Good Beer Company Pogh
Good Beer Company Pogh is tropical juice in farmhouse form — a 6.5% ABV mixed-culture farmhouse ale aged in oak barrels with passionfruit, orange, grapefruit and Citra hops. "Pogh" is a phonetic wink at P.O.G. — the famous Hawaiian passionfruit-orange-guava juice — with the Good Beer crew's twist: guava out, grapefruit in, plus a Citra dry-hop. It pours hazy pale gold, bone-dry and highly attenuated, with passionfruit and sharp grapefruit zest up front and aromatic oak behind. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor.
- ABV: 6.5%
- Size: 750mL
- Style: Mixed-culture farmhouse ale / sour saison, oak-barrel-aged
- Fruit & hops: Passionfruit, orange, grapefruit; dry-hopped with Citra
- Profile: Bone-dry, highly attenuated; hazy pale gold
- Origin: The Good Beer Company, Santa Ana, California (now closed — bottles are legacy stock)
P.O.G., the Santa Ana Way
The P.O.G. concept — passionfruit, orange, guava — is a Hawaiian staple, and breweries from Burleigh to Hopworks have riffed on it. Good Beer Co.'s riff swapped the guava for sharp grapefruit and added Citra hops, making Pogh drier and zestier than the juice-box original. The brewery built its name on mixed-culture and barrel-aged farmhouse ales in Santa Ana before closing its doors — what remains is genuinely finite. See more sour and wild beers or what's left of Good Beer Company at Del Mesa Liquor.
Tasting Notes
Nose: Passionfruit, grapefruit zest, pithy orange, light oak. Palate: Sharp citrus and tropical fruit, bone-dry. Finish: Highly attenuated, aromatic, clean.
How to Enjoy
Serve well-chilled in a tulip with poke, fish tacos or a citrusy ceviche — the grapefruit edge wants seafood. A summer beer by design.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does "Pogh" mean? It's pronounced like P.O.G. — the Hawaiian passionfruit-orange-guava juice that inspired the fruit bill (grapefruit stands in for guava here).
Is the brewery still open? No — The Good Beer Company of Santa Ana has closed, so bottles are remaining stock.
How sour is it? Mixed-culture and barrel-aged, but bone-dry and zesty rather than mouth-puckering.
The last of a Santa Ana original — order Good Beer Company Pogh online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.