January 5, 2010
A great place - very good beer; they have one of the all time best lagers; the food is very good. In old town Auburn right off of I-80.

October 10, 2009
One of my favorite stops when I drive to the Bay Area to visit my parents. If you get the chance, make sure you try their harvest ale, which is one of my favorites. If you’re not there during harvest season you can’t go wrong with the Gold Digger IPA. Great Cheeseburger!

September 29, 2009
A nice and spacious place, in an old turn of the century building in this beautiful town of Auburn. Modern meets old, with lots of wood, granite, very nice. Friendly service by knowledgeable barstaff. The beer was good and honest. Menu is typical pubfare, but those sausages sure smelled good!

September 15, 2009
Cool little brewpub located in downtown Auburn. I visited on a weekend afternoon, and the place was packed. I had to park about a quarter mile up the road. This place reminds me a bit like Hoppy Brewing on in the inside. Bar is to the left, with some seating to the right. There is some brewing equipment in the back. Bathrooms were nice and classy. Menu was pretty typical in terms of brewpub fare, although there were a few oddballs in there. Prices were a bit elevated, and I had a burger, which was pretty tasty. I was given seasoned fries, even though I asked for regular. The bartender pretty much ignored me at first, but then he warmed up to me once he saw me taking notes. The selection was good, with about 8 beers on tap. All in all, not too bad, and definitely worth the stop if you’re driving down I-80.

April 7, 2008 [ Updated April 8, 2008 ]
April 2008 - Visited on a Monday afternoon and enjoyed the exceptional hospitality of brewer/owner Brian Ford. The brewpub itself is a work of art, wonderfully restored from an historic brick building in the midst of a cool little historic mining town. I selected a sandwich from the standard but well ranging pub menu and was quite pleased. They offer beers in full pints or in 12-ounce glasses I had three full ones and Brian offered two other samples, in addition to a pull of IPA straight from the fermentors. All the beer was very good, with the IPA, Brown and Stout all being worthy of a repeat visit all by themselves. The first stop on my latest California adventure I’m very glad I made the short drive from Sacramento to visit! Thanks to Brian and Rick Sellers! (Brewery #453, 4/7/2008)

March 22, 2008
Wulfstan, IPA next time. I tried their sampler set and found that the standout was definately IPA. I like this place, I never went when it was the Shanghai, but the building itself is pretty neat(old brick). Old downtown setting is great. Only problem is parking but if you don’t mind a short walk then no problem. Going for the mining type look, beer names coincide. Food was good pretty much standard pub grub. I will stop back in here sometime in the future its worth it.

January 3, 2008
This is a pretty nice, enjoyable brewpub in a great location. It’s in the heart of Old Town Auburn in the old Shanghai Restaurant that was there for some time and which, I only just discovered upon this visit to Auburn, is now gone. The bold building is nice with brick walls and big windows in front looking onto old town. Otherwise, it’s a pretty standard, but nice brewpub style with some character. The food we had was generally quite good, although my salad was a little weak. The beer selection seemed decent, but the two we had were not outstanding. The barleywine was good but not great and the brown ale really was on the low end of a standard, mediocre type. The service seemed fine. I’d gladly go back, but am not sure of the overall beer situation.