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Pacific Hop Exchange
Novato, California, United States
(Closed)
158 Hamilton Drive #A1
Novato CA 94949
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Notes

Updated: July 5, 2003

Opened: 1993

Annual Production: 3,500 bbl

Fair-to-middlin' beers.

Beer List

  • '06 Stout
    • Date: July 8, 1995 (#1123)
      Package: draught
      Place: The HopYard, Pleasanton CA
      Score: 14½ points
      Overall Impression
      Black, big brown head. Roasty-hoppy aroma. Thick, roasty, phenolic? Good.
  • Gas Light Pale Ale
    • Date: May 22, 1994 (#336)
      Package: draught
      Place: Berkeley Beer Festival, Berkeley CA
      Score: 12½ points
      Overall Impression
      Brown opaque. Thick head. Brown malt aroma, spicy. Thin. Very low carbonation. Brown. Bitterness OK but it fades fast.
  • IPA
    American-Style India Pale Ale
    • Date: September 2, 1995 (#1160)
      Package: draught
      Place: The HopYard, Pleasanton CA
      Score: 13½ points
      Overall Impression
      Brown-amber opaque, big head. Vegetal hop aroma. Thick, hoppy, OK balance.
  • Pale Ale
    American-Style Pale Ale
    • Date: June 24, 1995 (#1068)
      Package: draught
      Place: The HopYard, Pleasanton CA
      Score: 12½ points
      Overall Impression
      Red clear, OK carbonation and head. Grassy aroma...like baled hay. Thick, caramel and diacetyl flavors. Sweet brown finish. If this was called "Brown Ale", it would score higher.
  • Wheat Wine
    Barley Wine-Style Ale