Local Brewery Named Among New Bay Area Breweries To Check Out

WATSONVILLE, CA — Watsonville's Fruition Brewing — an organic brewery that opened last summer in the East Lake Village Shopping Center — was one of five new Bay Area breweries spotlighted in a Bay Area News Group feature last week.

Fruition Brewing crafts brews in a seven-barrel system made from repurposed wine and dairy tanks, according to its website. The business said it tries to use local, sustainable and organic ingredients, with spent grain going to Garden Variety Cheese in Watsonville.

Garden Variety cheeses can sometimes be found on the brewery's menu, the business said, and Fruition Brewing hosts Tortas Al 100 every other Sunday.

Fruition Brewing serves up beers such as Watsonville Wildflower and East Lake, though beer writer Jay Brooks wrote in the feature that the brewery's Olallieberry Double Snack beer was one of the best olallieberry brews that he's tried.

Fruition Brewing can be found at 918 E. Lake Ave. Its tasting room is open from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, and from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Read more at The San Jose Mercury News.

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