Beer Menu

On Draught 

Available in 16-oz, 10-oz, or 3-oz pours
(*unless otherwise noted)

Beer Flight (choose six 3-oz pours) $11.50

 

Raspberry Smile
Tart Raspberry Ale w/ Hibiscus
4.7% ABV • 9 IBU
Raspberries and hibiscus bring happy pink flavors and fruity aromas to this tart and refreshing beer. It tastes like a smile.

 

Soquel Helles
German-style Light Lager
5.4% ABV • 18 IBU
Helles means “bright,” and this brilliant beer lives up to its name. An elegant golden lager with bready malt sweetness and very mild hoppiness, Soquel Helles is subtle, crisp, clean, and so refreshing.

 

Shimmer Pils®
German-style Pilsner
5.3% ABV • 31 IBU
She has a shimmery depth, like light on the fathomless sea. Our brewer’s wife, Eileen, inspired the name of this beer.  Shimmer Pils is a crisp and refreshing German-style Pilsner, a true lager with a balanced hoppiness.

 

Giant Dipper
German-style Pilsner
4.6% ABV · 28 IBU
Since May 17, 1924, the Giant Dipper roller coaster, complete with its landmark red and white structure, spectacular view of the Monterey Bay, and speedy successive dips and fan curves, has kept new and old generations coming back for more. This is an easy-drinking golden ale with bright citrus and floral hop character and a bready malt finish. Full-flavored and refreshing, this is the perfect beer for celebrating a century of Giant Dipper thrills!

 

Ten Million Flowers
Kolsch w/ Orange Peel & Honey
5.9% ABV • 23 IBU
Tens of millions of flowers were visited by local bees to make the honey that gives a taste of place and a dry finish to our Kolsch-style ale. Vinous esters mingle with a wisp of honey in the nose. The delicate malt flavor is gently accented with a touch of orange zest in this refreshing, food friendly beer.

 

Mickie Malone’s
Irish-style Dry Stout On Nitro
4.8% ABV • 35 IBU
Mickie Malone’s Irish eyes were usually smiling. She had a kind heart and a smile that beamed. I miss you Mom; this one’s for you.
Love, Michael

 

Jugo Nuevo
Hazy IPA
5.6% ABV • 46 IBU
This new-school hazy IPA is brimming with aromas of tropical fruits. Hops, hops, and more hops were added to this beer throughout the production process to create a distinctively succulent IPA with notes of pineapple and guava. You wouldn’t be blamed if you thought this was some sort of “new juice” rather than a hazy IPA.

 

Hooper Beach
West Coast IPA
7.4% ABV • 60 IBU
Hooper Beach, in Capitola Village west of the wharf, is named for Harry Hooper, a baseball Hall of Famer who helped the Red Sox win 4 World Series titles in the early 1900s before serving as Capitola’s postmaster for 24 years. This IPA celebrates that sweet little beach with fruity mango notes mingling with pine and grapefruit.

 

Icebox Poem
Cold IPA
7% ABV • 60 IBU

“I drank the IPA
that was in
the icebox.
You were probably saving it
for after work.
Sorry!
It was great,
so crisp
and so cold”
Sultana, Simcoe, and Idaho 7 hops are showcased in this IPA brewed and fermented to emphasize a crisp, clean finish.

 

Lighthouse Point
West Coast IPA
6.3% ABV • 50 IBU
Lighthouse Point is Santa Cruz’s living room, where waves, open space, and views from the cliffs draw us together. Our new West Coast IPA, with notes of pine, grapefruit, orange peel, pineapple, and fruit loops, invites a communal “Cheers!” to all the delight we find here.

 

New Tune
Hazy IPA
6% ABV • 30 IBU
Brewers who sing are a wonderful thing. This IPA celebrates song-sharing as well as hops and malt. It’s loaded with tropical and stone fruit aromas along with accents of citrus and pine. Soft carbonation and a little malty sweetness provide backup harmony.

 

Uncle Dave’s IPA®
IPA with a Hint of Rye
6.5% ABV • 68 IBU
Is there anyone better to sit around a campfire with, telling stories, IPAs in hand? We think not. Cheers, Uncle Dave! Our Rye IPA has fruity/herbal hop aromas with a substantial supporting maltiness. The rye contributes a hint of peppery spice to this full bodied, complex IPA.

