Sante Adairius Rustic Ales was founded in 2012 in Capitola, on the coast near Santa Cruz, California, by Adair Paterno and Tim Clifford. Clifford left in 2022, and Paterno has been the sole owner since then. The brewery is known for its saisons and other Belgian-inspired beers, often brewed with proprietary yeast cultures and aged in wine barrels. Classics include Saison Bernice, a dry saison with brettanomyces, and West Ashley, a saison aged with apricots in pinot noir barrels.
