Sudwerk Brewing Co.
Davis, California, USA · Est. 1989
Tally's Take
Why this matters
California Pass 187. Official current site says Sudwerk was founded in Davis in 1989 and remains an operating brewery/restaurant with a working brewery and original copper kettles.
The Beer Library
Beers
The People's Pilsner
Year-RoundBohemian-Style Pilsener
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.sudwerkbrew.com/core-beers. Official current core beer; 35 IBU; 2022 GABF Gold.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Bavarian Hefeweizen Wheat
Year-RoundBavarian-Style Wheat Ale
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.sudwerkbrew.com/core-beers. Official current core beer; 15 IBU.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Overgrowth
Year-RoundStrong Hoppy Ale
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.sudwerkbrew.com/core-beers. Official current core beer; 45 IBU.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Small Town Hustle
Year-RoundHazy IPA
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.sudwerkbrew.com/core-beers. Official current core beer; 35 IBU.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →On the record
Awards
- 2022
Gold — Bohemian-Style Pilsener
Great American Beer Festival
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
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Connected suppliers & bodies
- great american beer festivalAwarded2022Gold — Bohemian-Style Pilsener
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's California master, Pass 187, which cited https://www.sudwerkbrew.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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