Trekking The World of Craft Beer Reno/Cali Style!

Craft Beer Breweries Making a Mark-Reno to Sacramento

Moonraker Brewing

Moonraker Brewing Tap Room
Award winning craft beers in the CA tradition. Great quality, great knowledgeable staff, brewed on premise, patio and taproom seating.

Opened on Earth Day 2016. Dedicated to making a craft beer in a sustainable fashion that for people who want high quality beer. They opted for an electric boiler for brewing operation and with over 1100 solar panels, they produce enough energy to produce beer, operate our taproom, and continue to bank power. Give or take a few styles they have 30 beers on tap.

California allows kids at the brewery facilities and Moonraker provide games, beverages, and food suitable for kids.

3 minutes just off the I-80 in North Auburn. Well worth the stop going or coming from the Bay Area.

Inside Tap Room at Moonraker Brewing. It is a working space also with brewing going on. Meeting and function rooms are just off the Tap Room.

Food/Entertainment Options are Plentiful.

Virtually every day of the weed there is a food truck at the gate into The Pub Patio area. Based upon personal experiences the quality is good and the portions are not small. There are variation of foods offered by the mobile vendors. Point being, various vendors bring their own style and so every visit should be a new variety.

For events or meetings, food service is coordinated with Moonraker staff. They offer 2 indoor meeting rooms suitable up to 70 people and a larger area on the Patio. For food truck availability and specialties visit Moonraker Brewing at: https://www.moonrakerbrewing.com

Depending on one’s interpretation of what food is, Moonrakers beer’s are quite reasonably priced. They have serving sizes from 5 oz. taster sizes-$3/ea., 10 oz. specialty sizes-$5-$6 ea.,  and 16 oz. pints range for $6 to $8 ea. This is reasonable prices for award winning beers. Since inception they have accumulated more than 20 beer awards in National and International competitions.

Entertainment:

Entertainment events can also be found in at the Moonraker website noted above. They do have a schedule of Live Music and Trivia nights. These are generally shown on the on-line calendar.

THE SPACE

Parking is not a concern. Additionally, there are a lot of covered parking options because Moonraker Brewing needed a lot of solar panels to run \their sustainable operations, thus a lot of covered parking.

As noted earlier, they have 2 interior meeting room for event. It is not unusual to find private events in the 2 rooms just off the Tap Room. These are suitable for group sizes from 40-70 persons. In the patio area there is a space to accommodate a group of 100 people. The area is seperated from the general Patio area.

Moonraker is unique because of the patio area that is spacious and a Tap Room area that has high tables and chairs. They can also allow for families.  This Tap Room is all about the beer and in keeping with the focus of CA, they are very much into the environment, quality ingredients, and use of sustainable resources to produce their beer. The good thing is that they are not in your face about their practices.

Moonraker Patio
Covered Patio-Heaters in winter and Open in Summer. Large, clean, and comfortable. Self service.

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First rate, award winning beers, relaxed atmosphere with large covered patio in Tap Room seating.

Flagship Beers Worth The Visit:

Hard Seltzers

Dragon Fruit Açaí

(GF) Dragon Fruit, Açaí

Grape Apple Lime

(GF) Grape, Apple, Lime

West Coast Beers

🥈Captain Mo

Hops: Mosaic, Chinook, Centennial

Summer Lovin’ Mango ♻️

Hops: Mosaic, Strata, Vista; Contains: Mango

🥇Outrigger ♻️

Hops: Citra, Mosaic, Simcoe

Straight Up Nelson

Hops: Nelson Sauvin

Blue Chronic

Hops: Mosaic

Sticky Bear ♻️

Hops: Citra, Mosaic, El Dorado

Hazy Beers

Bone Frog

Hops: Citra, Mosaic, Amarillo

Nectaron Strata Crush

Hops: Nectaron, Strata

Amelia

Hops: Mosaic, Citra; Contains: Coconut, Vanilla, Milk Sugar

Cool Cool ♻️

Hops: Mosaic, Galaxy

🥇The Great Coneholio

Hops: Citra, Mosaic, Motueka

🥈Electric Lettuce ♻️

Hops: Citra, Mosaic

Lagers & Light Ales

10°

Hops: Czech Saaz

Desert Star

Contains: Flaked Maize, Jasmine Rice

New Zealand Pilsner

Hops: Riwaka, Nelson

El Tigre Loco

Hops: Grungeist, Mittelfruh

Miss Conduct

Hops: Hallertau

Czech Amber

Hops: Czech Saaz

Dark Beers

All Night In

Hops: Czech Saaz

Foam Walker

Contains: Sea Salt, Coffee, Vanilla, Milk Sugar, Nitrogen

Sours

Island Jammer

Contains: Mango, Guava, Pineapple, Lime and Black Sea Salt

Key Lime Pie of the Beholder

Contains: Key Limes, Graham Crackers, Milk Sugar, & Vanilla Beans

Wave Theory

Contains: Lemon, Lime, and Orange Zest; Black Himalayan Sea Salt

Tropical Existence ♻️

Contains: Mango, Papaya, Guava, Pineapple, Citra

Mixed Fermentation

🥇 Saison Julia ♻️

Limited Release; Aged in Wine Barrels for 2 Years

Dark Raspberry ♻️

Limited Release; Aged 2 years in Bourbon Barrels w/ Raspberry & Vanilla

Gin Saison ♻️

Limited Release; Aged 2 years in Gin barrels.