![]() ![]() Honorable mentions: Sante Adairius Rustic Ales, New Bohemia Brewing Company, Corralitos Brewing Co., Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing World champion disc golfers Avery Jenkins (left) and Nate Doss enjoy a beer at 99 Bottles in Santa Cruz, California. Must drink: Uncle Dave’s Rye IPA – I love IPAs that use cool adjunct ingredients, and their Rye IPA is at the top of the list as far as Rye IPAs I’ve had go. That was two years ago, and you can tell the brewery is expanding and getting some new tanks. We turned in, and boom, it was Discretion Brewing. It was this old area where I used to ride my BMX bike through and nothing was there, but they built it up with some industrial buildings. One day, me and Val were going down there and pulling into the supermarket, and we saw a little sign that said “craft beer ” they hadn’t even put up their normal sign yet. It’s kind of a funny story – the brewery is literally right around the corner from where I grew up, and it’s right across the street from a big supermarket. They have a Rye IPA, an IPA, a Double IPA, and a bunch of other eclectic beers as well. They have a really cool vibe at their taproom, their beers are super good. Nate’s Best Brewery: Discretion Brewing– My favorite is a brewery that’s right on my side of town – I think its official address is in Soquel – but it’s a brewery called Discretion Brewing. I think we have nine craft breweries in Santa Cruz County. Fast forward 10 years, and that scene has changed tremendously. ![]() There was always one leader in craft beer around here, and that was Seabright Brewery. If we rewind 10 years to when I turned 21, there was only one, maybe two craft breweries in Santa Cruz. That’s a lifetime achievement award, and those memories will be with me forever. He came out the victor there, and I had the crowd singing happy birthday to me on the 27 th green, the 27 th basket and, long story short, I was given the “Steady” Ed Memorial Disc Golf Trophy last year. It was my 30th birthday on the final round and I had a great battle with Paul McBeth. Last year was, in my opinion, one of the best. I feel fortunate to have been able to battle in all these great Masters Cups with the great champions of all these events, and I’m proud of all of them and proud to be a part of it. While I haven’t won the Masters Cup before and people may say that it’s a shortcoming or there’s a curse or whatever, I don’t look at it that way. I have so many great friends here, so many great friends from disc golf, so many memories.Īll the great disc golf memories are phenomenal, from seeing my very first Masters Cup back in 1992 as a 7-year-old kid, all the way to the 2011 Worlds and taking that down out at Pinto Lake down in Watsonville. No matter where I live, this will be home for me. The coastal city not only hosts the “Steady” Ed Memorial Masters Cup from Friday through Sunday, but it’s also Doss’ old stomping grounds.ĭoss On Santa Cruz – Santa Cruz is my hometown, it’ll always be my hometown. ![]() On tap this week is Santa Cruz, California. With that in mind, we introduce the second installment of Doss on Draft, a series where we’ll talk with Nate about his favorite places to imbibe in and around the cities that host PDGA National Tour stops and other major events. So it only made sense, then, to reach out to him about his top watering holes on tour. Not only is Nate Doss a three-time Professional Disc Golf Association world champion, but he’s also an avid homebrewer and future craft brewery owner. Pro tips on where to imbibe in the 2011 world champion's hometown and site of this weekend's Masters Cup by Steve Hill in Travel with 0 comments ![]()
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