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Triple Rock’s 25th Anniversary

March 16, 2011 By Jay Brooks

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Monday marked the 25th anniversary of Triple Rock Brewery & Alehouse’s opening in 1986. Triple Rock was the third brewpub to open in California, the fifth in the U.S., and the only one still owned and operated by the original founders — John and Reid Martin. I stopped by this afternoon to join in the celebration and partake of the special beers that brewmaster Rodger Davis whipped up for the occasion.

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The Triple Rock truck was running again and parked out front.

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Davis re-created Batch No. 1, the first beer Triple Rock brewed.

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The first beer John and Reid brewed was a pale ale created on Christmas Day in 1985. Rodger altered the recipe slightly to account for different yeast and varied the amount of hops.

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Several former Triple Rock brewers stopped by for the party, including Shaun O’Sullivan, co-founder of 21st Amendment, whose first brewing job was at Triple Rock.

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AT 5:00 p.m., co-founder John Martin tapped a firkin of the Batch No. 1 that current brewmaster Rodger Davis dry-hopped and aged for a beer that was both historical and modern.

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Founders, and original brewers, John and Reid Martin, with their latest brewer, Rodger Davis, toasted the first 25 years with a beer bridging the past, the present and their future.

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John Martin with Shaun O’Sullivan, Reid Martin, Homer Smith (owner of the local homebrew shop, Oak Barrel, where the Martins bought all the ingredients for their first batch in 1985), and longtime beer salesman Ed Chainey.

Congratulations to John and Reid Martin. I hope to try the next anniversary beer 25 years from now.

Filed Under: Beers, Breweries, Events, News Tagged With: Brewpubs, History



Comments

  1. Daniel Del Grande says

    March 17, 2011 at 10:38 am

    Congratulations to John Martin and the whole Triple Rock family including all the great brewers over the years. I’ve enjoyed Triple Rock as a Cal student, and now as a fellow craft brewer. Wish I could have been there to say that in person!

  2. Ron Silberstein says

    March 17, 2011 at 7:03 pm

    Congrats to all! I sure do wish I had been at the anniversary party!

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