Our Costa Mesa Location aka @greencheekbeertoo
2957 Randolph Ave unit B
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
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11am-11pm
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Our Lime Seltzer is dry, bubbly and hits with a kiss of real lime. This thing is naturally gluten-free and has just a dab of cane sugar added to it after fermentation. Enjoy as is, or pour over ice. It’s pretty fun with a shot of Mezcal or Gin, made as a Michelada, or maybe even a slice of jalapeño for some heat. With it being the limey blank canvas that it is, you can drink it however you want.
We’ve got some Hard Lemonade for sale! And look at that color! That beautiful, natural color comes from the use of an insane amount of lavender pods that we use to brew a ginormous, fresh batch of lavender tea, that then gets blended with our lemonade-style seltzer. It drinks pretty balanced, with the acidity and sweetness hitting at just the right level, and then a soft tannic hit of dryness from the lavender. Enjoy straight out of the can, or pour over ice. Also legit with a dram of Old Tom Gin.
Using all German ingredients, except for the water, each batch is another baby step towards recreating what we’ve experienced in Munich. Straw in color, with a subtly and nuance that is hard to describe and instead needs to be experienced! Notes of fresh baked bread, herbal tea, and puffed rice, create a beer style that is praised for it’s liter-worthy drinkability.
The heavy base of Vienna malt sings the loudest out of this complicated and layered malt bill that includes only German grown malted barley. The malt derived flavors of graham cracker, toasted wheat bread, and candied walnuts may sound like a beer big enough to chew on, but instead the sweetness is restrained and drinkability remains present. You’ll get just a dab of mid-palate sweetness in the sip that all gets washed away in the crisp finish. Ps. It’s a lager!
Employing the simplest list of ingredients: Bohemian Pilsner Malt, Czech Saaz hops, and lager yeast. We spent 8 weeks lagering until just right, and then filtered it to brilliant beautifulness. A lovely beer that we’re excited for you to try, as well as crush at relative speediness until that moment when your unrelenting mind calms and leisure takes its rightful grasp.
Most hop breeding programs seem to focus on the New School tropical varieties that get all of us brewers excited, but our pals over at @indiehops have been busy working on something different. Let me introduce Lórien hops! A new Oregon grown varietal from the @colemanagriculture farm that we think is a wonderful cross between noble German varieties, and American grown Cascade. We upped the dry hop on this 2nd batch to show off those Lórien hops even further. Left unfiltered and unfined after its time lagering.
West Coast Pale Ale w/ Columbus Cryo, Citra & Chinook For all those Dads out there that refuse to drink all these seltzer-milkshake-fruit bomb IPAs, and whatever else the kids are drinking these days, here’s one for you! What does it taste like? Well, it tastes like beer, and hits with hoppy layers of fresh mango, papaya candy and apricot skins. It’s dry and bitter, and easy drinking.
If you didn't get a chance to try Home Run Race, an Other Half release that we collab'd with them on for their Green City Fest, you're almost kinda in luck! We took that recipe and riff'd it a bit to use Sam's holy trinity of hops (Motueka, Citra & Simcoe). The result is beautifully clear, with a firm bitterness and a moderate level of sticky resin in the finish. Flavor profile? Think of yuzu zest, clementine oranges, and kiwi.
Years ago when west coast IPA died, we cried our eyes out and did our absolute darndest to keep our heads up about it. With the resurrection of this clear & bitter style, we utilized a hop variety that is at the beginning of it's life, Strata. Enjoyment is just the beginning. Showcasing the lighter color we associate with our California IPA's, this beer is all about that satisfyingly clean bitterness, it’s lean body, and flavorful layers of stinky guava, pineapple candy, and Riesling from all those rad hops. A fun marriage of new with tried-and-true.
A Hazy IPA chalk full of more hops than we should probably admit! Brewed with 40% unmalted wheat and a flavorful yeast, this tasty buddy is a fun mélange of Ekuanot, Mosaic, and Simcoe hops.
Every once in a while we’re in this neat little spot where we haven’t predetermined what dry hops we want to use on these monster DIPA’s. We’ll stand around, sniff, sip, and pontificate on what we think may work out best. Our esteemed Cellarperson, Jose, was in the driver’s seat for the first time, and put together a magical blend of dry hops that hit the bullseye like a pro. Tasting notes? Jose says "A healthy serving of white grape, melon, and tangerine. Tastes like peaches and cream at first, if you ask me, and finishes with a subtle piney bitterness."
Our pal JC Tetreault from Trillium is an avid farmer. So when we decided to riff off his Big Bird New England DIPA, it was important to him that we use California grown malt in it. We chose an array of barley, oats and wheat from @admiralmaltings , and double dry hopped (sorry for leaving that off the label!) with equal parts of our favorite lot of Citra from @colemanagriculture and Nelson from @freestylehops . The result is BIG and juicy, and maintains an incredible balance of grapefruit bitterness and Riesling sweetness.
