
Veteran & law enforcement owned · Bakersfield, CA
Traditional beer, brewed right here in Bakersfield.
Six house beers on tap, a full kitchen making burgers, tacos and wings from scratch, and live music, trivia and darts most nights. Open seven days a week on District Blvd.
Welcome in
A brewery, a kitchen and a stage.
You'll find us in Suite 18 on District Blvd, in southwest Bakersfield's brewery corridor. Inside there's a bar room, a full kitchen, a stage big enough for a horn section, and a big outdoor patio that stays open late when the weather is good. No reservations needed. Walk in, grab a seat, order at the bar.
We brew traditional European ales and lagers on site and pour them fresh. You don't need to know beer to order well here. Tell a bartender what you usually drink and they'll put the right pint in front of you, or start with a flight of four beers.
Plan Your Visit

The kitchen
A full kitchen, open whenever we are.

We cook everything here, not out of a truck in the lot: handmade beef patties, housemade chili beans, beer cheese made with our own beer, street tacos, wings and pretzel bites. Burgers and dogs come with fries, and the kitchen is open the whole time we are.
Kids are welcome. There's a kids menu and changing tables in the restrooms. Dogs are welcome on the patio, and there's a Puppy Patty on the menu for them.
Private events
Take the whole room.
Our event space is built like a German biergarten and holds more people than you'd guess. We host birthdays, wedding receptions, company parties, retirements and showers, with our kitchen and full bar behind it.
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The Wall of Heroes
Buy a hero a beer.
Crusader is owned by veterans and law enforcement. The Wall of Heroes is a board where you can put up a name and prepay for a beer, a branch of service, a family member, anyone you want to thank.
If you serve or have served, your first beer is already covered by a neighbor. One per day, no paperwork.

Mug Club
Join the Crusade.

Members get a discount on every pour for a year, invitations to events and releases for members, and their own numbered mug that lives behind our bar.
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