{"id":6680,"date":"2026-06-11T10:32:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T10:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/oak-park-brewing-co-heads-to-brooklyn-for-craft-beer-competition\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T10:32:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T10:32:46","slug":"oak-park-brewing-co-heads-to-brooklyn-for-craft-beer-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/oak-park-brewing-co-heads-to-brooklyn-for-craft-beer-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Oak Park Brewing Co. heads to Brooklyn for craft beer competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Oak Park Brewing Co., a Sacramento brewery, will compete in Brooklyn this week for the title of America\u2019s next top craft brewery.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/how-did-the-putah-fire-get-its-name-what-to-know-about-california-wildfire-names-2\/\">How did the Putah Fire get its name? What to know about California wildfire names<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>At the Samuel Adams Crafting Dreams Beer Bash, the Sacramento brewers will face off against five other American craft breweries for the title, including Florian East Lagers &amp; Ales of Hamtramck, Michigan, Immigrant Son Brewery of Lakewood, Ohio, Intermission Beer Company of Glen Allen, Virginia, Pilot Brewing of Charlotte, North Carolina, and Soul Mega of Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>As finalists for the Brewing the American Dream Experienceship, Oak Park Brewing Co. is, according to the Beer Bash event page, competing for the chance to \u201ccome to the Boston Brewery, work side by side with a team of experts and mentors, learn the craft and business of brewing and collaborate on a specialty beer with Samuel Adams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the Beer Bash are free, and attendees will sample beers from all the finalists in attendance before voting for the winner. According to Oak Park Brewing Co.\u2019s Instagram, they will be pouring the Mystic Cloud Hazy IPA at the competition. Brewed with orange peel, the brewery describes it on their website as \u201c(soft), clean, and dry\u201d and with an \u201corange bite (that) tingles the tongue and quickly dissipates leaving a soft hop bitterness that lingers on the palate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/calfresh-change-hot-streak-for-giants-lee-top-sacramento-news-for-june-10\/\">CalFresh change, hot streak for Giants\u2019 Lee. Top Sacramento news for June 10<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Oak Park Brewing Co., which opened in 2019, is one of two Black-owned breweries in Sacramento. 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