North Star Craft Brewery, LLC
3501 Iron Ct., Shasta Lake, CA 96019
530-275-BREW (2739)
Copyright 2008 - All right reserved
Vitals:
Alcohol: 5.2%
Color: Yellow
Aroma: Floral
Bitterness: 18 IBU
Available:
Yes
Package:
6-Pack (yes)Draught/Kegs (yes)
Vitals:
Alcohol: 5.5%
Color: Dark Ruby Aroma: Spicy/Malty
Bitterness: 25 IBU
Available:
Yes
Package:
6-Pack (no)Draught/Kegs (yes)
Vitals:
Alcohol: 5.6%
Color: Copper
Aroma: Floral/Perfume
Bitterness: 34 IBU
Available:
Yes
Package:
6-Pack (yes)
Draught/Kegs (no)
Vitals:
Alcohol: 6.0%
Color: Dark, dark-red
Aroma: Chocolate/Dark roasted caramel
Bitterness: 28 IBU
Available:
NO
Currently unavailable. Try the Oatmeal Stout
Vitals:
Alcohol: 6.2%
Color: Golden hue
Aroma: Floral Perfume/pungnet
Bitterness: 46 IBU
Available:
Yes
Package:
6-Pack (yes)
Draught/Kegs (yes)
Vitals:
Alcohol: 8.7%
Color: Black/opaque
Aroma: Mocka/Roast Chocolate
Bitterness: 35 IBU
Available:
Yes
Package:
6-Pack (yes)
Draught/Kegs (yes)
North Star Pango - Peach Mango Wheat Beer - Seasonal Summer Offering
At the base of Pango is an american hefeweizen brewed with 50% American 2-Row malt and 50% American White Wheat Malt, plus a bag of French Munich Malt.
Pango is lightly hopped to about the bitterness of an american domestic beer. Basically, there is no bitterness. Pango is finished with a blend of Peach and Mango. This American Wheat/Fruit beer is another great example of North Star creating it's own flavors and having it's own vision.
The first batch of Pango that was kegged was gone in seven days. We took it out of the brew rotation for a month and it is about to return. pango will be avaialble in 6-packs and on draught Sept. 12, 2008.
This beer is specifically brewed for those that love easy drinking fruit beers. Let us be clear, however, Pango is still a beer. It is not brewed like most fruit beers... Pango still tastes like a beer and the peach and mango flavors are very subtle.
Food pairings: Fowl with a fruit glaze/marinade. You might consider enjoying this with Mango Salsa or a spinach salad with blue cheese crumbles, mandarin oranges, toasted pecans and a balsamic/olive oil drizzle. Will go well with light desserts, such as souffles or chiffon cake.
Vitals:
Alcohol: 4.8%
Color: Yellow
Aroma: Floral
Bitterness: 12 IBU
Available:
9/12 Package:
6-Pack (yes)Draught/Kegs (yes)
"It's the beer, its always been the beer."
---Shawn A. Sease, Brewmaster---
North Star Bright - Our lightest, year around offering.
Bright pleases the connoisseurs as well as the Coors and Bud drinkers. Bright is perfectly crafted and offends no one. The toughest thing about making "lighter beers" is that the flaws stand out, there is no where to hide discrepancies.
It takes great care to make a great yellow beer!
Bright is brewed with a blend of Domestic 2-Row malt and Domestic Pale Ale Malt, plus a 10% addition of American Malted White Wheat. Bright is yellow in color and is not bitter at all. The uniqueness that is North Star Bright Beer comes from the late addition of imported East Kent Goldings Hops. It is lightly hopped as to not interfere with the great "light malt" flavor. Bright's aroma is mild, but complex: yeasty, bready, grainy, perfumy.
North Star Bright beer is a light, refreshing, extra pale ale style that DOES NOT mimic the fruity, citrusy, grapefruity character of many Northwestern beers. you will find it to be "easy drinking" and most certainly a great beer to drink any time of the day and during any weather.
Food pairings: Salads, fish, shellfish (makes great steamer clams sauce/broth), soups, pizza and sandwiches & buffalo wings. use bright to deglaze and to thin marinades/bbq sauces. you might as well steam some vegetables with it while your at it!
North Star Horizons - American Amber Ale
Horizons is the second creation offered by North Star. Horizons is a complex blend of American base malts (2-row & pale), British 90L Crystal, and just enough British Chocolate malt to increase the depth of color and character that makes Horizons a rich wonderful amber ale.
Horizons Amber Ale was designed from the get go to appeal to everyone. Again, this offering is not over bitter, but has just enough bitterness to balance the strong caramel malt back bone. Horizons is hopped with a blend of cascade and Mt. Hood/Liberty hops. Brewmaster, Shawn Sease, claims that blending "Halletauer" type hops (e.g. Mt. Hood, Liberty, Crystal) or "Tettnager" hops with cascade cuts the "one dimensional" super spicy/grapefuity character of cascade hops and creates a wonderful blend of flavor and aroma.
During the two weeks of cold conditioning Horizons Amber Ale develops a nice smooth lager-like character. You will find Horizons Amber Ale to be pleasing all of the time... Never offensive.
Food pairings: Good all around beer for any food that isn't sweet - something sweet will detract from the maltiness of the Amber Ale. Try it with any sandwich, hearty soups/stews, pizza of course. Amber is also a great thirst quencher for Mexican/Spicy food as well as any BBQ.
