Related Party Transactions (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013		Mar. 31, 2012		Dec. 31, 2012
Notes Payable [Abstract]
Fixed interest rate of related party note (in hundredths)	4.75%
Monthly loan payment of related party note	$ 16,129
Maturity date of related party note	Nov. 15, 2014
Related party note	302,000				346,000
Lease payments to lessors [Abstract]
Number of limited liability companies	2
Percentage of common stock held by lessor (in hundredths)	5.00%
Sublease contracts expire date	Dec. 31, 2020
Number of option for lease extension	2
Sublease contract option period	5 years
Oregon [Member]
Lease payments to lessors [Abstract]
Total lease payments to lessors	32,000		31,000
Hawaii [Member]
Lease payments to lessors [Abstract]
Total lease payments to lessors	106,000		99,000
Anheuser-Busch, LLC [Member]
Transaction with related parties [Abstract]
Gross sales to A-B	32,266,000		33,606,000
Margin fee paid to A-B, classified as a reduction of Sales	404,000		453,000
Sales to Fulton Street Brewery, LLC ("FSB"), through a contract brewing arrangement, classified in Sales	0	[1]	1,378,000	[1]
Handling, inventory management, royalty and other fees paid to A-B, classified in Cost of sales	100,000		114,000
Amounts received from A-B for lost keg fees and forfeited deposits, included as a reduction of Property, equipment and leasehold improvements, net	0		4,000
Amounts due to or from Anheuser-Busch, LLC [Abstract]
Amounts due from A-B related to beer sales pursuant to the A-B Distributor Agreement	6,847,000				6,369,000
Amounts due from FSB related to beer sales pursuant to a contract brewing arrangement	140,000				260,000
Amounts due from FSB related to termination agreement	420,000				630,000
Refundable deposits due to A-B	(2,627,000)				(2,472,000)
Amounts due to A-B for services rendered	(2,008,000)				(1,974,000)
Net amount due from A-B	2,772,000				2,813,000
Fulton Street Brewery, LLC [Member]
Transaction with related parties [Abstract]
Monthly payment from FSB from termination agreement	$ 70,000

[1] FSB is a wholly-owned subsidiary of A-B.