auburn california united states opened january 21 2007 annual production volume 1 870 us beer barrels 2 190 hl 1 owner s brian ford lisa ford website official website active beers name type gold country pilsner pilsner gold digger ipa india pale ale fool s gold ale pale ale auburn export lager lager pu 240 imperial ipa india pale ale american river pale ale pale ale old town brown ale brown ale shanghai stout stout seasonal beers name type old prospector barleywine style ale barley wine mcford s irish red ale irish red ale miner s wheat wheat rye not rye beer oktoberfest marzen m rzen irish dry stout irish stout auburn alehouse is a brewery and restaurant located in the old town neighborhood of auburn california in the united states . 2 contents 1 history 2 beer 3 awards 4 references history edit auburn alehouse was co founded by brian and lisa ford . brian ford started making beer by homebrewing . his brewmaking mentor was paul zawilenski . ford then took classes through the american brewers guild in fermentation science and engineering . ford interned at rubicon brewing company . he opened crawford brewing company in 1997 . the brewery relocated to nevada city california and was renamed stonehouse . he quit working there in 1999 and beermann s in roseville california . he also opened their location in lincoln california . he quit working for that company in 2003 . he started working in construction . he had intentions to open another brewery and worked on the plans for auburn alehouse which opened in 2007 . the brewery also has a restaurant . 1 the brewery and restaurant are located in the american block building which was the shanghai restaurant prior to becoming a brewery . when it was the shanghai portions of the movie phenomenon were filmed there . 2 the restaurant serves pub food . it has been featured in the placer herald 3 the union 4 ktxl 5 and sacramento . 6 beer edit in 2013 auburn alehouse produced 1 870 barrels of beer . bill wood is a brewer at auburn alehouse . they make a pilsner which ford calls a pre prohibition style pilsner . they make a seasonal barley wine called old prospector that uses wine from dono dal cielo . 1 awards edit name style honors gold county pilsner pilsner 2013 great american beer festival bronze gold county pilsner pilsner 2012 great american beer festival gold gold county pilsner pilsner 2011 great american beer festival bronze references edit a b c auburn alehouse auburn s original craft brewery . hops to table magazine . retrieved 9 august 2014 . a b auburn alehouse . geotourism map . national geographic . retrieved 9 august 2014 . burgerquest week two auburn alehouse . placer herald . gold country media . retrieved 9 august 2014 . natividad ivan . a brotherhood of brew area breweries band together to make gold country craft beer destination . the union . swift communications . retrieved 9 august 2014 . robins paul . cooking sacramento magazine s best of dishes . fox 40 . tribune broadcasting company . retrieved 9 august 2014 . o donnell kira . auburn alehouse . sacramento . retrieved 9 august 2014 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title auburn alehouse & oldid 736250271 categories beer in californiagastropubs in californiaauburn californiabuildings and structures in placer county californiacompanies based in placer county californiarestaurants established in 20072007 establishments in californiahidden categories placer county california articles missing geocoordinate dataall articles needing coordinates navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 august 2016 at 06 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view