North Coast Brewing Company

The North Coast Brewing Company is a craft brewery located in Fort Bragg, California. As of 2018, it is the -largest craft brewer by annual sales volume in the United States.

History
The North Coast Brewing Company was founded in 1988 as a brewpub by Mark Ruedrich, Tom Allen and Doug Moody, producing 400 barrels of beer its first year. In 1996, they acquired the rights to the Acme Brewing Company brand, originally founded in San Francisco in 1907.

Current
North Coast Brewing Company currently produces 13 beers year-round as well as 4 seasonal beers that are produced quarterly.

Year-round

 * Blue Star - unfiltered American wheat beer
 * Brother Thelonious - Belgian-style strong dark ale, in honor of Thelonious Monk and some profits are donated to the education programs at the Monterey Jazz Festival
 * Foggy Day IPA - Hazy IPA
 * Laguna Baja - Vienna dark lager
 * Le Merle - saison
 * North Coast Steller IPA - India pale ale
 * Old No. 38 - Dublin dry stout
 * Old Rasputin - Russian imperial stout
 * Old Stock Ale - Old ale, also bottled in limited reserve vintages and barrel-aged, including one to benefit
 * Pacific Magic IPA - IPA
 * PranQster - Belgian-style golden ale
 * Red Seal - American amber ale
 * Scrimshaw - pilsner

Barrel-aged

 * Barrel Aged Old Rasputin XXIV - Russian imperial stout, aged in bourbon whiskey barrels
 * Barrel Aged Old Rasputin XXIII - Russian imperial stout, aged in bourbon whiskey barrels
 * Barrel Aged Old Rasputin XXIII - Russian imperial stout, aged in rye whiskey barrels
 * Barrel Aged Old Rasputin XXII - Russian imperial stout, aged in bourbon whiskey barrels
 * Barrel Aged Old Rasputin XXII - Russian imperial stout, aged in rye whiskey barrels
 * Barrel Aged Old Rasputin XXI - Russian imperial stout, aged in bourbon whiskey barrels

Limited reserve

 * Anniversary XX - agave nectar pale ale, released in celebration of the brewery's Twentieth anniversary

Retired

 * Acme California Brown - Brown ale
 * Acme IPA - California India pale ale
 * Beer Engine Red - Irish red ale
 * Black Hart - a dry Irish-style stout
 * Class of '88 - a barley wine produced in collaboration with Rogue Ales and distributed via Deschutes Brewery's channels
 * Cru D'or - Dubbel
 * Grand Cru - brewed with agave nectar and aged in used bourbon barrels
 * Mary's Pilsner - Pilsner
 * ''Puck the Beer" - Petite Saison
 * Wintertime Ale - Christmas beer