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Docent Brewing

San Juan Capistrano, California, California, USA

ActiveOwnership unknownMicrobrewery
Founded
2017
Archive ID
TB-NTNGQYTW
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From the record

Summary

Official site calls San Juan Capistrano the original/flagship brewery and states beer is brewed there. 2026 ninth-anniversary event supports 2017 opening year.

A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.

Where it brewed

  1. 33049 Calle Aviador, Suite C, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
    San Juan Capistrano, California

    PRODUCTION

    Operated by Docent Brewing

    Site detail

    Official site calls San Juan Capistrano the original/flagship brewery and states beer is brewed there. 2026 ninth-anniversary event supports 2017 opening year.

04

The Beer Library

Beers

Double Nickels

Year-Round

Pale Ale

Aliases: https://docentbrewing.com/beer/. Upgrade: current Docent beer page lists Double Nickels Pale Ale at 5.5% ABV; prior record was award-only with UNKNOWN ABV.

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Super Tonic

Year-Round

Coffee Stout or Porter

Aliases: https://www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com/2025-winners/. 2025 GABF Bronze.

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Pint of Soul

Year-Round

International-Style Pale Ale

Aliases: https://www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com/2025-winners/. 2025 GABF Silver.

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Handful

Year-Round

Helles Lager

Aliases: https://docentbrewing.com/beer/. Current Docent beer page; Helles Lager at 5.0% ABV.

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Otto Bier

Year-Round

Dark Lager / Schwarzbier

Aliases: https://docentbrewing.com/beer/. Current Docent beer page; German-style Schwarzbier at 4.0% ABV.

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Daylight

Year-Round

Lager

Aliases: https://docentbrewing.com/beer/. Current Docent beer page; Lager at 4.2% ABV.

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Bert Day

Year-Round

Blonde Ale

Aliases: https://docentbrewing.com/beer/. Current Docent beer page; Blonde Ale at 5.0% ABV.

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Turtleneck

Year-Round

Belgian Tripel

Aliases: https://docentbrewing.com/beer/. Current Docent beer page; Belgian Tripel at 10.8% ABV.

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Labyrinth

Year-Round

Imperial Brown Ale

Aliases: https://docentbrewing.com/beer/. Current Docent beer page; Imperial Brown Ale at 7.5% ABV.

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The Rube

Year-Round

Red Rye Ale

Aliases: https://docentbrewing.com/beer/. Current Docent beer page; Red Rye Ale at 8.0% ABV.

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Gimme

Year-Round

IPA

Aliases: https://docentbrewing.com/beer/. Current Docent beer page; IPA at 7.2% ABV.

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Otter Pops

Year-Round

IPA

Aliases: https://docentbrewing.com/beer/. Current Docent beer page; IPA at 6.2% ABV.

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Noisy

Year-Round

IPA

Aliases: https://docentbrewing.com/beer/. Current Docent beer page; IPA at 7.0% ABV.

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Zoetry

Year-Round

New Zealand Lager

Aliases: https://docentbrewing.com/beer/. Current Docent beer page; New Zealand Lager at 5.0% ABV.

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Grandpappy

Year-Round

Imperial Stout

Aliases: https://docentbrewing.com/beer/. Current Docent beer page; Imperial Stout at 9.4% ABV.

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On the record

Awards

  • 2026

    Gold — American-Style Pale Ale

    World Beer Cup

  • 2026

    American-Style Pale Ale — Double Nickels

    World Beer Cup

  • 2025

    Bronze — Coffee Stout or Porter

    Great American Beer Festival

  • 2025

    Silver — International-Style Pale Ale

    Great American Beer Festival

  • 2025

    Coffee Stout or Porter — Super Tonic

    Great American Beer Festival

  • 2025

    International-Style Pale Ale — Pint of Soul

    Great American Beer Festival

Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.

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Sources

  1. recordProbable

    Brewery record taken from Tally's California master, Pass 187, which cited https://docentbrewing.com/locations/san-juan-capistrano/ for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.

    Tally's California master, Pass 187 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026

    CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19
    Claim last checked 2026-08-19

Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.

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