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Lost Coast Brewery & Café

Eureka, California, United States
Bar/Tasting Room

617 Fourth Street
Eureka CA 95501
Telephone: +1 707-445-4484
Hours: Open daily 11:00am-1:00am.
Brewer: Chandra Fuller, Kraig Bridgeford
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Notes

Updated: June 22, 2008

Visited: August 15, 1992

Opened: 1990

Annual Production: 18,000 bbl

Their Downtown Brown is about the best Brown around. Be sure to check out Humboldt Brewing while you're there...these two breweries were the impetus for my 1992 Beer Odyssey.

Directions: Highway 101 North into Eureka, about six hours north of San Francisco. Eureka's Fourth Street runs parallel to and is a block or so north of Highway 101. Lost Coast is on the north side of Fourth Street.

Beer List

8-Ball Stout

Oatmeal Stout
Awards:
- Gold Medal, 2006 Los Angeles County Fair Competition
- Gold Medal, 2004 Los Angeles County Fair Competition
- Gold Medal, 2002 Los Angeles County Fair Competition
- Date: August 25, 2003 (#5092)
  
  Package: bottled
  
  Place: Peabody's Ale House, Oshkosh WI
  
  Score: 16½ points
  
  Overall Impression
  Black. Thick dark brown head. Smells roasty and sweet. Medium-big body. Fairly sweet and fairly roasty. Mild hop bitterness, and a lingering roasty-sweet finish.
- Date: August 13, 1997 (#2139)
  
  Package: bottled
  
  Place: The Liquor Collection, Honolulu HI
  
  Score: 20 points
  
  Overall Impression
  Black, thick brown head. Coffee, hoppy aromas. Real smooth, real roasty. Lots of coffee flavor with chocolate behind it. Very well-balanced roasty-hoppy finish. Bottled March 1997.
- Date: August 15, 1992 (#2492)
  
  Package: draught
  
  Place: at the brewery
  
  Overall Impression
  Too burnt/astringent.

Alleycat Amber Ale

American-Style Amber/Red Ale

Date: April 25, 1995 (#882)

Package: draught

Place: The HopYard, Pleasanton CA

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression
Red-amber, good white head. Clear. Herbal nose. Good flavors, body a little thin. Good balance.

Downtown Brown

American-Style Brown Ale

Awards:

Silver Medal, 2004 Los Angeles County Fair Competition
Silver Medal, 2003 Los Angeles County Fair Competition
Gold Medal, 2002 Los Angeles County Fair Competition

Date: November 7, 2003 (#5136)

Package: bottled

Place: Peabody's Ale House, Oshkosh WI

Score: 19 points

Overall Impression
Dark bright red. Huge dense head. Big spicy hop aroma, with some toasty malt and just a hint of DMS. Medium body, moderately fizzy. Richly malty with lots of spicy hops. More malty-sweet than hop-bitter. It's been a long time, but it's still the Best Brown Around.
Date: June 19, 1996 (#1522)

Package: bottled

Place: Willow Glen Liquors, San Jose CA

Score: 16½ points

Overall Impression
Dark red, low carbonation, almost no head. Brown sugar and brown malt aromas. Very low carbonation, a little bitter. Good malty flavor and brown malt finish. Label is punched "February 1996". Thanks to Paris Cunningham for bringing this beer to Hawai`i for me!
Date: January 21, 1995 (#725)

Package: draught

Place: The HopYard, Pleasanton CA

Score: 16½ points

Overall Impression
Deep red. Sweet brown aroma, a little spicy. Reasonably thick body and brown flavors. Some maple?
Date: June 13, 1993 (#64)

Package: draught

Place: St.Mary's College Beer Festival, Moraga CA

Score: 20 points

Overall Impression
Nice dark brown, great head. Chocolatey-malty aroma...Cascades? Thick and smooth. Lots of malt sweetness, but not cloying at all. Mildly bitter finish. Defines the style...beats Newcastle hands-down.
Date: September 28, 1992 (#2517)

Package: draught

Place: Lyon's Brewery, Dublin CA

Overall Impression
Hoo Boy! It's brilliant. Not as sweet as most Browns.
Date: August 15, 1992 (#2491)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Overall Impression
Not nearly as sweet as the Dunkel Hefeweizen. An excellent Brown! I like it better than the Hefe.