Our good bud JC Hill flew down from @alvaradostreetbrewery a few weeks ago and we totally hung out for the day! We brewed up this huge hoppy beer together, talked shop, drank a bunch of beers, played some ping pong, and then went to this super sweet Izakaya spot for dinner. He sent us down some of his super hard to get Riwakwa hops from New Zealand for us to use in the dry hop, and then we blended together 3 different lots of Citra in with it to hit that profile just right. But how does it taste? It’s full-bodied, with a huge juiciness that tastes more like Kern’s Apricot Nectar, than Kern’s Apricot Nectar even tastes like Kern’s Apricot Nectar!! Sure there’re other things going on, but that Kerns thing is really all that matters.
We've made this beer for our dear friend Lucy, who lives with Cystic Fibrosis (CF). Our hope is to raise awareness and some funds to hopefully find a cure for this rare condition. Starting today, we';; be selling this on draft at both spots, where $1 of every pint of this beer sold will go to the @cf_foundation via the @cff_oc Our Ruby Brown Ale is kinda like a cross between an Irish Red Ale and English Brown Ale, where it leans heavier on caramel malt depth, and then goes lighter on the mix of nutty and roasty yumminess that finishes crisp and dry. Medium in body, pint worthy and super fun to drink. So much so, you should have two...you know, for charity!
Rolling through the week here with a new variation on our fruited Berliner Weisse series! You probably put two and two together based off the name above, and maybe I don’t need to tell ya, but I will anyway… this one has Passionfruit! Yep, loads of pureed passionfruit was added during fermentation to create something that is heavily passionfruit forward, with just the right amount of sourness, and a wonderfully bone-dry finish.
Our love for low acid mixed culture beer is something that we're proud to showcase in our little beer program. We continue to learn that patience is a key ingredient in these beers, as just the keg conditioning process took 7 months to complete. Brewed with raw wheat, pilsner malt, some noble hops, and then fermented in our French Oak Foeder in early 2021 at our spot in Orange. The result is super soft on the palate, with the bitterness and acidity both restrained, and the stone fruit and funk being at a wonderfully complex level. Tasting notes? Things like orange flower water, nectarine flesh, Wheaties, and Pinkberry original.
We made an unspiced white ale, aged it for one year in stainless with Appalachian mixed culture that our pals from Fonta Flora, Hawt Tawd & Jer Bear, sent us from their hometown. We then soaked it on Fresh California Yuzu zest and bottle conditioned it with Local OC Honey. The result is a super refreshing white ale, that exercises restraint and focuses on nuance in ways that make us brewers happy.
A blend of 2 batches. One brewed in Nov 2020 and the other brewed in January 2021, this was aged in stainless until December 2021, and then canned a couple weeks back. A beer that celebrates some of the good qualities that age and slow oxidation can play on a beer of this strength. The color is like rich mahogany. The body is thick, with a good, well rounded bitterness to match. The flavor profile is all mission figs, fruit cake, and rum & cola
KELLER PILS STS Pils is a classic European style Pilsner. It is straw in color and often times will have a slight haze due to the fact that it is unfiltered. STS Pils is a hop forward pilsner with a mild malt foundation, strong lager yeast characteristic, and a dry, bitter finish.
A true leader in the hop-wars of the west coast, Pliny the Elder hits you over the head with hoppy bitterness and manages to smooth the rough edges out enough to become an enjoyable brew.
Oak Aged Missouri Wheat Saison. Saison du Blé is the harmony of a fluffy Wheat Saison and a tart, Missouri Saison. The wheat balances a very dry body with a creamy, billowy mouthfeel, and our local microflora adds complexity and acidity. This Saison was aged in Chardonnay barrels and an American Oak Foedre for several months before being naturally conditioned in this bottle.
Pride // Dry Cider
$13
Love you Bunches // Red Wine
$11
Rose
Chardonnay
$10
Two 3oz Beef Patties, American Cheese, Grilled Onions, & Burger Sauce on a Potato Bun.
$12
Grilled chicken, bacon, cilantro sauce, swiss cheese, butter lettuce, tomato, & avocado spread on a challah bun!
$10
Single 1/4 lb Beef Patty, American Cheese, Butter Lettuce, Tomato, Raw Onions & Burger Sauce on a Challah Bun.
Add Crushed Avocado $2
Add House Bacon $1
$12
Grilled chicken, fresh mozzarella cheese, tomato, leafy greens, pesto, and balsamic glaze on a demi baquette.
$12
Beer battered fried chicken breast, coleslaw, pickles, & spicy aioli on a challah bun.
$10
Single 1/4 lb Vegan Patty, Crispy French Onions, Rainbow Greens, Avocado Mash, Lemon Infused Veganase with a Balsamic Reduction on a Vegan Bun
Make it a Double!! // $12
Full $10 // Half $5
Orecchiette pasta, pesto, cherry tomatoe, kalamata olives, & parmesan cheese.
Add Chicken $4
$10
Fresh Butter Lettuce, Feta Cheese, Kalamata Olives, Red Onion, Tomato, & Cucumber.
Add Chicken $4
Add Calabrian Chilis $2
$8
Brioche, bananas, walnuts, vanilla cream sauce, cinnamon whipped cream, topped with cinnamon toast crunch.
$10
Circus cookie crust cheesecake with fresh whipped cream.
$3
$7
Your choice of house made fries or tots, american cheese, grilled onions, bacon bits, Burger Sauce.
$3
$12
Large german pretzel with stone ground mustard & house-made beer cheese.