Our History
A family farm, an early California brewing license, and a stubborn little dog.
How we got here
Jack Russell Farm Brewery began on a working orchard in Camino, in the foothills above Placerville. The Apple Hill corridor was already drawing weekend traffic for pies and pumpkins; we wanted to add a craft brewery to the loop — one that grew where it sold.
The brewing license came through in the early 2000s, making us one of the first farm-based breweries in California. The brewhouse went in next to the apiary; the wine & cider cave came later when the orchard made it impossible not to. Today the property is a working farm and a tasting room at the same time — the same building you sit in is the same building your pint came from.
The dog
The name and the logo are both for a jack russell terrier who ran the farm before we did. The current resident dogs (a few of them) carry on the tradition.
Today
We're still small, still family-run, and still in the same orchard. Beer, coffee, live music on the weekends, and a few thousand bees who don't read the sign.