ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT

We Want To Be Accessible

Docent Brewing is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We continually improve the user experience for everyone and apply relevant accessibility standards across our website.

Conformance status

This website aims to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2, Level AA. WCAG defines requirements that improve accessibility for people with disabilities, including visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, language, learning, and neurological disabilities.

Accessibility is implemented in the site’s own code. Semantic markup, heading structure, keyboard focus, colour contrast and image descriptions are built directly into the site and do not depend on any third-party tool.

Screen reader users: the site is designed to work with screen readers without turning on any accessibility mode. If anything doesn’t read correctly, contact us and we’ll fix it.

Technical measures built into the site

The following accessibility features are implemented directly in the site’s code:

Semantic HTML5 with landmark regions: header, main, nav, footer
Navigation regions labelled to distinguish primary, mobile and footer navigation
A skip-to-content link at the start of every page for keyboard and screen reader users
A visible focus outline on every link, button and form field when it is reached by keyboard
All interactive controls (buttons, navigation toggles, links) carry accessible names that include their visible text, so speech-input users can say what they see
Content images have alt text; purely decorative images have empty alt text so screen readers skip them
One H1 per page, with no skipped heading levels
Natural keyboard focus order, with no positive tabindex values
Text over photographs measured pixel by pixel against the WCAG contrast minimum at desktop and phone widths
Pages reflow at 320 pixels wide without sideways scrolling
The age-verification prompt shown to first-time visitors can be used with a keyboard, and its messages are placed in a live region so screen readers announce them
Form fields are labelled, and required fields are marked with an asterisk explained at the top of the form and identified to assistive technology. If a required field is left empty, the form shows a message beside it, links that message to the field for screen readers, and moves focus to the first field that needs attention. Name, email and phone fields support autofill.
Page language declared as en-US for correct screen reader pronunciation
The site’s own web fonts are self-hosted. Embedded Google Maps on location pages load map content and fonts from Google.
Alcohol-by-volume figures on tap lists include screen reader text so they are announced in full

The accessiBe widget

The site also includes the accessiBe widget, a third-party tool available from the icon in the bottom-right corner. It offers optional visual adjustments such as contrast, text size, spacing and reduced motion. The site is designed to be fully usable without it.

If you hear a prompt to turn on “screen-reader mode,” it comes from this optional tool. You can ignore it, or press Alt + 0 (Windows) or Option + 0 (Mac) to stop it.

Known limitations

Third-party services: online gift card purchases and event ticketing are provided by outside vendors on their own websites, and embedded maps are provided by Google. We do not control the accessibility of those services; if you have difficulty with them, contact us and we will help directly.
accessiBe widget: some features of the optional accessiBe widget, including its button, its settings panel and its keyboard and screen-reader profiles, may not work as expected with keyboard navigation. These are part of a third-party tool, not the site’s own code. The site is designed to be used fully without the widget; if you have any difficulty, contact us and we’ll help directly.

If you have difficulty reading or using any content, contact us and we will provide the information in an accessible format.

Feedback and contact

We welcome feedback on the accessibility of docentbrewing.com. If you experience any barriers or have suggestions for improvement, please contact us:

info@docentbrewing.com
33049 Calle Aviador, Suite C, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675

We aim to respond to accessibility feedback within 2 business days.

Formal complaints

If you are not satisfied with our response, you may contact the U.S. Department of Justice ADA Information Line (opens in a new window) at 1-800-514-0301 (voice) or 1-833-610-1264 (TTY).