Grouse Mountain
Brewery
Homebrewing for the Birds
Welcome to Grouse Mountain Brewery!
Grouse Mountain is my personal 10 gallon home-brewery located in Eureka, California. I specialize in German and Scottish style ales, as well as seasonal lagers, meads, and cider. I make beer for special occasions (like my friend's wedding in June) and when I have money. Ah, the life of a student! I will also have a booth a Hops in Humboldt in Fortuna, CA in August.
History of Grouse Mountain
I have been homebrewing since Jan 2003. I love it. I joke that my homebrewing is 'Plan B' in case my career in wildlife managment doesn't take off, but in reality it's something I will do for the rest of my life. In the last year I have started to hone my skills, and am upgrading to All-Grain, as well as focus more on German and Scottish varieties of beer. Humboldt County has a lot of great local microbrews, and although I love all kinds of beer, there seems to be too many 'american' and 'californian' style beers made that bury your tastebuds in hops and the effervescence of carbon dioxide. I don't know if it's my scottish blood or just my tastebuds, but the strong hops is not a taste I care for and as a result I don't make many IPAs or other high-hopped beers. This may be changing with the addition of hops to my garden, but I have read that homegrown hops are different than store-bought and they lend themselves to more refined hopped ales, we will see.
On Tap
'Red Eye' IPA
Heather Belles Hefewiezen
Black Mountain Marzen
Mad River Pale Ale
Fermenting
Chocolate Mead
Apple Mead-pagne
Blueberry Mead
Heather Rose Rhromdrel
Dol Mul Metheglin
On Deck
Irish Red Ale