House beers range from stouts and IPA’s to naturally flavored brews including PAXTON Smoked Peanut Butter Ale, PHOENIX Vanilla Cream Ale, and our BLAKELY Chili Ale. Our ingredients are fresh and natural and full of flavor. Our flagship beers are named after Civil War cannons, our Summer beers are named after Civil War pistols and our winter beers are named after Civil War rifles. Our experimental beers are named after Civil War cannon parts.
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Awards
Fuse Smoked Rye Amber Ale
Brewers Cup Gold
Bellona (Cannon) Irish Red Ale
2021 Bronze Medal S.D. International Beer Competition Irish Red Ale
Joslyn (Rifle) 2019 NY German Chocolate Cake Milk Stout
2019 NY International Beer Fest "Bronze"
Paxton Smoked peanut butter ale
2019 Los Angeles International Beer Fest "Bronze"
Coehorn (Cannon) American Stout
Coehorn (Cannon) 2019 Silver Medal L.A. International Beer Competition Stout - American
Joslyn (Rifle) California German Chocolate cake milk stout California Chocolate Brewery of the Year
2019 NY International Beer Fest California German Chocolate cake milk stout California Chocolate Brewery of the Year
Flagship Beers
PARROT American IPA
Traditionally hopped west coast American IPA
PAXTON Smoked Peanut Butter Ale
BRONZE METAL WINNER. Beech wood smoked malts and organic peanut butter powder give this beer it's unique smoked flavor
COEHORN American Stout
Roasted coffee notes. Robust dark and flavorful. SILVER METAL WINNER!
COEHORN American Stout on nitro
Roasted coffee notes. Robust dark and flavorful. SILVER METAL WINNER! Nitro gives this Silver Metal Winner an extra creamy mouth feel.
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Meet the owners 🙂
Brewers Mike Nelson and Natallie Phillips started Smoking Cannon Brewery in 2015. The San Diego natives both grew up on the coast but moved to Ramona about 22 years ago.
Mike Nelson built his own three-barrel electrical system, and both he and Phillips contend they would like to see the brewery remain a relatively small, mom-and-pop shop. “Once it gets big it’s not special,” says Phillips. “This is about the passion of making excellent beer”
While Nelson originally picked up homebrewing in the late ‘90s, he started making beer consistently about ten years ago. During that time he’s entered a number local homebrew contests and done pretty well. “I can honestly say,” Nelson adds, “I’ve only not won awards three times, out of a hundred-plus beers.”