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El Toro Brewing
Not open to the public (as far as I know)
17370 Hill Road
Morgan Hill CA 95037
Telephone: +1 408-778-2739
Brewer: Geno Acevedo
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Notes

Opened: 1994

Annual Production: 4,000 bbl

Contributors: Arash Shahzadi, Geno Acevedo, John Johansen

Updated: May 26, 2008

Beer List




    • Date: December 13, 1994 (#645)
      Package: draught
      Place: The HopYard, Pleasanton CA
      Score: 18½ points
      Overall Impression (3½)
      Straw color, some haze. Very fruity aroma. Great body and balance. Long refreshing bitter finish.

  • Barley Wine-Style Ale
    • Date: November 13, 1994 (#603)
      Package: draught
      Place: The HopYard, Pleasanton CA
      Score: 19 points
      Overall Impression (3½)
      Bright red. Good head, some fizz. Good barleywine character, sweet and hoppy aroma. Thick. Bitter. Sweet. This compares Real Well with Anchor's Old Foghorn.

  • California Common Beer

  • Oatmeal Stout

  • Classic English-Style Pale Ale
    Awards:
    • Date: August 17, 1994 (#423)
      Package: draught
      Place: The HopYard, Pleasanton CA
      Score: 12½ points
      Overall Impression (2½)
      Hazy golden fizzy. Fruity...smells like berries. Biscuit flavor...like graham crackers. Some bitterness in start, gone by finish. Nice body. Tastes "backwards" somehow.
    • Date: June 24, 1994 (#359)
      Package: draught
      Place: The HopYard, Pleasanton CA
      Score: 15 points
      Overall Impression (2½)
      Golden. Good head. Heavy carbonation. Spicy hops and a biscuit aroma. "Very light," says the bartender. Not all that light...biscuit flavor is strongest, but balance is OK. Carbonation is OK...maybe a little high.

  • Garden (Fruit) Beer

  • American-Style Pale Ale
    Awards:

  • Raspberry Wheat
    Garden (Fruit Wheat) Beer

  • Whiskey Barrel-aged Stout
    Wood- and Barrel-aged Dark Beer

  • William Jones Wheat Beer
    Light American Wheat Beer with Yeast
    Awards:

  • X Tenth Anniversary Ale
    Imperial or Double India Pale Ale
    10.00% abv.

  • Yo Winter Brew
    Other Strong Beer
    8.00% abv.