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Valiant Goes Big With California Quad IPA

Upon one sip of Valiant Brewing’s Quad IPA Alpha Overdrive, I’m pretty sure I reached a higher level of cosmic consciousness. Incense quickly filled the room, a third eye opened up inside my glass and I’m pretty sure brewer/owner Brian Schroepfer started to charm a cobra out of a mash tun with a pungi flute. […]

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Valiant Brewing Co. Releases Barleywine

Hot on the heels of its six-month anniversary, Orange’s newest microbrewery has released Stentorian, a 13.3% ABV barrel-aged English barleywine. “We’ve been waiting a long time for this,” says brewmaster Brian Schroepfer, who owns and operates Valiant Brewing Company with his wife Kelly. Schroepfer developed the recipe for Stentorian years ago, and brewed this batch […]

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Sustainable Brewing: Good for the Beer, Great for the Earth

Reduce, reuse, recycle—nowadays, that’s a concept just about everyone can agree on. And one of the major behind-the-scenes benefits of operating a brewery is the opportunity it gives us to do just that: reuse and recycle our materials in unique ways. Since the start of this year, we’ve created 24 tons—that’s no typo, guys: tons—of […]

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The Valiant Lineup: Octave

Part 5 in our ongoing series of posts introducing you to the Valiant family of beers. Today’s installment: Octave. It’s no shocker that Belgian pale ales dominate the brewing scene in Belgium—especially after you’ve tasted one. These are easy-drinking beers with a malty taste and the pleasant aroma of hops (without the bitterness). Valiant’s Belgian […]

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The Valiant Lineup: Hotspur

Part 4 in our ongoing series of posts introducing you to the Valiant family of beers. Today’s installment: Hotspur. The inspiration for our Dunkelweizen, Hotspur, comes from southern Germany, as you might have guessed. If your German beer skills are sharp, you already know that “dunkel” means “dark,” and “weizen” means “wheat.” It’s a dark […]

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The Valiant Lineup: 31 Kings

Part 3 in our ongoing series of posts introducing you to the Valiant family of beers. Today’s installment: 31 Kings. You’ve already met our Imperial IPA (Jericho) — now we’ll introduce you to our IPA, 31 Kings. 31 Kings is part of our Common Sense Series, session beers that are low in alcohol—and are designed […]

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The Valiant Lineup: Jericho

Part 2 in our ongoing series of posts introducing you to the Valiant family of beers. Today’s installment: Jericho. Craft breweries love to make beers that stand out from the crowd—and hops’ incredible spectrum of flavors and aromas offers an excellent way to do this. Here on the West Coast, it’s tough not to find […]

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The Valiant Lineup: Veranda

As we prepare for our opening day (date soon to be announced!), we’d like to introduce you to each of our beers. Up first is Veranda. Part of our Pillars of Strength series, Veranda is our Bière de Garde (“beer for keeping”). In common with the other beers in this series, Veranda is hardy, strong, […]

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No Sense of Smell!

We posted a question on Face Book asking everyone what they thought would be the worst thing that could happen to a craft beer drinker or brewer. We did reveal what we thought would be one of the worst things which is losing your sense of smell. This question is somewhat out of the blue […]

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