-grain beer that is…
Autumn: Goes with Gose
September 29th, 2021
Share the Fun Perhaps it's because the grocery store shelves are strewn with fun size bags of assorted candy this time of year, or maybe it's the wild weather swings, but autumn always has us thirsting for a cornucopia of variety when it comes to choosing a beer. So, when…
Judging Greatness: Inside The Great American Beer Festival
September 22nd, 2021
By Fal Allen The 39th annual Great American Beer Festival (GABF) just wrapped up and I’ve been lucky enough to sit on the judging panel since 1992. Held in Denver each year, the GABF takes place over three weeks and features over 2,000 breweries and nearly 9,700 beers that are…
Fal’s Guide to Tailgating At Home
September 9th, 2021
Down, set, tailgate! We asked Brewmaster Fal, whose three favorite NFL teams are the Oakland Raiders, LA Raiders and Las Vegas Raiders, about his All-Pro beer and menu pairings when the season kicks off tomorrow night. (Incidentally, Go Bills.) We kick off the list with ribs and burgers (because ribs…
How to Pair Beer: A Brewmaster’s Guide
July 28th, 2021
According to archaeologists humans have been drinking beer for over 5,000 years. Presumably, we’ve been eating food that whole time too, so you’d think we’d be pretty good at figuring out which beers pair well with our favorite meals. Well, we are good at it! Or at least Brewmaster Fal…
Fourth of July Beer Cocktails with the Gose Variety Pack
June 14th, 2021
Beer cocktails, what better way to cheers everything that's wonderful about America. This July 4th, grab one of our Gose Variety Packs and you'll have plenty of excellent options to build a perfect beer cocktail around. Here's four of our favorite recipes. Wild Turkey Shandy Nothing beats a cold shandy…
Unveiling our New Logo and Brand
April 26th, 2021
What’s good in the (old) bottle is better in the (new) can A note from Katee McGee, Creative Director, Anderson Valley Brewing Company: We knew from the very beginning, when the family purchased the brewery, that one of our first major projects was going to be redesigning the packaging and…
Earth Day 2021: What a Year Spent on Property has Taught Us
April 21st, 2021
One silver lining from the past year is the sheer amount of time we got to spend at the brewery and on the grounds. Showing up every day to the Beer Park here in Boonville deepened our connection to the property, the Anderson Valley region and our appreciation for how…
New Avocado Toast Hazy IPA!
April 1st, 2021
We're excited to announce the release of our new AVBC Brunch Series of brews. Today we're dropping the Avocado Toast Hazy IPA. Get a behind the scenes look with Brewmaster Fal as he walks us through the flavor profile and brewing process that brings this quintessential California beer to life.…
AVBC This Year: New Beer Park, New Beers, New Cans
February 12th, 2021
A New Boonville Beer Park, New Packaging, and New Beer What’s huger than a Huge Arker, brighter than a Summer Solstice and more exciting than striking Boonville Gold? You’ll be hollering ‘Holy Gose!’ when you see what we’re brewing up for 2021. In addition to new branding and packaging that…
How AVBC brews delicious, low calorie beer
January 19th, 2021
Delicious, low-cal beer goes against the well-documented rules of the universe. You can’t have your cake and eat it too! Especially when that cake is actually beer! We figured something here was amiss, so we asked Brewmaster Fal to set us straight. He did just that. Does Anderson Valley set…
Brew Responsibly: It’s Our New Year’s Resolutions to You
December 21st, 2020
As the New Year approaches we look forward to the future, and putting 2020 as far (far) behind us as possible. Since the very beginning, AVBC has dedicated itself to brewing sustainably. But we can always do more, and in the coming year we resolve to do exactly that. As…
The Return of the Holy Gose
December 3rd, 2020
Moving to Year-Round Availability for all our Goses Goses are kind of our thing. We didn’t invent them, but Brewmaster Fal is rightfully credited with bringing the style back from the spent grain pile (and he did write the book). Since we started brewing them, we’ve rotated our fruited Goses…
A Beer Strategy for Thanksgiving
November 11th, 2020
All of us at Anderson Valley Brewing Company want to make sure you have a festive holiday celebration. So we’re inviting ourselves to your dinner table (no, not literally) but we’re not coming empty handed. From the football game to the big eat there are many choices at hand and…
A Nature (and Beer) Lover’s Guide to Mendocino
October 8th, 2020
The combination of natural scenic beauty, quaint small-town charm, and some of the best beer in the world makes Mendocino County a pilgrimage worthy destination for craft beer aficionados, outdoor enthusiasts, and road trippers alike. In fact, there’s so much to see and do that it helps to have some…
The Mighty Malt
September 29th, 2020
Brewmastery: Malt 101 Malt is the term for grain that has been sprouted: allowed to grow for a short time and then dried once shoots appear to stop germination. Afterwards it’s usually kilned by “toasting” it a little further, which removes some water content and adds to the bready and…
Horse Tongue Wheat: What Most Likely Really Happened
September 18th, 2020
Our Horse Tongue Wheat beer is regularly recognized as a strangely named but singularly outstanding beer, but few people understand just how unique it is. Over the years the marketing copy has described it as “a light Belgian style wheat beer, barrel fermented with a mixed culture of both yeast…
We’re Releasing Winter Solstice Ale Early to Get 2020 Over With Already
September 15th, 2020
Hot on the heels of Labor Day, Anderson Valley Brewing Company will be releasing its Winter Solstice Ale early this year in an effort to get 2020 over with already. “It’s not our idea,” President Kevin McGee explained. “Andy Ingram and the good folks at Four Peaks Brewing in Arizona…
The Return of Fall Hornin’ Pumpkin Ale
August 31st, 2020
