Fox Tale Fermentation Project

05/30/2026

Pink Kimchi Spring Fusion Tostada

We were feeling wild and fresh.

Blue Corn Tostada, Gochugaru Smashed White Beans, Purple Asparagus, Purple Snap Peas, Pink Kimchi, Pea Shoots and a Cultured Dulse Crema.

Purple Asparagus
White Beans
Purple Snap Peas
Dulse
Bachelor Buttons

05/27/2026

Street Cultura, our house Kölsch featuring floor malted Maizzen Red Corn returns! $6 a glass all day - every day!!!

Floriani Red Corn originated in the New England area of pre-colonized North America. It tastes like berry fruit with dense sweet corn flavor. Hints of earth with unmistakable fresh masa flavor.

Fritz Durst, a farmer Admiral works with in the Woodland area, raises Red Floriani on organically certified, irrigated lands. He is a “regenerative” farmer and typically raises a winter cover crop prior to his spring planting of the corn. The cover crop is first tilled into the soil, and then the corn is planted into moisture along with a liquid seaweed extract to provide micro nutrients.

As always we love working with Admiral and are excited to add their corn into our Cultura beers. Of course More corn lagers will be returning this summer, including some awesome collabs we have in the works 👀👀

Until then…

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05/24/2026

It’s Gazpacho Season, and we’re starting with a simple but of course, funky version.

Fresh Roma tomatoes blended with our Fermented Giardiniera and Royal Corona Beans make for a perfectly creamy yet refreshing cool soup, paired of course with our favorite Sourdough.

You’ll love it.

05/19/2026

These dishes have been DISHIN lately. All the colors, all the flavors, all the textures. Some of the nicest produce we’ve seen.

We’ll see you Wednesday.

05/08/2026

Ume season is here!

The first crop of the year are falling from the trees. As it warms up we should expect to collect enough to brew another batch of King Dragon, our umeboshi inspired sour farmhouse ale.

Umes are tart, intensely aromatic fruit prized in Japanese pickling and liqueur making traditions. Somewhere between an apricot and a plum, they have bright acidity, sweet jasmine aroma and subtle salinity depth that makes King Dragon one of our most distinctive seasonal releases.

Our dear friends Paul & Kristin harvest them by hand here in San Jose at peak ripeness. We then carbonic macerate the fruit anywhere from 4-6 weeks before conditioning the beer on the fruit to capture their vivid character.

Stay tuned!

05/07/2026

Happiest of Birthdays to the guy making all of our hoppiest dreams come true! Felipe makes up 50% of Fox Tale ownership, but 100% of our hearts. From mastering brewing to destroying the dishes to being the host with the most (plans, ideas, places for you to sit), this guy really does it all.

Next time you see give him a high five and maybe even buy him a beer! He deserves it

04/30/2026

Time happens fast and we never got the chance to formally thank our good good dude Giovani for the 3 years he spent with us here at Fox Tale.

came to us a few years ago with hopes of working some weekend shifts after he worked his full week big job, to get into the industry, connect with more folks, learn more about beer, and to just be a part of the fun. He stayed with us for 3 whole years, always showing up when we needed him, being a kind and funny presence to all, and always surprising us with his INSANE nose- this guy can smell and taste any off flavor, any change to the recipe…it’s wild, he’s a super taster!

Gio finally stepped away a bit ago, having fulfilled all the fun he wanted to have with us, and earn his free weekends back again! We’re forever grateful for the time he spent with us, and always love to have him back, on the other side of the bar now!

time you see him, but this guy a drink. He deserves it!

04/30/2026

Look how pretty our pickles are.

That stunning blue garlic there? Proof the fermentation went well. The Lactic Acid produced by fermentation creates an acidic environment, which reacts with enzymes in the garlic and transform the cloves into the ultimate green-blue color. If you’re lucky, you miiiiight get one from us, I hear they’re lucky 🍀

Find these babies on your Cali Classic Burger, or ask for em a la carte!

04/30/2026

04/23/2026

Dusting off Batch 2 You’re Invited bottles from the cellar to celebrate our feature on / Check, Please! Come by tonight at 7:30pm for the watch party!

Brewed with a blend of local malts from and carbonic macerated white peaches from and raspberries from . Steeped with a dreamy bouquet of jasmine, Osmanthus flowers and rose petals.

As always our sours are fermented to the perfect acidity with lachancea thermotolerans and conditioned with a touch of our house kombucha culture. We have been so excited to finally be releasing these sour beer experiments with a culture that is uniquely our own ❤️