Restraint, by Institution Ale Company, is a brown ale that balances toasted dark malts and American hops. Hard maple wood adds a woodsy dryness and slight maple sweetness.

When Institution Ale Company became Camarillo’s first brewery and tasting room in 2013, the craft beer wave had just begun to hit Ventura County. Roger Smith co-owns the company with his sons, Ryan and Shaun. Institution began as a nanobrewery, or a scaled down microbrewery, in the industrial area of Camarillo, brewing three 100-gallon batches of beer every week. Between supplying two taprooms and distributing draft beer to bars and restaurants in Ventura and Los Angeles counties and the Central Coast, the brewing operation in Camarillo is nearly maxed out! Looking forward, they see themselves needing to grow in order to meet their high demand.

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CREDITS

Alex Hobbs - Host/Executive Producer

Ryan Roope - Host/Executive Producer

Jared Brody - Writer/Producer

Chelsea Cook - Writer