Just in time to start debating costumes with your family and friends, our autumn favorite Fall Hornin’ Pumpkin Ale is back. “It really depends on what my daughter wants to dress up as - we tend to all go as a theme,” said our President and CEO Kevin McGee. “She…
Meet Our Black Rice Ale: Packed With Flavor, Not Calories
August 17th, 2020
A dark beer that’s shockingly light We’ve always been about making beer that we want to drink and are proud to share. We don’t chase trends or fads but we do like to innovate so we set out to make a beer that was unlike anything we’ve tasted. We were…
Ready For Something New? Swap That Go-To Drink for an AVBC Brew
August 12th, 2020
“Hey, careful, man, there's a beverage here!” Sometimes we know what our friends will order before they do. Whether it’s before dinner or at a wedding they study the cocktail list with a look of intensity and then, bam, they order the same exact thing they’ve been drinking since college;…
Behind The Barrel
July 21st, 2020
Take a Peek Inside Our Bourbon Barrel Aged Beers If you’re a whiskey, rum, tequila or wine aficionado chances are you’re knowledgeable as to the role that barrel aging plays in providing nuance and depth to your favorite beverages, but you may not be as familiar with the process of…
Go with Your Gose: AVBC’s BYOB Picks for an Idyllic Weekend Getaway
July 10th, 2020
Pack a Cooler and Hit the Road with our Beer Lover’s Guide to BYOB Biking, Hiking, Bonfires, Beaches and Camping With our vacation plans in the lurch we’re getting back to basics this summer. We’re thirsty for adventure and there’s never been a better time to pack up the car,…
Celebrate with an Independent Craft Beer This 4th of July
June 29th, 2020
You’ve Got the Backyard and We’ve Got the Brew Cheers to Independence America indisputably leads the world when it comes to independent beer production. And here at AVBC, one part American can-do attitude and one part ‘if it tastes good, brew it’ philosophy has led us to experiment with fruit,…
An Extra Special Cheers to Dad This Father’s Day
June 16th, 2020
PSA: Father's Day is quickly approaching and if you're looking straight down the barrel at a “World’s Greatest Dad”coffee mug, another tie or 6 pack of golf balls - don't do it. Or do it, but also do something else... (Dad could always use something meaningful to put in that…
An All-Time Summer Fav Returns to the Lineup
June 4th, 2020
It’s Not Summer Without a Solstice We admit it, our brewery is a little off the beaten path but if it wasn’t, our beer wouldn’t be the same and we wouldn’t have it any other way. Anderson Valley is a source of pride, inspiration and independence for the beers we’re…
What’s the most important ingredient in our beer?
May 27th, 2020
Here’s a hint: we don’t grow, plant, or harvest it, but it’s found in, under and all around our property While the human body is composed of 60% water, the H2O content of beer is between 80-96%, making it far and away the most important ingredient. At Anderson Valley Brewing…
Grill & Chill
May 13th, 2020
Fal pairs summer grill favs with brews Fal is our well-known master of the brewhouse. Turns out he also wields a spatula to rule the grill with equal authority. Since the season’s here we asked him for his favorite pairings of beer and grilled perfection: Steak & Boont Amber The…
From Germany to Anderson Valley
April 28th, 2020
There’s copper in our brewhouse If you look carefully at the onioned-domed copper vessels in the AVBC brewhouse, you'll see the peen marks from the hammers of the German craftsman who hand-shaped them. They're a small but visible reminder that things made by hand are more interesting, that their subtle…
Meet Head Brewer David Gatlin
April 22nd, 2020
From architecture to bartending to brewing at AVBC For 18 years, David Gatlin’s subtle influence has shaped the beer coming out of the Anderson Valley Brewing Company. As the Head Brewer and Director of Production he’s the guy who makes sure everything happens how it should and when it should,…
Beer Pairings for your Favorite Comfort Foods
April 13th, 2020
As we work together (apart) to flatten the curve and shelter in place, it’s the perfect time to indulge in one of your favorite family comfort food recipes. Granny probably didn’t add a beer pairing to the recipe card, but no worries: AVBC Brewmaster Fal Allen’s got her back with…
Delicate Fruit: the Art of the Perfect Gose
April 2nd, 2020
Thanks for joining us again Fal, with the release of our summer beers and the recent launch of Tropical Haze Sour we wanted to learn a bit more about how you get fruit into a beer. Do you go to the grocery store and buy a bunch of fruit and…
Introducing the New Tropical Hazy Sour Ale
February 27th, 2020
Tropical. Hazy. Sour. Why did we make this absurdly delicious, lightly tart and tropical flavored hazy beer? Because we really wanted to drink one and hadn’t seen anything quite like it anywhere. And we have a brewery and can do things like that. Allow us to explain. Springtime in Anderson…
Tapping Genius: Inside the Mind of Brewmaster Fal Allen
February 24th, 2020
Just as a chef artfully prepares and arranges ingredients into a culinary feast, a brewmaster takes everyday elements and ferments them into something extraordinary. While the leeway a brewmaster is given varies from brewery to brewery, Fal Allen has been the prominent palate when it comes to shaping the direction…
AVBC Beer of the Month Vol.1: Boont Amber Ale
February 18th, 2020
“It’s about panache, not punch,” according to AVBC’s head brewer, Fal Allen. It’s a line that looks rehearsed on paper, but comes spontaneously from Fal. He’s talking, of course, about the british-style pale ale that put Anderson Valley Brewing Company on the map 32 years ago. At the time the…
The Hall of Foam
September 23rd, 2019
Below are the names of Anderson Valley Brewing Company's most faithful fans. Having collected each of the caps in one of our bottle cap series, they've demonstrated their sincere commitment to Bahl Hornin' at the highest level. What's more, with the brewery moving exclusively to cans, their ranks are now…
