Salty Bear Brewing Co.
Costa Mesa, California, USA · Est. 2019
Tally's Take
Why this matters
California Pass 187. Current first-party site publishes active Costa Mesa tasting-room hours and house beer list. Brewery blog shows construction nearly complete in February 2019, supporting 2019 opening.
The Beer Library
Beers
Lagerhausen
Year-RoundGerman Lager
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.saltybearbrewing.com/. Current first-party beer list.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Oso Mexican Cerveza
Year-RoundMexican-Style Lager
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.saltybearbrewing.com/. Current first-party beer list.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Oak Pass West Coast IPA
Year-RoundWest Coast IPA
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.saltybearbrewing.com/. Current first-party beer list.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Giovanni's Italian Pilsner
Year-RoundItalian Pilsner
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.saltybearbrewing.com/. Current first-party beer list.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Send for Help
Year-RoundWest Coast IPA
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.saltybearbrewing.com/. Current first-party beer list.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Rodeo Round Up
Year-RoundHazy IPA
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.saltybearbrewing.com/. Current first-party beer list.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Mango Wagon Wheat
Year-RoundMango Wheat Beer
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.saltybearbrewing.com/. Current first-party beer list.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Do it Right Red
Year-RoundRed Ale
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.saltybearbrewing.com/. Current first-party beer list.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Oso Negra Cerveza
Year-RoundDark Mexican-Style Lager
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.saltybearbrewing.com/. Current first-party page says Oso Negra Cerveza at 5.0%; broad dark Mexican lager classification used.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Winchester English Summer Ale
Year-RoundEnglish Summer Ale
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.saltybearbrewing.com/. Current first-party beer list; Nitro treated as serving format, not separate beer.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Gnarwhal Blonde
Year-RoundBlonde Ale
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.saltybearbrewing.com/. Current first-party beer list.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Best Coast American Blonde
Year-RoundAmerican Blonde Ale
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.saltybearbrewing.com/. Current first-party beer list, listed in cans.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Show your working
Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's California master, Pass 187, which cited https://www.saltybearbrewing.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.
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