Meet the Makers

Beer and Cider · Turlock, California

Dust Bowl Brewing Co.

A Central Valley brewery honoring its founder's Oklahoma family roots.

Founded
2009
Founded by
Brett Tate, Brett Honore
Based in
Turlock, California

Making it since

2009

Their story

Dust Bowl Brewing Co. is based in Turlock, in California's Central Valley. Founder Brett Tate grew up in Turlock, played baseball at Stanislaus State, and taught and coached at local high schools before turning to beer. He named the brewery to honor his family's Oklahoma roots.

Dust Bowl released its first beer, the Hops of Wrath IPA, in 2009, and it is still the flagship. Fellow Central Valley native Brett Honore joined about a year later, and a downtown Turlock taproom followed.

In 2017 the company opened a 30,000-square-foot brewery and restaurant off Highway 99, and it added a taproom in Monterey in 2019.

How it's made

Dust Bowl brews at its own large production brewery in Turlock. The lineup includes about nine year-round beers and a long list of seasonal and specialty releases, sold in cans and on draft.

Our plan is to continue to brew more beer and reach new markets
Brett Tate, founder, to The Signal (2020)

Why we carry them

We like Dust Bowl for well-made California beer from the Central Valley. Hops of Wrath is a solid pick for IPA fans.

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