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MachineHead Brewing Co.

  • In Planning
  • Clovis, California
  • 2 Year Medal Streak

WebsiteOpen in the Breweries Dashboard

Medals in View
2
Gold, Silver, Bronze
First Medal in View
2025
Categories Medaled
2
0 in special categories
Estimated Barrels per Year
1.5K

No production figure is published, so this uses the typical volume for its brewery type (in Planning): 1,500 barrels. Estimated total: 1,500 barrels. Inputs: Barrels: 1,500 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: In Planning; Locations: 1; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

Estimate (E)
Estimated ARR
$1.4M

1,500 barrels times $900 per barrel, the benchmark price for its brewery type (in Planning), gives $1,350,000 a year. The range shown is 0.7 to 1.35 times that. Inputs: Barrels: 1,500 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: In Planning; Locations: 1; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

EBITDA $108K at 8% (E)
Medals by YearMachineHead Brewing Co., 2018 to 2026
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Medals by Year
Name201820192020202120222023202420252026
Gold000000000
Silver000000000
Bronze000000011

Ten Year Trend

Each year says whether the brewery medaled. When it did not, the status says why there is nothing to count, including years before the brewery opened.

Medals and status of MachineHead Brewing Co. in the last ten years.
YearStatusMedalsGold / Silver / Bronze
2026Medaled1
2025Medaled1
2024No Medal0
2023No Medal0
2022No Medal0
2021No Medal0
2020Results Not LoadedNot FoundNot Found
2019Partial Year0
2018Partial Year0
Medals by Style Family
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Medals by Style Family
Style FamilyMedals
Pale Ale1
Sour and Wild1
Medals by Category
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Medals by Category
CategoryMedals
Contemporary Gose1
Juicy or Hazy Strong Pale Ale1
Medals by Location CreditedAs Printed in the Winners List
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Medals by Location Credited
Location CreditedMedals
Clovis2

Hops in These Medal Beers

Each variety links to its page, with the farms that grow it.

Hops in the medal beers of MachineHead Brewing Co..
Motueka1
Nectaron1
Peacharine1

Hop Farms Reached Through These Hops

A farm the brewery named is a direct statement in a beer profile. A farm that grows one of these hops is published as growing it, and it does not mean the beer used hops from that farm.

Brewery Named This Farm

No beer profile of this brewery names a farm.

Grown by

No farm is published as growing a hop this brewery uses.

Medal History

Field is the number of entries in the category that year. Entries per medal divides the field by the medals awarded.

Every Great American Beer Festival medal of MachineHead Brewing Co. in view.. Select a column header to sort.
Beer Profile
2026BronzeRhyme To The Rhythm6.8%24Juicy or Hazy Strong Pale Ale10836.0ClovisFull Profile
2025BronzePunk FuzzNot FoundNot FoundContemporary Gose4314.3ClovisNot Found

2026 Medal Beers

Bronze in Juicy or Hazy Strong Pale Ale

Rhyme To The Rhythm

MachineHead Brewing Co., Clovis, CA

Category
Juicy or Hazy Strong Pale Ale
Entries
108
ABV
6.8%
IBU
24
Style
Hazy IPA
Malts
Not Found
Yeast
Not Found
Adjuncts
Not Found

Hops

Tasting Notes

This hazy is packed with Nectaron, Peacharine and Motueka Hops bringing out flavors of passionfruit, peach rings, melon, lychee and Pure Dankness.

Source: machineheadbrewing.com

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Profile

Type
In Planning
Headquarters
Clovis, California
Founded
Not Found
Employees
Not Found
Kitchen
Not Found
Website
machineheadbrewing.comSource: website resolved; Instagram linked from the brewery website; Untappd brewery page name and city match
Links
InstagramUntappdChecked 2026-10-14Source: website resolved; Instagram linked from the brewery website; Untappd brewery page name and city match
Locations
  • MachineHead Brewing Co.: Clovis, California, 93612 Map
Known for
Sour and Wild, Pale Ale

Current Beers

Not Found

Ownership and Investors

Not Found

Breweries without ownership research are not counted as independent.

Distribution

Not Found

Estimated Scale

Barrels per Year
1,500

No production figure is published, so this uses the typical volume for its brewery type (in Planning): 1,500 barrels. Estimated total: 1,500 barrels. Inputs: Barrels: 1,500 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: In Planning; Locations: 1; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

(Estimated from Brewery Type (E), Low Confidence)
Equivalent
46,500 gallons, or 20,667 cases of 24 twelve ounce cans. About 148,800 sixteen ounce cans packaged (assuming 40% packaged) and 223,200 pints on draft.
Revenue (ARR)
$1.4M

1,500 barrels times $900 per barrel, the benchmark price for its brewery type (in Planning), gives $1,350,000 a year. The range shown is 0.7 to 1.35 times that. Inputs: Barrels: 1,500 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: In Planning; Locations: 1; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

(range $945K to $1.8M, E)
Gross Margin
50%

Annual revenue ($1,350,000) times a 50% gross margin, typical for its brewery type (in Planning), gives $675,000 of gross profit. Inputs: Barrels: 1,500 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: In Planning; Locations: 1; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

(gross profit $675K, E)
EBITDA
$108K at 8%

Annual revenue ($1,350,000) times a 8% EBITDA margin, typical for its brewery type (in Planning), gives $108,000. The range uses 5% to 11%, typical for self distributed breweries. Inputs: Barrels: 1,500 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: In Planning; Locations: 1; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

(range 5% to 11%, $68K to $149K, E)
Revenue per Barrel
$900

Annual revenue ($1,350,000) divided by 1,500 barrels. Inputs: Barrels: 1,500 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: In Planning; Locations: 1; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

(cost of goods assumed at $500 per barrel, E)
Revenue per Location
$1.4M

Annual revenue ($1,350,000) divided by the number of locations (1). Inputs: Barrels: 1,500 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: In Planning; Locations: 1; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

for its one location, E

How These Estimates Are Made

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