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The brewery is in a fairly industrial area and I did not find nearby lodging. The taproom decent sized and they do not serve food, just great beer. It is a delicious sour and absolutely growler worthy! It is rarity to run into sours so when you do, it’s a special treat. I liked the Mighty Eighth IPA, India Pale Lager, and especially a limited release Fleur de Saison. If you take Highway 70 east towards Quincy, you will encounter a long, windy drive along the Feather River. We saddled up and headed to our favorite camping location, a beach on the Feather River. We enjoyed all their beers in two flights. It is the lightest beer you will find at this brewery and contains a mild wheat taste very friendly to the palette. This fairly new brewery in Sacramento has been open for about a year.

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Unlike the brewery’s existing taproom near Sacramento’s Colonial Village neighborhood, where the only eats have come from visiting food trucks since it opened in 2013, New Glory Eatery & Taproom features a 5,500-square-foot space fitted with a full kitchen and two pizza ovens. New Glory Craft Brewery became popular enough to open a new taproom/restaurant in 2018.

Julien and his friend began home brewing and there came a point they decided to open their own brewery. Julien and his buddy left the brewery determined to try to make beer. One day he went on a tour of Sierra Nevada Brewing Company and he found the same passion his grandfather found. Julien moved to America found employment with Markstein Beverage Co., a distributor for breweries such as Sierra Nevada and Kona Brewing.

When Julien moved here, he didn’t know anything about beer.” In the region of France Julien is from, cider and champagne are the drinks of choice, not beer, so his exposure was limited. From the time he helped his grandfather with the cider process – picking the apples, letting them sit and rot, pressing them for the juice, and aging the juice in oak barrels for months. His grandfather used much of the fruit for crafting ciders on the property. During the summers, he would explore his grandfather’s apple orchards.

Julien grew up in a small town in France, halfway between Paris and Belgium. New Glory Craft Brewery was founded in 2013 by 25-year-old home brewer and French native Julian Lux and quickly became a Sacramento favorite.

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