California Wild Ales Opens Tasting Room in Ocean Beach; Launches May the 4th Beer Release

California Wild Ale Announces Third Annual "May the 4th be With You" Bottle Release
Including New Sour Ales Made with Citra Hops & Kohatu Hops from New Zealand
 
- 10 sour ales including a sour ale kombucha blend from The Tap Shack and two new sour

ales made with hops to celebrate Star Wars Day

 
SAN DIEGO (May 4, 2021) – California Wild Ales, San Diego’s Sour House and the city’s
only all-barrel-aged sour brewery, today announced its third annual “May the Fourth be With
You,” bottle release celebrating all things “Star Wars.” The brewery is releasing 10 new sour
ales, including a sour ale kombucha blend and two new sour ales made with hops including,
“Jabba the Hopp with Citra hops'' and “Jabba the Hopp with Kohatu Hops,” to commemorate
Star Wars Day.
In addition, the May the Fourth lineup includes old favorites like, “May the Force Be With
Yuzu,” “Padme Almond-ala,” “The Dark Side,” “ImPEARial Stormtrooper,” and “Darth Citrus.”
“We are beyond thrilled that we can hold this year’s May the 4 th celebration in-person at our new
tasting room in Ocean Beach as well as our existing tasting room in Sorrento Valley,” said Bill
DeWitt, co-owner and founder of California Wild Ales. “It’s the perfect way for us to kick off
the grand opening and offer some really unique wild ales to the public.”
“It’s great to bring back some of the most popular blends and add a couple new ones. I was
inspired to use hops to add the unique taste profile of each hop style in our beer,” said Zack
Brager, co-owner and founder of California Wild Ales. “With dry-hopped sours, you get all the
flavor of the hop without the bitterness from using them in the brewing process. It's a fun way to
showcase individual hops.”
The May the 4 th lineup of sour beer will be available at both the Ocean Beach and Sorrento
Valley tasting rooms and for online sales for curbside pickup at the California Wild Ales
brewery and tasting room located at 4202 Sorrento Valley Blvd., Ste. L. Customers can
visit: www.californiawildales.com or call (855) WILD-ALE or (855) 945-3253 to place orders.
Each order will be accompanied by stickers and artwork of the special Star Wars-inspired
designed for the event.
 
Rebel Alliance Lineup
• May the Force Be With Yuzu: two-barrel wild ale blend with yuzu and sea salt
• Mangolorian: overripe mango added to the 12-month barrel-aged golden ale, before an
addition of ginger and local honey.
• Padme Almondala: sea salt plus lightly roasted almonds were added to golden ale
• Chewboocha: higher-ABV golden sour base with carrot, turmeric, ginger, and cayenne
pepper kombucha; collaboration with TapShack OB

• C3POrange; made with local oranges, a bright refreshing citrus sour.

The Dark Side Lineup
• Jabba the Hopp – 12-month barrel-aged golden sour made with Citra hops
• Jabba the Hopp with Kohatu Hops - 12-month barrel-aged golden sour made with Kohatu
hops from New Zealand
• Mango Fett: overripe mango added to the 12-month barrel-aged golden ale, before an
addition of jalapeño and sea salt
• The Dark Side: barrel-aged golden sour plus beet, pomegranate, and hibiscus kombucha from
TapShack OB
• ImPEARial Stormtrooper: Julian pears and Saigon cinnamon feature in this 7.5% ABV
Imperial sour
• Darth Citrus: wild ale with Escondido-procured Persian limes, Meyer lemons, and satsuma
mandarins
 
There will only be 80 of “Jabba the Hopp with Citra Hop,” and 120 “Jabba the Hopp with
Kohatu Hop” available in 500ml bottles.
About California Wild Ales
California Wild Ales, San Diego’s Sour House, is San Diego’s only all-barrel-aged sour brewery.
It began creating fresh and funky wild ale in 2015 and opened its tasting room in 2018. The
brewery’s sour beer is aged in American, French, and Hungarian oak barrels for a minimum of
nine months and uses fresh, local produce from local San Diego farmers. California Wild Ales is
known for its branding, which includes characters representing the yeast and bacteria that’s used
to ferment the sour beer named Lacto (short for Lactobacillus), Brett (short for Brettanomyces)
and Pety (short for Pediococcus). www.californiawildales.com
 
About TapShack
Based in Ocean Beach, California TapShack’s mission is to create the best-tasting, highest-
quality kombucha and cold-brew coffee possible that combines modern brewing techniques with
an ancient craft. We strive to push the boundaries on kombucha and cold-brew coffee innovation
and fuel the daily lives of individuals through irresistible flavor and quality that improves the
feeling of well-being and health. Driven by the passion for craft beverages, owners Chris and
Amanda Bourgeois created TapShack to share with the local community and
beyond. www.tapshackob.com
  
