Side Gate Brewery & Beer Garden
Concord, California, USA · Est. 2021
Tally's Take
Why this matters
California Pass 187. Official 2026 site says all Side Gate beers are brewed onsite in downtown Concord and identifies founders Kevin Wilson and Paul Culbertson. Contemporary 2025 anniversary coverage says the brewery opened in 2021.
The Beer Library
Beers
Rice Lager 3: Tokyo Draught
Year-RoundRice Lager
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.sidegatebrewing.com/our-beer. Current first-party draft list.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Shifty Especial
Year-RoundMexican Lager
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.sidegatebrewing.com/our-beer. Current first-party draft/to-go list.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Planter Box
Year-RoundPilsner
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.sidegatebrewing.com/our-beer. Current first-party draft/to-go list.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →SGL Lager
Year-RoundJuicy Helles
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.sidegatebrewing.com/our-beer. Current first-party draft/to-go list.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Dino N.D.A.
Year-RoundAmber Ale
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.sidegatebrewing.com/our-beer. Current first-party seasonal/to-go list.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Dunkel Mifflin
Year-RoundImperial Black Lager
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.sidegatebrewing.com/our-beer. Current first-party seasonal draft list.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Berry Vito
Year-RoundFruited Sour
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.sidegatebrewing.com/our-beer. Current first-party draft list.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →On the NoZe
Year-RoundNew Zealand Pilsner
California Pass 187. Aliases: On the Nose. Current first-party draft list.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Sucker for Succulents
Year-RoundIPA
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.sidegatebrewing.com/our-beer. Current first-party draft/to-go list.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Willow Pass the J
Year-RoundIPA
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.sidegatebrewing.com/our-beer. Current first-party draft list.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Simcopath
Year-RoundSMASH IPA
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.sidegatebrewing.com/our-beer. Current first-party draft/to-go list.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →On The Fence
Year-RoundHazy IPA
California Pass 187. Aliases: OTF. Current first-party draft/to-go list.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Summernaniganz
Year-RoundHazy Double IPA
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.sidegatebrewing.com/our-beer. Current first-party draft list.
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.sidegatebrewing.com/about-us 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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