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| Location | 725 4th Street Santa Rosa, CA, 95404 United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Annual production volume | 1,500 barrels | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Vinnie Cilurzo, Natalie Cilurzo | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.russianriverbrewing.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Russian River Brewing Company is a brewery and brewpub located in downtown Santa Rosa, California.
History
Russian River Brewing Company was created in 1997 when Korbel Champagne Cellars of Guerneville, California decided to try their hand at brewing beer.[1] Brewer Vinnie Cilurzo was hired as brewmaster. Korbel quit the brewing business, and sold the brewery to Cilurzo and his wife Natalie in 2002. Vinnie's Blind Pig brewery changed names to Russian River, remodeled and expanded in 2004, eventually moving to Santa Rosa, at their current 4th Street location. Cilurzo is regarded as one of the most innovative microbrewers in the country[2] and credited with inventing the beer style Double India Pale Ale, known alternately as Imperial IPA, when he was the head brewer at Blind Pig Brewing Company in Temecula, California.
Production
In addition to the 20 barrel brewpub (capable of about 3000 barrels per year),[3] Russian River also has a 50 barrel production brewery, originally from Dogfish Head Brewery.[4] Russian River has distributors in California, Colorado, Oregon, and Pennsylvania. A coolship is used to cool the wort for some of the beers.[5]
Beers
California style
- Aud Blonde - Blonde Ale
- Beer Esteam - California Common Steam Beer
- Blind Pig IPA - India Pale Ale
- Dead Leaf Green - English-Style Pale Ale
- Gaffers - English-Style Pale Ale
- Happy Hops - Hopped-up Blonde Ale
- Hop2It - Single Hop Ale (Sterling)
- Hopfather IPA - India Pale Ale
- HUGElarge Pils - Pilsner
- O.V.L. Stout - Dry Irish Stout (100% nitrogen)
- Pliny the Elder - Double India Pale Ale
- Pliny the Younger - Triple India Pale Ale
- Row 2 Hill 56 - American Pale Ale (Single Hop: Simcoe)
- Russian River IPA - India Pale Ale
- Russian River Porter - Porter
- Segal Select - Pale Ale (Hops from Segal Ranch)
- Shadow of a Doubt - Imperial Porter
Belgian style
- Damnation - Golden Ale
- Defenestration - Hoppy Blonde Ale
- Little White Lie - Witbier
- Mortification - Quadruppel
- Perdition - Bier de Sonoma
- Redemption - "Single" Blonde Ale
- Rejection - Black Ale
- Salvation - Strong Dark Ale
Barrel aged
(All of Russian River's barrel-aged beers contain Brettanomyces)[6]
- Beatification - Aged with wild yeasts
- Compunction - Aged with pluots
- Consecration - Strong dark ale aged in Cabernet Sauvignon barrels with black currants added
- Damnation Batch 23 - Belgian gold aged with oak chips
- Deification - Barrel-aged Pale Ale
- Erudition - Saison
- Publication - Saison
- Propitiation - Porter aged in barrels
- Supplication - Brown Ale aged in pinot noir barrels
- Sanctification - Blonde aged in stainless steel tanks with 100% Brettanomyces
- Temptation - Blonde Ale aged in chardonnay barrels
Collaboration
- Brux (with Sierra Nevada)
Awards
Russian River Brewing Company and Vinnie Cilurzo have won numerous awards for their beer.
- 1999 Great American Beer Festival - "Small Brewing Company of the Year"
- 1999 Great American Beer Festival - "Small Brewing Company Brewmaster of the Year"
- 2004 World Beer Cup - "Large Brewpub Champion Brewery"
- 2004 World Beer Cup - "Large Brewpub Champion Brewmaster"
- 2005 Malt Advocate - "Brewery of the Year"
- 2006 World Beer Cup - "Large Brewpub Champion Brewery"
- 2006 World Beer Cup - "Large Brewpub Champion Brewmaster"
- 2008 Russell Schehrer Award - Awarded to Vinnie Cilurzo for "Innovation in Craft Brewing"
Individual beer awards
- 1997 Great American Beer Festival - Silver Medal Robust Porter - Russian River Porter
- 1998 Great American Beer Festival - Bronze Medal Robust Porter - Russian River Porter
- 1999 Great American Beer Festival - Gold Medal Belgian-style Ale - Damnation
- 1999 Great American Beer Festival - Gold Medal Extra Special Bitter - Russian River ESB
- 1999 Great American Beer Festival - Silver Medal Golden/Blonde Ale - Golden Wheat Ale
- 2000 World Beer Cup - Gold Medal India Pale Ale - Russian River IPA
- 2001 Great American Beer Festival - Silver Medal Belgian-style Ale - Damnation
- 2001 Great American Beer Festival - Gold Medal Golden/Blonde Ale - Golden Wheat Ale
- 2002 Great American Beer Festival - Gold Medal Belgian-style Specialty Ale - Temptation
- 2002 World Beer Cup - Silver Medal Belgian-style Dark Ale - Salvation
- 2003 Great American Beer Festival - Silver Medal Belgian-style Specialty Ale - Temptation
- 2004 World Beer Cup - Silver Medal Other Belgian-style Ale - Temptation
- 2004 World Beer Cup - Silver Medal Belgian and French-style Ale - Perdition
- 2004 World Beer Cup - Gold Medal Classic Irish-style Dry Stout - O.V.L. Stout
- 2004 Great American Beer Festival - Silver Medal Belgian-style Specialty Ale - Damnation
- 2004 Great American Beer Festival - Bronze Medal Double IPA - Pliny the Elder
- 2005 Great American Beer Festival - Silver Medal Belgian-style Sour Ale - Supplication
- 2005 Great American Beer Festival - Gold Medal Double IPA - Pliny the Elder
- 2006 World Beer Cup - Gold Medal Double IPA - Pliny the Elder
- 2006 World Beer Cup - Gold Medal American IPA - Blind Pig IPA
- 2006 World Beer Cup - Gold Medal Other Belgian Style Ale - Temptation
- 2006 Great American Beer Festival - Gold Medal Double IPA - Pliny the Elder
- 2006 Great American Beer Festival - Bronze Medal Golden/Blonde Ale - Aud Blonde
- 2007 Great American Beer Festival - Silver Medal Belgian Style Sour Ale - Supplication
- 2007 Great American Beer Festival - Silver Medal American Style India Pale Ale - Blind Pig IPA
- 2007 Great American Beer Festival - Silver Medal Wood and Barrel-aged Sour Beer - Temptation
- 2008 World Beer Cup - Gold Medal Belgian Style Dark Strong Ale - Salvation
- 2008 World Beer Cup - Silver Medal Wood and Barrel-aged Sour Beer - Temptation
- 2008 Great American Beer Festival - Gold Medal Belgian and French-Style Ale - Redemption
- 2008 Great American Beer Festival - Silver Medal American-Style India Pale Ale - Blind Pig IPA
See also
References
- ^ "Russian River Brewing Company -- About Us".
- ^ Anderson, Lessley (September 08, 2008). "Vinnie Cilurzo Gets Funky: The daring beers of Russian River Brewing Company". CHOW.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Brew-Monkey's Brewer Interview of Vinnie Cilurzo from Russian River Brewing Company". Brew-Monkey.com. May 02, 2007. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Russian River's First Brew Day, Part 2". Brookston Beer Bulletin. May 09, 2008. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
The new brew kettle, formerly at Dogfish Head Brewery in Delaware.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Roberts, James. "The coolship is landing". Anchorage Press. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
- ^ Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
Vinnie Cilurzo Interviewed, retrieved 2010-02-20