High Water Merchandise Store Open

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  Drop by and see what treats we have

available now for purchase.

High Water Brewing TAP 25 Tap Takeover

High Water Brewing TAP 25 Tap Takeover

Livermore

Here is a snapshot of what we poured:

Hop Riot IPA™ - 7.3%
Classic West Coast India Pale Ale, El Dorado, Cascade, Mosaic and Chinook hops.

 Hop Logic Imperial IPA™ - 9.5%
Our Imperial IPA, brewed with layers of specialty malts, Magnum,
Centennial, Cascade, Chinook and Mosaic hops.

Aphotic Imperial Porter™ - 9.3%
[ey-foh-tik] Greek, "without light" the depths in water beyond which less than 1% of sunlight penetrates.  A very dark beer with flavors of molasses, cocoa, coffee and licorice.

Campfire Stout™ - 6.5%
All natural graham cracker crumbs, molasses and natural flavoring. Notes of chocolate and graham cracker topped with a hint of marshmallow will “leave you wanting s'more”.

Another Kind of Phrog…Revisited – 7.2%
Classic American Hoppy Amber, collaboration with EJ Phair Brewing

2012 Tramp: Belgian Quad – 10.5%
Figs, raisins and dates, Collaboration with Bison/Uncommon Brewers

2013 Tramp: Belgian Tripel – 10.8%
Persimmons/orange blossom honey, collaboration with Bison/Uncommon Brewers

2014 Workingman's Ale – Jerry Garcia Tribute Beer – 4.5%
Classic English Mild, collaboration with Magnolia Brewing

Brandy Barrel Stout - 1 year in Gallo Brandy Barrel – 7.5%
Slight lactic tartness and natural barrel oxidation with a defined Brandy finish.

Chocolate Raspberry Tart - 1 year in Red Wine Barrel – 4.0%
A Berliner Weisse aged in Red Wine Barrel with Lactobacillus,
With natural Chocolate and Raspberry flavorings.  Brewed at Hermitage

Ramble on Rose – Sour Ale – 4.0%
 Aged with 50 lbs fresh Nui Blueberries from Lodi, Ca.  for one year in a Red Wine barrel
barrel with Rose Petals, Rose Hips and Pink Peppercorns with Lactobacillus. Brewed at Drakes.

Olallieberry Sour  - 4.0%
Aged with 50 lbs of fresh Olallieberries from Pease Ranch in Brentwood, Ca.
in a Red Wine barrel for 1 year with Lactobacillus. Brewed at Devils Canyon.

Old & in The Way™ - 2011 – 11.5%
Barley Wine Aged in Heaven Hill Bourbon Barrels 6 months,
Cellared for 3 years.  Brewed at Drakes Brewing.

Another Kind of Phrog....Revisited

"Another Kind of Phrog... Revisited"

Our newest Release...

Hoppy American Amber

7.2% ABV and 33 IBU

Released 8/3/14:  1/6 bbl and 1/2 bbl draft only

High Water Brewing, Pittsburg, California

 

A truly classic American Amber Ale.  Wonderful balance of malts and hops with a “Extreme Consumability Quotient", “Delicately Quaffable” and “Deliriously Delicious”.

The history of this recipe goes back to the early days of Triple Rock Brewery in Berkeley. Head brewer Sandy Savage brewed a beer called “Tree Frog Ale” at Triple Rock.   Sandy did some consulting work at El Dorado Brewing Company in Stockton in the early 90's and created and brewed a beer he called "Some Kind of Frog" while consulting there based loosely off the Tree Frog Ale recipe.   After buying the El Dorado Brewing brewpub in 1996, I discovered the recipe while looking thru some old brew logs. I modified the recipe and came up with "Another Kind Of Frog".  The beer was a great hit and even earned a 1st Place Gold Medal at the 1999 California State Fair Commercial Craft Beer Competition.  Many years later I have resurrected it and collaborated with Cortlandt Toczylowski at EJ Phair Pittsburgh and have now released the latest Phrog incarnation.   "Another kind of Phrog... Revisited”. Sandy Savage is still brewing at his North Forks Brewery which is a Brewpub/Wedding Chapel/ Pizzeria/ Beer Shrine in Deming, Washington and keeps the Frog tradition alive with his version called "Son of Frog".

Steve Altimari, High Water Brewing, Brewmaster

Le Petit Diablotin

Le Petit Diablotin

American Sour Released

We have been aging this treat for 3 years in red wine

barrels and now it has been bottled and it is heading

to a craft beer store hopefully near you. Brewed and put into 
barrels in June of 2011 at Drakes Brewing. We have blended
 these 3 year aged barrels with other sours barrels that 
were aged 2 years and some"younger" 1 year old barrels.
A healthy mix of Brettanomyces, Pediococcus and Lactobacillus
was added into the barrels and nature was allowed to takes
its course. Some of the pomegranate and cherry notes have faded 
but a complex melange of wood and fruit notes still 
dominate the finish.  Somewhat "Gueuze-like" in its flavors and 
presentation.  A total of 2400 375ml bottles were produced 
along with nine 5 gal kegs.  Don't wait around for this one to 
come to you, get it now and enjoy for many years to come.

Cheers....Steve

It's Barley Wine Time Again!!!!

2013 Old & In The Way Barley Wine

is now hitting the shelves.

Brewed with little American Style flair this year,

plenty of hops for great drinking now or if

you want, lay a few bottles down for future enjoyment.