Restaurant
Unclaimed profileLodi Beer Company
Lodi, CA · $$
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Beverage Program Score
The editorial take
Beer Company has brewed its own beer since 2004, and the house list covers a wide spread of styles: lagers, IPAs, wheat beers, stouts, sours, and barrel-aged releases. Bill Wood's brewing biography cites 13 Great American Beer Festival medals, 4 World Beer Cup medals, and state fair ribbons. Gold Coast IPA took third place at the California State Fair. The full-service, sit-down setting serves lunch and dinner, with takeout available.
- What should I order?
- Start with Gold Coast IPA, an American IPA at 7.3% ABV and 75 IBU brewed with Chinook, Amarillo, and Citra hops and a California State Fair third-place winner. For a darker pour, Plowshear Porter is a London porter with roasted malt flavors of coffee and chocolate. The Doppelbock is a German-style double bock on tap.
- Who will enjoy this place?
- Beer drinkers who want a house-brewed range spanning lagers, IPAs, wheat beers, stouts, sours, and barrel-aged releases in a full-service, sit-down brewery restaurant with lunch and dinner service.
- What makes the beverage program distinctive?
- The beer is brewed on site, and the listed family of house beers runs Lite and Bill's Pils through Gold Coast IPA, Plowshear Porter, Barleywine, Doppelbock, and San Joaquin Sour. Brewer Bill Wood's biography cites 13 Great American Beer Festival medals, 4 World Beer Cup medals, and state fair ribbons.
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Beer
A house brewery established in 2004 with a broad listed range of styles, including lagers, IPAs, wheat beers, stouts, sours, and barrel-aged beers. Brewer Bill Wood's biography cites 13 Great American Beer Festival medals, 4 World Beer Cup medals, and state fair ribbons. Gold Coast IPA is a California State Fair third-place winner.
Menu strengths
- — A broad house-brewed range spanning lagers, IPAs, wheat beers, stouts, sours, and barrel-aged beers.
- — Brewer Bill Wood's biography cites 13 Great American Beer Festival medals, 4 World Beer Cup medals, and state fair ribbons.
- — Gold Coast IPA is described as a 3rd place winner at the California State Fair.
Standout selections
- — Gold Coast IPA: American India Pale Ale, 7.3% ABV, 75 IBU, made with Chinook, Amarillo, and Citra hops, and a California State Fair third-place winner.
- — Plowshear Porter: London Porter, 6.1% ABV, 26 IBU, a full-bodied dark ale with roasted malt flavors of coffee and chocolate.
- — Barleywine: English Barleywine, 11% ABV, 50 IBU, brewed to wine strength with extra aging, listed as seasonal and on tap.
- — Doppelbock: Double Bock Lager, 8.4% ABV, German-style double bock brewed with German malts, listed as currently on tap.
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