Slice Beer Company
Slice Beer Company is a microbrewery in Lincoln, California, United States. Slice predominantly features West Coast IPAs, Hazy IPAs, and classic styles. HistorySlice was founded in 2019 by Zach Frasher and Russ Yeager.[1] Yeager is marketing director for Old Town Pizza, located next door to Slice's taproom.[2] Frasher was a former brewer at Moonraker Brewing in nearby Auburn, California, and is credited with raising Moonraker's profile in the U.S. beer community by creating a triple IPA that bested Russian River Brewing's Pliny the Younger in 2017 at the annual Double and Triple IPA competition at The Bistro in Hayward.[3] Frasher, who got his start as a homebrewer while being a stay-at-home-dad after his daughter's birth, worked for Mraz Brewing and Knee Deep Brewing.[1] Facility Slice has a 10 barrel brewhouse, and a fermentation capacity of 120 barrels.[3] They expect to produce 1,500 barrels a year, which Frasher says gives him the ability to control the entire process.[2] Their brewing facility is located with their taproom, which has a capacity of 32 people.[2] They do not distribute, instead selling all their beers from their taproom.[4] During 2020's Covid-19 pandemic, they switched to more canned sales.[5] BeerFrasher was inspired to create hazy IPAs by New England style pioneers Hill Farmstead, the Alchemist, and Tired Hands.[2] They focus on fresh beers and use the tag line: "Culture of Fresh."[3] Before production started under their label, Slice brewed collaboration beers with established breweries like Cellarmaker, Moksa, and Urban Roots.[2] In 2020, they became the first brewery to win people's choice for both the double and triple IPA styles at the Bistro's Double and Triple IPA Festival.[6] The people's choice award is voted on by festival attendees, which numbered around 1,000 in 2020.[6] References
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