NESTLED near the American River in Rancho Cordova, CA and located in a revitalized warehouse along Trade Center Drive is American River Brewing Company. The dream-come-true of founder/brewer David Mathis and Head Brewer Andy Armstrong, American River Brewing Company encompasses the life-long passions of beer and the art/science of brewing. Plans for the brewery began in 2010. After more than 15 years in the commercial brewing industry, we embarked on locating a useable location to house a production level brewery that would include a tasting room and space to grow. After an exhaustive search a home was found and construction began in the summer of 2011. The original scope called for a modest 7 bbl brew house with tanks enough to manage 2000 bbl of production per year. After much re-thinking and soul-searching the brewery was increased in size to 15 bbl and room to grow to 10,000 bbls production per year. By October 2011, we started to formulate the first recipes.