North Star E.S.B. (Extra Special Bitter)
ESB and Pale Ale are really the same style of beer, except that the ESB version is usually a British Beer and always on Draught, never in a bottle.
Again, our brew master went for the blend. In this beer we have our signature blend of base malts (2-row and pale) a little bit of British Pale (floor malted, maris otter malt winter barley), British 60L crystal malt, and American wheat malt. North Star ESB is finished with imported German Tettnanger hops in the kettle and dry hopped with American Northwestern Cascade hops in the conditioning tank after fermentation is complete.
North Star ESB has a beautiful copper hue. There is a nice balance between the nobleness of the tettnager hops, the citrusy cascade hops and the rich malt character of the British crystal malts. Anyone that enjoys a good, crisp, dry, aromatic, pale ale will love this, always fresh, ESB/Pale Ale offering from North Star!
Food pairings: North Star ESB was made for Fish 'n chips, but goes well with any fried seafood or fish. Try ESB with spicy dishes such as Indian cuisine, Thai cuisine, satay and peanut sauce ESB stands up well to wild game as well.
North Star I.P.A. - India Pale Ale
North Star has offered several different versions of it's IPA since the brewery started, the strongest offering being 7.5%. Currently, the IPA is 6.2% alc and is very light in color compared to many IPAs.
The current batch of IPA was brewed to accentuate the hop aroma. The light-handed crystal malt addition gives the IPA just enough malt character beyond the base malt to stand up to the huge hop aroma without being sweet.
The current hop blend: East Kent Goldings, Cascade, Chinook, Tettnanger and Liberty. This cornucopia of hops creates an unrivaled unique aroma.
We have always received great compliments for our IPA's and we can't thank you enough! Our IPA is made with some pretty strong opinions/assumptions of how IPA should be made: These opinoins are secrets, but the brewmaster has been known to share after having a pint or two of IPA :-).
Our current offering is dripping with hops and hop aroma. The malt backbone is light and the bitterness is just nice - not overwhelming, but the aroma - wow!
Food pairings: North Star IPA goes great with everything. IPA goes exceptionally well with spicy foods including Indian, Thai, and Mexican dishes. IPA goes well with BBQ, steak, burgers, and prime rib. Try IPA with crab or lobster, as well.
North Star Blackhole - Oatmeal Stout
North Star Blackhole Oatmeal Stout is a strong beer lovers dream. At a respectable 8.7% alc/vol Blackhole is pleasing the palattes of the most discerning dark beer lovers.
Full-body, thick, rich and smooth as silk. The aroma is a rich, chocolately, roasty, caramel fantasy with notes of mocha and fresh brewed espresso. Blackhole is deceptive via the absence of an alcohol aroma that can sometimes accompany beers of this gravity (strength).
Blackhole has it all: A blend of American and British base and specialty malts. There is a huge addition of American and British Crystal/Caramel malts ranging from 60L - 165L. Blackhole Stout has a huge addition of American and British chocolate malts and plenty of British Roasted Barley. Of course their are a couple hundred pounds of Oatmeal and ABSOLUTELY NO FINISHING HOPS - Why ruin the complexity of those great malts!
This beer is just screaming "Blackhole" - Someone said "You don't see it coming and once you do it's too late your already sucked in"
Food pairings: same as porter: Think hearty foods -- meat dishes with gravy, barbecue, shepherd's pie, stew. Oysters are also ideal. Both these beers and brown ales will stand up to stronger cheeses such as sharp cheddar and blue.
North Star - Porter
North Star brews it's porter using British ingredients; British malts, British hops, British yeast and local water. The Porter was the first beer brewed by North Star that was fermented with a yeast other than the breweries house yeast strain.
The British/English Ale yeast adds a great complexity to the Porter, which would not be present if the American Ale/house yeast strain was used to ferment this beer. The North Star Porter includes 100% British Pale Malt (maris otter malt), plus a nice addition of British 90L and 135L crystal malts, and is finished off with a large portion of British Chocolate Malt.
The North Star Porter is brewed true style and IS NOT opaque - when your pint glass sits on a table or bar the Porter will look black and opaque. However, when you lift your glass into the light the beer is clear and DARK, DARK RED, the way a porter should be.
The North Star Porter will remain true to style and will never have Roasted Barley as part of the grist. Roasted Barley belongs in Stout, never in a Porter. This Porter is outstanding and is very popular among patrons of the brewery
Food pairings: Think hearty foods -- meat dishes with gravy, barbecue, shepherd's pie, stew. Oysters are also ideal. Both these beers and brown ales will stand up to stronger cheeses such as sharp cheddar and blue.
Our Brew Master, Shawn Sease, is an owner of the brewery, a 16 year veteran of brewing, as well as a graduate of the "American Brewers Guild". He holds a master brewers certification in "Craft Brewing Science and Engineering".
North Star's philosophy is simple: "Less is more". The end result: incredible beers packed with flavor, character and complexity. Our beers are not like anything that you have tasted before. North Star Craft Brewery creates fresh, new flavors through the precise blending of water, malt, yeast and hops. North Star brews some of the best beer you will ever drink.
A solid recipe: 16 years of brewing, a formal education in brewing, a lot of beers reviewed , a vested interest in the the brewery and a strong conviction for the way beer should be made.
If you have any questions about our brews, the process, the brewery in general
contact the brewmaster via email
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