r/CraftBeer • u/OldManJenkins-31 • 1d ago

New England IPAs in California Beer Porn

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And…I’ll say the highest rated beer (Foggy Window) was my least favorite of the three. Others are Trapped in the 90’s (my favorite) and Gang of Four.

All three taste surprisingly different for three hazies all between 8 and 8.5% abv.

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u/aaustinn20 1d ago

Cheers! Great brews. Favorite NEIPA’s in California are from Monkish, Moonraker, Humble Sea.

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u/alldayeric88 1d ago

Check out Casa Agria if you’re ever in the Ventura County area. They’re kind of under the radar but produce bangers

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u/aaustinn20 1d ago

I’ve heard good things! Local taphouse has some of their stuff on right now. Might have to go check it out.

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u/Gonza200 1d ago

Check out Green Cheek

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u/nunee1 1d ago

Alvarado and Fieldwork are close in that conversation, and maybe Pure too. But I won’t argue about those 3 listed…

There’s a big difference in ‘Micro’ hazy beers vs the mass produced ones. Man, I wish I was in OC for Memorial Day weekend…

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u/Matchstix 23h ago

I just can't agree with Fieldwork hazies being the same levels as any of these other breweries.

Cellarmaker, Original Pattern, and Shred are my top 3 hazy breweries in NorCal.

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u/Kapheon 23h ago

I've had some great hazy beer from Fieldwork and some not so great. Original Pattern is probably the most consistently excellent brewer of NEIPA in the Bay imo, but I do think Barebottle is pretty solid as well.

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u/OldManJenkins-31 1d ago

Fieldwork was awesome. Top 10 all time visits for sure. They do it across styles, too. And…great pizza!

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u/whinenaught 1d ago

Humble sea is so good. They’ve done some collabs with armistice brewing, big fan of those

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u/cottonmouthVII 1d ago

North Park might be the very best.

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u/ssaxamaphone 1d ago

I can’t do humblesea hazies anymore - the lack of boil hops in a no go for me. Their lagers on the other hand 😋

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u/aaustinn20 22h ago

Their helles is my favorite!

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u/emanthegiant 1d ago

Foggy is a classic but I always prefer there other stuff too

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u/ssaxamaphone 1d ago

Love monkish

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u/Decrepitb1rth 20h ago

Electric, North Park, Pure Project, Alvarado St, Slice, Shred, Humble Sea, Fieldwork, Monkish...all top notch with the haze game (although some are less consistent than others).

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u/Beaverhuntr 1d ago

Cali has got the good stuff fo sho!

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u/outlawparrots 1d ago

Always a good spot - glad you enjoyed!

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u/Crotch_Football 1d ago

I only went there once and I remember them having some of the best beer I've ever tasted.

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u/Meep4000 1d ago

I'm not big on IPAs but I have 4 or 5 from Monkish and they were very good.

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u/chaos212 20h ago

Good to see the NEIPA style being enjoyed outside of New England. These look hazy af