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Grab the glass. Spin it to see the mark, tip it until it spills, then pull a fresh one. It's the only beer at Woodhouse you're allowed to waste.
Straight from our bar. This list updates itself from what we're pouring right now: house beers, guest taps, spritzes, cider, wine and zero proof.
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Santa Cruz drank us dry. When a whole town shows up for a small independent brewery, beer disappears faster than you can make it. Thank you.
We've raised the bar across the brewery and brought on two meticulous, science driven brewers focused on consistency and quality. The early results are outstanding.
The next generation of Woodhouse beer is on its way.
Science and heart, in equal measure.
Jeff and Gino bring decades of experience, a deep respect for the craft, and a shared obsession with making exceptional beer.
Together, they bring science, heart, and soul to every batch. Brewing is one of humanity's oldest traditions, a craft that has shaped cultures, brought communities together, and evolved over thousands of years. Jeff and Gino carry that legacy forward with curiosity, creativity, and a healthy respect for everything there is still to learn.
From the chemistry of fermentation to the delicate balance of hops, malt, and yeast, every detail is considered, every ingredient has a purpose, and every beer is an opportunity to create something extraordinary.
They know that great brewing is equal parts precision, intuition, and a little creative instinct. Because numbers can tell you a beer is correct, but only people can tell you it's good.
Science gets every batch to the line. Heart carries it over. That's the whole recipe, and it's the same one we use for everything else in this building.
Jeff's roots run through Monterey and Carmel Valley, with a career spanning Gordon Biersch, award-winning brewing, winemaking, and his own Hidden Hills Brewing.
Coming of age in the Monterey Bay Area, he found himself in the two worlds of craft beer and wine, and has dedicated the last decade and a half to both. Come taste the inspiration, and his dedication to Carmel, Carmel Valley and the Monterey Bay coast.
Gino brings his own impressive range of experience, from brewing at Shanty Shack to exploring the art of distilling at Venus Spirits.
That range, from the brewhouse to the still, shows up in every beer he touches at Woodhouse.
Brewing is older than writing, and it has always been about gathering. We're just the latest stop on a very long timeline.
Residue in stone mortars at Raqefet Cave near Mount Carmel suggests the Natufian people were brewing a grain based, beer-like drink, likely for feasts honoring the dead. It's the oldest known evidence of brewing.
Chemical traces of barley beer found in clay jars in the Zagros Mountains are some of the earliest proof of beer as an everyday drink.
The crews who built the pyramids received daily beer rations, often cited at around four to five liters a day. Thick, nourishing and safer than the water.
The Hymn to Ninkasi, goddess of beer, praises her while walking through the steps of brewing: the bappir bread, the soaking malt, the fermenting vat.
The Code of Hammurabi set rules for beer sellers. A tavern keeper caught short pouring could face drowning. We'll stick to honest pints.
Sean's Bar traces its roots to around 900 CE and is widely called Ireland's oldest pub. Same idea as ours: a warm room, a drink and the whole town.
Weihenstephan Abbey is considered the oldest continuously operating brewery in the world. Monasteries brewed for pilgrims and travelers, the original brewpubs.
Abbess Hildegard of Bingen wrote that hops' bitterness keeps a drink from spoiling. Before hops, brewers flavored beer with gruit, a blend of herbs.
The Reinheitsgebot limited beer to water, barley and hops. Yeast wasn't on the list because no one knew it existed yet.
After Prohibition, brewing and selling beer under one roof was largely illegal. Yakima, Washington got the first modern American brewpub in 1982, and Mendocino Brewing opened California's first in Hopland in 1983.
A brewery, kitchen, stage and gathering place at 119 Madrone St. Thirteen thousand years later, still about the same thing: good beer and good company.
Beers that came, poured and sold out. Some will be back.
Open bar packages
Our open bar packages put house pale ale, IPA and light beer on tap for your guests, with wine, cider, seltzer and a signature cocktail on the select package.