brewing company industry alcoholic beverage founders richard r. and sandy norgrove richard g. and tami norgrove headquarters cloverdale california united states number of locations 1 pub & restaurant key people richard r. norgrove ceo richard g. norgrove brew master products beer production output 72 000 us beer barrels 8 400 000 l ; 2 200 000 us gal ; 1 900 000 imp gal 2013 1 owner richard r. and sandy norgrove richard g. and tami norgrove website www.bearrepublic.com the bear republic brewing company is an american microbrewery located in cloverdale california usa . 2 it was established by the norgrove family in 1995 with richard g. norgrove as brewmaster . the name is said to refer to california s 1846 bear flag revolt . 3 in 2006 bear was named small brewing company and small brewing company brewer of the year at the great american beer festival . 4 bear s best selling product is racer 5 an india pale ale which accounted for about three quarters of the company s 2009 sales . 5 6 their other brews include big bear black stout 7 hop rod rye 8 and green house lager a czech style pilsner . 9 the company operates a brewpub in healdsburg california . 10 11 references edit stevens loralee january 24 2014 . brewery tackles drought with tech . north bay business journal . retrieved january 31 2014 . contact bear republic brewing company . retrieved january 31 2014 . myers benjamin october 1999 . best american beers an enthusiast s guide to the most distinctive craft brews of the us and canada . clb . isbn 9781841001371 . retrieved 24 november 2012 . 2006 brewery and brewer of the year awards pdf . great american beer festival . retrieved 24 november 2012 . miller norman july 15 2009 . the beer nut bullish on bear republic s beers . metro west daily news . retrieved 24 november 2012 . hampson tim 2010 07 19 . great beers 700 of the best from around the world . penguin . pp. 53 . isbn 9780756672584 . retrieved 24 november 2012 . perry charles october 13 2011 . bear republic big bear black stout review . los angeles times . retrieved 24 november 2012 . kreck dick april 19 2006 . beer of the week . denver post . p. f2 . retrieved 24 november 2012 . lenker george september 17 2009 . bear republic creates magic beer yet again . the republican . retrieved 24 november 2012 . goldsmith philip 2007 11 28 . moon northern california wine country . avalon travel . pp. 243 . isbn 9781598800784 . retrieved 24 november 2012 . melnik peg ; fish tim 2011 05 02 . explorer s guide napa & sonoma a great destination . the countryman press . pp. 157 . isbn 9781581571363 . retrieved 24 november 2012 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bear republic brewing company & oldid 741996962 categories beer brewing companies based in the san francisco bay areacompanies based in sonoma county california1995 establishments in californiafood and drink companies established in 1995beer and breweries in the san francisco bay areaamerican companies established in 1995hidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 1 october 2016 at 01 01 . 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