Steel Bonnet Brewing Company

Great hidden gem! Good beer, good ambiance, happy to go back.

A wonderful, small family owned operation that's been here 7 years. They have an ongoing selection of British, Scotch and Irish beer styles, as opposed to huge offerings of hoppy IPAs. It's a nice balance and they have a small outdoor beer garden as well as some inside bar and table seating. Both bathrooms were clean. They're dog friendly. They focus on beer and so they've left the food to a impressive list of rotating food trucks and there's a few restaurants (like a taqueria) in the shopping center parking lot. This is a neat salvation tucked behind the Carl's Jr. and it's easy to find. They appear to have live music some days, but don't open until 3 PM. It's nice they are open everyday and they have excellent service. If I could start my own brewing operation, I'd want it to be this size and not any bigger. The downside is they don't have canned beer for sale outside of single cans made on-demand. I suspect this place could easily sell canned beer to the local markets. The grocer in this same parking lot carries Alvarado Street beer from Monterey, so that's what I'd suggest for them. I like they are continuing to experiment and have prototyping equipment that's not much bigger than my own. They are passionate about making beer and I discovered they also use Admiral Malting. They stay true to the style definitions, so it feels like you're in a small family brewery in Europe. This is a fun place to visit every so often to try all the different stuff they've been working on, that's my plan as the beers I'd planned to try weren't in production, but they had plenty of other good beer.

Wonderful selection of well made beers, ales , porters and more. Tucked away in upper Scotts Valley with lovely outdoor seating and limited indoor seating. Having shamelessly tasted everything, I can say with authority, it is all good. My personal preference is their English ale, Kiss me, Hardy which is a reference to Lord Nelson 's last words and not a nod to current politically correct Woke culture. Owner is a Scot. Wife is English. The name is the company is a delicious reference to historic Scots-English tensions. I think you will enjoy yourselves!

Atmosphere and space and vibe seems cool . Band a twinge loud. However, Please do NOT continue to put scented soap in a bottle you are reusing marked unscented. Some people (1/3 of the population has negative reaction to fragrances) may have a medical issue using scented soap thinking it 's unscented. Lucky me I just got nauseous and dizzy for a few hours but an asthmatic or someone on chemo may not be as lucky.

This place seems to exclusively sell beer, so bring your own snacks. I am not typically a fan of breweries, so I can't comment on quality. However, the business hours are bizarre. Never in my entire life have I seen a brewery close at 8pm. I wonder if this is due to external circumstances.