Ordeum Rex

Ordeum Rex Barley Wine King of Barley. This high alcohol, highly hopped barley king is a rare treat. Made with 100% barley, meaning no adjun...

TapHunter Award Celebration!

Thanks to all our fans' and friends' support we managed to take second place in the first annual TapHunter SD Brewery Award s. Read ...

What's On Tap?

I know there is a lot of chatter around the interwebs and/or water cooler about what there is to drink at Hess Brewing at any given time. Th...

OktoberHess 2010

Our 1st annual Octoberfest Party is this Saturday the 23rd from Noon-6PM. We will have a new seasonal beer on tap! For the Rest of Us. Festi...

Squaring Up.

Will that be Cash or Credit? If you’re like Mike and me, the only thing you use your wallet for is to hold all your plastic cards and y...

Double Batch Brew Days

When Demand Outstrips Supply – Keeping Up with the Thirst We are having a good problem at Hess Brewing and that is that we are running thro...

It Ain't Easy Being Nano

First things first.  A huge thanks to everyone that came out to our grand opening: The Beer Lovers. Family Wagon. The Tabe BBQ Gastro Truck....

FOX 5 NEWS

We were on FOX 5 San Diego this morning! Ernie, Mike, Skubic, & Heather.   Transmission . Inside The Van . Don't Touch That. It was ...

GRAND OPENING!

We are going to be having a little shindig this Saturday the 7th, and by shindig, we mean Grand Opening!! (kids welcome, cash only) Schedule...

Growlers Are Here!

136 Ounces of Awesome! The Growlers are here! 68 ounces of Ex Umbris to the left, 68 ounces of Claritas K ö lsch to the right. Stuck in the ...

Hat Poll.

If you've been by the brewery recently you will have noticed we have four hats hanging above our tap handles. We are debating which ones...

Conicalus for the Restivus

Fermentation - it's a beautiful thing, and it needs a special place to occur. In brewing, that's typically in a 60* cone bottomed ...