 

Three Fawns
Bourbon Barrel-Aged Tripel
10.9% ABV • 23 IBU
Three Fawns is a Belgian-style tripel aged in American bourbon barrels. A boozy warmth redolent of vanilla, black pepper, and honey, along with soft berry notes, leads into a dry peppery finish influenced by oak.*3-oz/10-oz only

 

Stout Golden Kitten
Bourbon Barrel-Aged Golden Stout w/ Cat + Cloud Coffee & Vanilla
7.5% ABV · 25 IBU
Cat and Cloud coffee supplies the roasty notes in this twist on the traditional stout. Graham cracker-like maltiness and warm notes of vanilla coming from both vanilla and and the bourbon barrels are enhanced by the coffee’s rich, chocolatey character. Served on nitro, the creamy mouthfeel leads into smooth, dark flavors surprising in so golden a beer.
*3-oz/10-oz only

 

Jack’s Grisette
Barrel-Aged Farmhouse Ale
5% ABV • 18 IBU
Jack’s Grisette draws inspiration from historical grisettes, a sister style to saison which originated in the Belgian/French border region of Hainaut. It was brewed with both malted and unmalted wheat as well as Admiral Maltings pilsner malt before spending 13 months in wine barrels with Brettanomyces and Lactobacillus. The result is a light and refreshing farmhouse ale with soft acidity, subtle funk, and notes of lemon, pepper, and hay.
*3-oz/10-oz only

 

Sparkling Hop Water
Just Hops & Water!
Zero Proof  

 

12oz Cans

Uncle Dave’s IPA®  6.5%

Redwood Mountain Blonde®  5.5%

State of Gold California Lager  4.3%

 

16oz Cans

Stefano Italian-style Pilsner  4.9%

Ten Million Flowers Kolsch w/ Orange Peel & Honey  5.9%

Raspberry Smile Tart Raspberry Ale w/ Hibiscus 4.7%

Dublin Sunburn Irish Red Ale  5%

Jugo Nuevo Hazy IPA  5.6%

Hi Citra! Hazy IPA  7%

Opal Cliffs Hazy IPA  6.6%

Linalool Hazy IPA  6.5%

DeLa Hazy IPA  6.3%

Hugging The Coast Hazy IPA  6.8%

Hooper Beach West Coast IPA  7.4%

Hola Lola West Coast IPA  6.7%

Hole 27 Hazy IPA  6.8%

Martian Sky Red IPA  6.9%

Foggy Forest Double IPA  8%

 

19.2oz Cans

1st Conversation Saison  5.8%

Sky To Sea Amber Ale  5.5%

Castle Beach Extra Pale Ale  6%

Lighthouse Point West Coast IPA  6.3%

Uncle Dave’s IPA®  6.5%

Shimmer Pils®  5.3%

Oh Black Lager® German-style Schwarzbier  5%

 

Specialty & Brewer’s Reserve

Contemplate Hops – Barrel-Aged Belgian Blonde w/ Jarrylo & Waimea hops (500ml bottle  7.7%)  $15

Barrel-Aged Good Faith – Strong Ale (500ml bottle  12%)  $19

Woodland Critters No.9 – American Sour Wheat Beer (500ml bottle  5.8%) $19

Jack’s Grisette – Barrel-Aged Farmhouse Ale  (750ml bottle  5%)  $22.50

 

Hard Cider, Hard Kombucha & Wine

Santa Cruz Cider Co. Hopped Apple Cider (12oz can  6.9%)  $8

Santa Cruz Cider Co. Ginger/Lemon Apple Cider (12oz can  6.9%)  $8

Local Roots Hard Kombucha – Purple Haze (12oz can  6%)  $8

Local Roots Hard Kombucha – Strawberry Mojito (12oz can  6%)  $8

Local Roots Hard Kombucha – Island Vibes (12oz can  6%)  $8

Ser White Blend (250ml Can  11%)  $10.50

Sparkling Rosé Wine Bodkin Wines, North Coast, CA (250ml can  11%)  $10.50

J. Dusi Wines Red Blend (250ml Can  13%)  $10.50

Orange Vermentino Wine (250ml can  11%) $10.50

 

Non-Alcoholic Beverages

Izze Soda  $3.50
Martinelli’s Sparkling Apple Juice  $4
Verve Nitro Flash Brew Coffee (7.5oz)  $5.50
Pellegrino (500ml)  $4
Fremont Brewing NA IPA (12oz)  $8
RationALE Brewing NA Mexican Cerveza (12oz)  $8
Figueroa NA Hoppy Poppy IPA (12oz)$8

 

Kegs To-Go
(email kegs@discretionbrewing.com or ask your beer bestower about keg availability)