West Peak Brewing Company
was established in 2011 in Novato, California. The brewery name and theme revolves around the historic railroads that served Marin and Sonoma Counties in the late 1800s to the mid-1900s. Specifically, the history and lore of the following railroads are a foundation of West Peak Brewing: the North Pacific Coast Railroad (NPC), the North Shore Railroad (NSR), the San Rafael & San Quentin Railroad (S.R. & S.Q.), the San Francisco and North Pacific Railway (S.F. & N.P.), the Mill Valley & Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway (M.V. & M.T.), and the Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railroad (M.T. & M.).Alluvial Hill Hops
, a subsidiary of West Peak Brewing Company, is a small-scale organic hop farm in Oregon that provides organic hops for the West Peak brews. Click on the hop logo to find out more.To learn more about the history and status of Mount Tam's real "West Peak" go here: The Invisible Peak. To watch an 1898 Thomas Edison kinetoscope movie of the railroad and the Tavern on the Tamalpais, go to Mount Tamalpais R.R..