Taste the Flavor of Merced County!

Founded by a UC Merced alumnus, Bobcat Brewing Co. captures the heart of Merced County and the great San Joaquin Valley in every glass of craft beer we brew. Our slogan is "Taste the Flavor of Merced County", which, if you know Merced County, is a lot of flavor! Our recipes are perfected in half-barrel batches at a 1950's era farm house located less than 3 miles from UC Merced and smack dab in the middle of a 400-acre cattle ranch. Up a dirt road and on a hill, when we brew on a clear day we can see all across the San Joaquin Valley from the coastal range mountains near Los Banos to the Sierra Nevada past Madera.



Our brewer has had more than 10 years of experience brewing new and unique styles of beer. While teaching himself to brew from books and hanging out at the Santa Rosa homebrew shop, he brewed historic and modern beer recipes in a 5 gallon kettle. From these roots in experimentation, he moved on to study Cognitive Science at UC Merced, the world's first 21st century research university.



After moving into the commercial scene, our brewer was mentored by the award winning commercial brewer Bill Coffey. Coffey was trained in traditional German craft brewing in the 1980's, and helped establish one of the first Western breweries in China.



Our beers blend the experimental style of modern homebrew and the classic methods of European brewing. Merced County is a flux of technology and agriculture, where a research university lies next to a cattle ranch. When we craft our beers, we try to capture the unique people and places that make up our County. We hope to create beers that let you truly 'Taste the Flavors of Merced County'.