OC Breweries: Valiant Brewing (Grand Opening), Old Orange Brewing, and Noble Ale Works

This last weekend was the grand opening of the newest brewery in Orange County, Valiant Brewing Company (Orange, CA). I had a chance to check out their website before going over there and it seemed like their beers listed were primarily strong ales.







I got to Valiant just a bit after the doors opened at noon and the place was packed. I had heard about these guys a while back, but then things were quiet for a while. It's great to see that they got things up and running. Upon entering you immediately noticed that they have put a lot of time and money into their whole setup. Everything is still brand new and shiny and it looks like they have quite a bit of room to expand.

For the grand opening they only had 3 brews on tap: Mavericks Mighty Ale (Bitter), 31 King's (IPA), and Veranda (French Ale). They all had a nice malt profile, but not too much hoppiness. I think the Veranda was my favorite. It was a bit sweet and masked the alcohol well. I can't wait to get back there once they have more on tap!






They serve all their beers in branded glasses!

FYI, the industrial park where they are located in is a bit tricky to find. Look for this sign when you are on Batavia and then follow the driveway back along the drainage ditch. They are tucked away back on the left.

Since Valiant was super busy that afternoon, we made our way down to Old Orange Brewing Company (Orange, CA). It's literally two blocks South on Batavia. I like Old Orange because they always have a wide variety of brews on tap.

With tasters at $1 ($2 for some of the strong/special beers) I usually just make my way right down the menu.I think my favorite was the Thumb Master Double IPA.










After a bit it seemed like a number of people from the Valiant grand Opening had filtered over to Old Orange so it started to get packed too. The only solution was to hit another brewery just a mile or so away!

Noble Ale Works (Anaheim, CA) is a cool little spot to hit before an Angels or Ducks game because it is right near the stadiums (Valiant and Old Orange are really close too). They usually have some interesting stuff on tap.








The most memorable was their Good Time Imperial Stout with Morita chilies and yellow curry (2nd from the right). It was pretty hot.











Looking forward to some warmer weather to visit all of these places again!