Green Cheek Beer Co.
Orange, California, USA
Tally's Take
Why this matters
California Pass 187. Official site describes Green Cheek as a small independent brewery. Orange is retained as canonical brewery city; other locations require facility-level review.
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Beers
Josh's Lil' Shoes
Year-RoundSession India Pale Ale
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://cdn.worldbeercup.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/23075637/WBC26-Winners-List-2.pdf. 2026 World Beer Cup Bronze. ABV not inferred.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Saison For Papa
Year-RoundClassic Saison
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://cdn.worldbeercup.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/23075637/WBC26-Winners-List-2.pdf. 2026 WBC Silver; also 2025 GABF Silver.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Doom Sludge
Year-RoundAmerican Black Ale or American Stout
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com/2025-winners/. 2025 GABF Silver.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →DDH The Other Brian
Year-RoundJuicy or Hazy Imperial India Pale Ale
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com/2025-winners/. 2025 GABF Bronze.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →False Memories
Year-RoundDDH West Coast IPA
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.greencheekbeer.com/. Current Green Cheek beer page lists False Memories DDH West Coast IPA at 7.0% ABV.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Krush! (It's What We Like Here)
Year-RoundDDH West Coast IPA
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.greencheekbeer.com/. Current Green Cheek beer page lists Krush! as a DDH West Coast IPA at 7.2% ABV.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Brain Tattoos
Year-RoundDDH Hazy IPA
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.greencheekbeer.com/. Current Green Cheek beer page lists Brain Tattoos at 7.0% ABV.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Super Smellsville
Year-RoundDDH Hazy IPA
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.greencheekbeer.com/. Current Green Cheek beer page lists Super Smellsville at 7.0% ABV.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Turn Your Ears
Year-RoundDDH Hazy DIPA
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://shop.greencheekbeer.com/collections/all?page=2. Current Green Cheek shop page lists Turn Your Ears DDH Hazy DIPA at 8.6% ABV.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →It's Always Midnight In Papa's Backyard
Year-RoundBamberg-Style Smoked Dark Lager
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://greencheekbeer.com/sunset. Current Green Cheek location page lists Bamberg-Style Smoked Dark Lager at 5.0% ABV.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →When the Soul Speaks
Year-RoundItalian-Style Pilsner
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://shop.greencheekbeer.com/collections/all?page=2. Current Green Cheek shop page lists When the Soul Speaks Italian-Style Pilsner at 5.2% ABV.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Flying South
Year-RoundMexican-Style Lager
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.greencheekbeer.com/orange/. Current Green Cheek Orange page lists Flying South Mexican-Style Lager at 5.0% ABV.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →LAX Juice
Year-RoundHazy DIPA
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://greencheekbeer.com/sunset. Current Green Cheek Sunset Beach page lists LAX Juice Hazy DIPA at 8.0% ABV.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Just One Thing...Citra!
Year-RoundDDH Hazy DIPA
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.greencheekbeer.com/. Current Green Cheek beer page lists Just One Thing...Citra! at 8.7% ABV.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Safety Jacket
Year-RoundNon-Alcoholic West Coast IPA
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.greencheekbeer.com/. Current Green Cheek first-party page explicitly lists Safety Jacket as a Non-Alcoholic West Coast IPA at 0.3% ABV.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →On the Wagon
Year-RoundNon-Alcoholic Mexican-Style Lager
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.greencheekbeer.com/oceanside. Current Green Cheek Oceanside page explicitly lists On the Wagon as a Non-Alcoholic Mexican-inspired lager at 0.4% ABV.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →On the record
Awards
- 2026
Bronze — Session India Pale Ale
World Beer Cup
- 2026
Silver — Classic Saison
World Beer Cup
- 2025
Silver — American Black Ale or American Stout
Great American Beer Festival
- 2025
Silver — Classic Saison
Great American Beer Festival
- 2025
Bronze — Juicy or Hazy Imperial India Pale Ale
Great American Beer Festival
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
2 organisations
Connected suppliers & bodies
- world beer cupAwarded2026Bronze — Session India Pale Ale
- world beer cupAwarded2026Silver — Classic Saison
- great american beer festivalAwarded2025Silver — American Black Ale or American Stout
- great american beer festivalAwarded2025Silver — Classic Saison
- great american beer festivalAwarded2025Bronze — Juicy or Hazy Imperial India Pale Ale
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's California master, Pass 187, which cited https://www.greencheekbeer.com/ 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 reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-19Reviewed 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.
Straight answers
Common questions about Green Cheek Beer Co.
- Who owns Green Cheek Beer Co.?
- Green Cheek Beer Co. is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Orange, California, USA.
- Is Green Cheek Beer Co. independent?
- Yes. Green Cheek Beer Co. is recorded as independent, with no parent company. Independence is recorded as the brewery states it; where a stake is a minority holding or joint venture, this archive leaves it unmapped rather than calling it ownership.
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