REVIEW: Pretzel Bun and Cheddar Cheese Sauce? That's All We Needed to Know, Disneyland. We're In!

The Disney California Adventure Food and Wine Festival is BACK for 2022, and we’re trying all kinds of dishes!

Craft Brews booth

This festival takes place from March 4th to April 26th, 2022, at Disney California Adventure, but many of the booths opened a little early. We’ll be checking out all the new merchandise and entertainment that’s coming as well. But our priority is the food of course! We’re at the booth that’s ALL about craft brews, so let’s get a drink (or two)!

Food

We had to try the only (and NEW) dish on the California Craft Brews menu, which is the IPA Sausage Dog, served on a soft pretzel roll with onion-pepper Jardinière, cheddar cheese sauce, and malt vinegar-jalapeño crunch for $7.

IPA Sausage Dog

This snack was one of our favorite eats so far! It was so tasty with LOTS of different flavors and textures that all worked well together. The pretzel roll was soft and fresh, and there was plenty of gooey cheese sauce (which you know is important to us). The sausage had a great texture as well, and it reminded us a little of a kielbasa.

This was delicious!

We loved that snack, but at the booth known for drinks, it’s time to grab one!

Drinks

Prices for drinks range from $10.25 to $17, and they include a range of California craft brews.

Plenty of craft brew options here!

If you enjoy beer, you can probably find something you like here! Or you can try a little of everything with the flights. The Bright & Balanced Beer Flight includes Mexican-Style Lager, Boysenberry Lemonade Hard Seltzer, Tiki Time Tropical Wheat, and Tropical Hideaway for $17.

Bright and Balanced Beer Flight!

The first beer was Trademark, A La Playa Mexican Lager! This beer was bitter, but light. It tasted like a more flavorful Corona.

Trademark, A La Playa Mexican Lager

Then we tried the Boysenberry Hard Seltzer! We weren’t huge fans of this one, it was very bitter and dry.

Brewberry x Boysenberry Hard Seltzer

Next was the Tiki Time Tropical Wheat beer. This one was very hoppy and heavy tasting, and you could really feel the wheat.

Calicraft, Tiki Time, Tropical Wheat

Then we tried the Tropical Hideaway Sour! This one was a combination of sour and bitter, which we didn’t really like, and it had a heavy fermented taste.

Bottle Logic, Tropical Hideaway Sour

The Bigger & Bolder Beer Flight includes a Hazy Double IPA, Aloha Sculpin Hazy IPA, a Fruited IPA, and an Imperial Red IPA, and it costs $17 as well. You can also get those drinks on their own, and prices range from $13 to $15.95 for individual beers.

Bigger and Bolder Beer Flight!

First is the Crowns and Hops Hazy Double IPA! This one was light and slightly sweet. We really liked how smooth and rich the flavor of this one was, and it was pretty similar to a Modelo!

Crowns and Hops IPA

The Aloha Sculpin was fruity and almost felt like a punch. It was light, sparkling, and one of the more refreshing beers we tried!

Ballast Point, Aloha Sculpin IPA

The Tangible Fruited IPA was like apple juice you want more of! It wasn’t as sweet as an Angry Orchard, and a little more hoppy!

Karl Strauss Fruited IPA

The Imperial Red IPA was super sweet, almost like candy! It was slightly sour as well, which we liked!

Stereo Brewing Co., Imperial Red IPA

We tried out the Boysenberry Lemonade Hard Seltzer by Brewery X for $10.25. This seltzer actually surprised us. We thought it would be a little more bubbly and fruity, but it tasted a lot like red wine. It wasn’t our favorite drink at this booth, but if you love red wine then you’d probably enjoy it!

Boysenberry lemonade hard seltzer

And we ordered the Yondershop Hard Cider by Ficklewood for $15.25. We preferred this drink to the seltzer, especially since it tasted a lot more like a beer to us. It was closer to what we were expecting from a craft brew booth. The flavor was a little bit bitter, and we think most hard cider fans will enjoy it.

Yonderhop Hard Cider

And if you want to have a bit of fun with your drink, you can order a Red or Green Grapes Cube Charm for $5.50!

Overall

We enjoyed the hard cider here, but our favorite thing was definitely that IPA Sausage Dog! We might be a little bit biased (because we’re bound to love anything covered in liquid cheese), but we think it was a delicious snack. If you’re looking for a variety of brew options, though, you probably can’t go wrong at this booth. They have several different choices available, and those flights are a great way to try a sip of a few different flavors. Keep following DFB for more reviews of the Food & Wine booths at Disney California Adventure!