What is a Tied House?

During the Industrial Revolution, a system of tied houses & free houses emerged in England. A free house was owned privately & allowed to sell any type of beer. This of your typical neighborhood pub as a free house. A tied house, on the other hand, was a pub owned by a brewery & allowed only to sell beer manufactured by that one brewery. Think of the pub being tied to its brand. The number of tied houses owned by a brewery vary from one to the 9,800 that Bass owns today.

Our Tied House was opened in Downtown Mountain View in January 1988. Over two decades later, we continue to perfect our award winning beer.