Online Star Wars Beer Shop
https://www.californiawildales.com/product-category/beer/star-wars/

California Wild Ales Opens New Tasting Room in Ocean Beach
- Brewery Introduces its First Lager, a New Line-up of Seltzers and an Pale Ale Made in

Collaboration with Ocean Beach Brewery

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- Tasting Room Features Décor Donated by the Ocean Beach Community
SAN DIEGO (May 4, 2020) – California Wild Ales, San Diego’s Sour House, and the city’s
only all-barrel-aged American sour brewery, today announced the opening of its new tasting
room in Ocean Beach, California located at 4896 Newport Ave. Starting May 4, the tasting room
will be open to the public and offer a wide selection of its barrel-aged sour ales featuring local
and seasonal fruit, as well as the brewery’s first-ever lager, a variety of seltzers and a pale ale
made in collaboration with Ocean Beach Brewery.
The new tasting room in Ocean Beach is an expansion for the brewery and will be an extension
of its existing Sorrento Valley, California brewery and tasting room. The tasting room will be
open Sunday.-Thursday 12:00pm-10:00pm and Friday-Saturday 12pm-12am. The new location
has a capacity of 49. Upon opening, the tasting room will be open with limited capacity due to
Covid-19 restrictions.
The fun and funky tasting room features a number of art installations by California Wild Ales co-
owner Bill DeWitt. CWA was able to source pennies from the OB community to create a copper
penny floor, which took over 150 hours to complete. The backsplash of the draft system was
created using Legos which were also collected from friends and neighbors in the OB community.
In addition, wood planks from Ocean Beach, including old pallets and fences, adorn one of the
walls as well as ornate mirrors, following the same style of the Sorrento Valley location.
“Designing the new tasting room and creating it the way we wanted was a dream come true and a
true community effort,” said Bill DeWitt, co-owner of California Wild Ales. “Everyone pitched
in to help and a number of community members donated everything from wood, pennies, legos,
and old mirrors. This was truly a community effort.”
Bill continued, “We have a very clear vision: to be a place where people come to celebrate life in
San Diego’s funkiest neighborhood. It’s also exciting to offer an expanded range of beverage
offerings including seltzers, and beer flavored beers. Our collab with OB Brewery should be
ready in the upcoming weeks.”
In an effort to offer patrons a wider variety of ales beyond sour beer, California Wild Ales
partnered with Samantha Olson, head brewer at Bivouac Ciderworks, to create our very first
lager for the new Ocean Beach location. The new lager uses mostly German pilsner malt with a

small addition of white wheat and Hallertau Blanc and Saaz hops. The result is a crisp and semi-
sweet ale with a slight bitterness. A great beer for any moment.
“We are truly humbled by the outpour of support by the OB community and are extremely
excited to introduce Ocean Beach visitors and locals alike to our unique sour ales, “said Zack
Brager, co-owner and founder of California Wild Ales. “At the same time, we are happy to now
offer ‘clean beer,’ and seltzers, giving people several options and helping to create a welcoming
atmosphere for everyone.”
The brewery’s new tasting room in Ocean Beach will offer a wide variety of beers on tap
including some of its most popular such as Pineapple Upside Down Cake, Carlsbad Blueberry
made with blueberries from The Flower Fields in Carlsbad, CA, Rosé made from grapes from
Summer’s Vineyard in Escondido, and a number of other small batch beers made with local fruit
and ingredients. The brewery will also introduce new beers regularly on an ongoing basis.
The California Wild Ales brewery and tasting room in Sorrento Valley is located at 4202
Sorrento Valley Blvd., Ste. L and is open Wednesday and Thursday 12:00-3:00pm PST and
Friday, Saturday and Sunday 12:00-5:00pm PST. Customers can visit:
www.californiawildales.com or call (855) WILD-ALE or (855) 945-3253 to place orders in
advance.
In addition, California Wild Ales can ship its beer to Alaska, Connecticut, District of Columbia,
Florida, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New York.
About California Wild Ales
California Wild Ales, San Diego’s Sour House, is San Diego’s only all barrel-aged sour brewery.
It began creating fresh and funky sour beers in 2015 and opened its tasting room in 2018. The
brewery’s sour beer is aged in American, French, and Hungarian oak barrels for a minimum of
nine months and uses fresh, seasonal produce from local San Diego farmers resulting in a
refreshing, tart flavor profile and depth often associated with fine wine. The brewery uses mixed
and wild fermentation methods using probiotic yeast and bacteria strains including Lactobacillus,
Brettanomyces, and Pediococcus. For more information,
visit: https://www.californiawildales.com/

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