Solid Ground Brewing
552 Pleasant Valley Rd
Diamond Springs, California, 95619
United States
(530) 344-7442 | map
solidgroundbrewing.com
We are a 30 barrel production brewery that specializes in traditional and non-traditional craft lagers, ales, and wine-influenced beers. We also provide specialty and experimental ales, barrel aged beers and sours.
At Solid Ground, we are breaking new ground by pushing the boundaries of beer using winemaking techniques; including barrel aging projects and blending wine into beer to create harmonious hybrids. We also remain true to the centuries of brewing traditions of intercontinental beer styles. Every beer and wine placed on our tap list undergoes a collaboration of ideas, recipes, and taste-tests before the final product is poured in the taproom
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by chrisjws from California
4.22/5 rDev -9.4%
vibe: 4 | quality: 4.25 | service: 4.25 | selection: 4.25
4.22/5 rDev -9.4%
vibe: 4 | quality: 4.25 | service: 4.25 | selection: 4.25
The next stop was Solid Ground, which arrived like the next level in a video game. Bigger. Louder. More people. Still early enough that the place wasn’t packed but the gears of the afternoon were clearly turning.
This was cowboy country. At least the Northern California version of it. The sort populated by suburban tech refugees who moved far enough out of the city to convince themselves they had embraced the frontier while still maintaining high speed internet and ergonomic office chairs.
There were trucks. Boots. Wide hats. The faint smell of smoked meat drifting through the air.
And the smoker itself sat proudly outside like a steel war machine dragging a trailer behind it. On the back was a license plate that read FU 1844.
Naturally I stared at it for several minutes like a drunken historian attempting to decode an ancient rune. Was it political? Historical? Personal? A reference to some obscure conflict or cattle feud lost to time?
No answers came.
The beer arrived before the revelation.
A lager first. Clean and crisp. Then a hefeweizen that was shockingly bright and lively for an American entry. The kind of beer that snaps your brain awake for a moment before the next round dulls the edges again.
Meanwhile the children continued their strange rebellion against the laws of thermodynamics. The more time passed the more energy they seemed to generate. Small perpetual motion machines fueled by sunshine and chaos.
Solid Ground was a good place. A solid middle act. The kind of brewery that knows its job and does it well before quietly ushering you toward the next destination.
Which was fortunate because the final battlefield awaited.
Mar 08, 2026This was cowboy country. At least the Northern California version of it. The sort populated by suburban tech refugees who moved far enough out of the city to convince themselves they had embraced the frontier while still maintaining high speed internet and ergonomic office chairs.
There were trucks. Boots. Wide hats. The faint smell of smoked meat drifting through the air.
And the smoker itself sat proudly outside like a steel war machine dragging a trailer behind it. On the back was a license plate that read FU 1844.
Naturally I stared at it for several minutes like a drunken historian attempting to decode an ancient rune. Was it political? Historical? Personal? A reference to some obscure conflict or cattle feud lost to time?
No answers came.
The beer arrived before the revelation.
A lager first. Clean and crisp. Then a hefeweizen that was shockingly bright and lively for an American entry. The kind of beer that snaps your brain awake for a moment before the next round dulls the edges again.
Meanwhile the children continued their strange rebellion against the laws of thermodynamics. The more time passed the more energy they seemed to generate. Small perpetual motion machines fueled by sunshine and chaos.
Solid Ground was a good place. A solid middle act. The kind of brewery that knows its job and does it well before quietly ushering you toward the next destination.
Which was fortunate because the final battlefield awaited.
Reviewed by FLBeerGuy from Florida
4.75/5 rDev +1.9%
vibe: 4.75 | quality: 4.75 | service: 4.75 | selection: 4.75 | food: 4.75
4.75/5 rDev +1.9%
vibe: 4.75 | quality: 4.75 | service: 4.75 | selection: 4.75 | food: 4.75
Solid place with great beer and wine that they also make there. One of the owners is a brewer, the other a wine maker Food is excellent, small menu, but everything we tried was excellent. Ate there 2 nights in a row it was that good. It's good to see a brewery that has good beer and also has a solid wine selection. Makes it easier to convince the wife to go. Seating indoors and outdoors, music on the weekends.
May 13, 2018
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