Santa Monica Brew Works
Santa Monica, California, USA · Est. 2014
Tally's Take
Why this matters
California Pass 187. Current first-party site identifies Santa Monica's first and only brewery with daily tasting-room operation and a current packaged beer portfolio. Strong industry reporting supports a 2014 founding year.
The Beer Library
Beers
310 Blonde Ale
Year-RoundBlonde Ale
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://santamonicabrewworks.com/. Current first-party 'Available Beyond the Tasting Room' portfolio.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Inclined IPA
Year-RoundWest Coast-Style IPA
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://santamonicabrewworks.com/. Current first-party packaged portfolio.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Citrus Witbier
Year-RoundBelgian-Style Wheat Ale / Witbier
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://santamonicabrewworks.com/. Current first-party packaged portfolio.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Pali Cali Pils
Year-RoundWest Coast-Style Pilsner
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://santamonicabrewworks.com/. Current first-party packaged portfolio.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Head in the Clouds Juicy DIPA
Year-RoundJuicy Double IPA
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://santamonicabrewworks.com/. Current first-party portfolio; award claim held separately.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →PCH Golden Chocolate Porter
Year-RoundGolden Chocolate Porter
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://santamonicabrewworks.com/. Current first-party packaged portfolio.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Ocean Park Pale Ale
Year-RoundPale Ale
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://santamonicabrewworks.com/. Current first-party packaged portfolio.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →310 Stomped Shandy
Year-RoundBeer Shandy / Blonde Ale & Lemonade
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://santamonicabrewworks.com/. Brewery explicitly describes it as a blend of Blonde Ale and lemonade; retained as beer/shandy, not soda.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Guava Piña Sour Ale
Year-RoundFruited Sour Ale
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://santamonicabrewworks.com/. Current first-party packaged portfolio.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Mango Dorado Sour Ale
Year-RoundFruited Sour Ale
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://santamonicabrewworks.com/. Current first-party packaged portfolio.
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://santamonicabrewworks.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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