Half Moon Bay Brewing Company
Half Moon Bay, California, USA · Est. 2002
Tally's Take
Why this matters
California Pass 187. Official history says a Coastside restaurant opened in 2000 and the attached brewery opened in 2002, the first operating brewery on the San Mateo Coast since 1873. Current 2026 beer page lists year-round and seasonal beers with ABVs/IBUs.
The Beer Library
Beers
Kölsch
Year-RoundKölsch
California Pass 187. Aliases: Kolsch. Official current beer page; 23 IBU.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Saison Farmhouse Ale
Year-RoundSaison
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.hmbbrewingco.com/beer. Official current beer page; 24 IBU.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Amber Ale
Year-RoundAmber Ale
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.hmbbrewingco.com/beer. Official current beer page; 28 IBU.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →IPA
Year-RoundIPA
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.hmbbrewingco.com/beer. Official current beer page; 62 IBU.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Full Swing IPA
Year-RoundWest Coast IPA
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.hmbbrewingco.com/beer. Official current beer page; 65 IBU.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Calf-eine Vanilla Mocha Stout
Year-RoundFlavored Stout
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.hmbbrewingco.com/beer. Official current beer page; espresso, vanilla and chocolate; 23 IBU.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Juicy Gossip IPA
Year-RoundHazy / Juicy IPA
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.hmbbrewingco.com/beer. Official current beer page; 70 IBU.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Word on the Street
Year-RoundNortheast-style Hazy IPA
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.hmbbrewingco.com/beer. Official current beer page; 65 IBU.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Shark Eats Helicopter Hazy IPA
Year-RoundHazy IPA
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.hmbbrewingco.com/beer. Official current beer page; 55 IBU.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Simconed West Coast IPA
Year-RoundWest Coast IPA
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.hmbbrewingco.com/beer. Official current beer page; 60 IBU.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Pumpkin Harvest Ale
Year-RoundPumpkin Amber Ale
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.hmbbrewingco.com/beer. Official current beer page; 25 IBU.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Take it to the Limit
Year-RoundBourbon Barrel-aged Barleywine
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.hmbbrewingco.com/beer. Official current beer page lists Take it to the Limit at 14.5% ABV.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Show your working
Sources
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Brewery record taken from Tally's California master, Pass 187, which cited https://www.hmbbrewingco.com/about 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.
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