Epic Santa Cruz Brown Ale

Brewed January, 2012. Packaged on March 1, 2012. An Epic interpretation of the recent American trend of brewing Black IPAs, our Santa Cruz Brown is a true hybrid. Inspired by our brewer Kyle’s desire to have it all, we combine the rich backbone and color of a brown ale with robust American Hops common in IPAs for something totally unique. Maris Otter pale malt along with Munich, CaraMunich, and Chocolate malts create a balance between sweet and roasty that is then assaulted by four varieties of Pacific Northwest hops including super high alpha variety Apollo in the hop-back and dry hop stage.