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Untamed flavors as “wild” ale catches on in growing craft beer market
Wild beer has been a keystone in the success of Placentia’s award-winning The Bruery since its start in 2008. Now, local breweries such as Beachwood Brewing Co. in Long Beach and Seal Beach, Good Beer Co. in Santa Ana, Tustin Brewing Co. and Valiant Brewing Co. in Orange are rolling out their own barrels. Read […]
Full postOrange County’s Best Breweries
Considered one of the fresher faces on the block, former Drag-racing family Brian and Kelly Schroepfer transformed a passionate interest in home brewing into a full craft beer production whose core beers are definitely worth considering. Complete with a healthy rotation of gourmet food trucks that camp just outside the tasting room doors, the city […]
Full postOrange-based Valiant Brewing Company named to 2014 Ten Best at US Open Beer Championship
One of Orange County’s newest microbreweries is already making a name for itself in the national craft beer industry, with its award winning beer.Valiant Brewing Company first opened its doors in March of 2013. Head brewer Brian Schroepfer put his engineering background, as well as his Master Brewers certification from the American Brewers Guild, to […]
Full postValiant Goes Big With California Quad IPA
Upon one sip of Valiant Brewing’s Quad IPA Alpha Overdrive, I’m pretty sure I reached a higher level of cosmic consciousness. Incense quickly filled the room, a third eye opened up inside my glass and I’m pretty sure brewer/owner Brian Schroepfer started to charm a cobra out of a mash tun with a pungi flute. […]
Full postValiant Brewing Co. Releases Barleywine
Hot on the heels of its six-month anniversary, Orange’s newest microbrewery has released Stentorian, a 13.3% ABV barrel-aged English barleywine. “We’ve been waiting a long time for this,” says brewmaster Brian Schroepfer, who owns and operates Valiant Brewing Company with his wife Kelly. Schroepfer developed the recipe for Stentorian years ago, and brewed this batch […]
Full postSustainable Brewing: Good for the Beer, Great for the Earth
Reduce, reuse, recycle—nowadays, that’s a concept just about everyone can agree on. And one of the major behind-the-scenes benefits of operating a brewery is the opportunity it gives us to do just that: reuse and recycle our materials in unique ways. Since the start of this year, we’ve created 24 tons—that’s no typo, guys: tons—of […]
Full postThe Valiant Lineup: Octave
Part 5 in our ongoing series of posts introducing you to the Valiant family of beers. Today’s installment: Octave. It’s no shocker that Belgian pale ales dominate the brewing scene in Belgium—especially after you’ve tasted one. These are easy-drinking beers with a malty taste and the pleasant aroma of hops (without the bitterness). Valiant’s Belgian […]
Full postThe Valiant Lineup: Hotspur
Part 4 in our ongoing series of posts introducing you to the Valiant family of beers. Today’s installment: Hotspur. The inspiration for our Dunkelweizen, Hotspur, comes from southern Germany, as you might have guessed. If your German beer skills are sharp, you already know that “dunkel” means “dark,” and “weizen” means “wheat.” It’s a dark […]
Full postThe Valiant Lineup: 31 Kings
Part 3 in our ongoing series of posts introducing you to the Valiant family of beers. Today’s installment: 31 Kings. You’ve already met our Imperial IPA (Jericho) — now we’ll introduce you to our IPA, 31 Kings. 31 Kings is part of our Common Sense Series, session beers that are low in alcohol—and are designed […]
Full postThe Valiant Lineup: Jericho
Part 2 in our ongoing series of posts introducing you to the Valiant family of beers. Today’s installment: Jericho. Craft breweries love to make beers that stand out from the crowd—and hops’ incredible spectrum of flavors and aromas offers an excellent way to do this. Here on the West Coast, it’s tough not to find […]
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