Background Greg Anderson and Benjamin Dubois, M.D. opened Bay City Brewing Company in late 2015. Greg has been a San Diego resident for 35 years and owns McGregor’s Grill and Ale House in Mission Valley. Ben is a successful orthopedic surgeon in …
Background Nikki Paternoster opened Dragon’s Tale Brewery, the first in Montclair, in September 2016. Nikki worked in the entertainment industry for 18 years before she opened Dragon’s Tale. They are Montclair’s first microbrewery & tasting room! Dragon’s Tale the first …
Background Mark Heffernan & Lars Bennett began talking about opening a brewery in 2011. They were in the home stretch in April 2014 when they began a kickstarter program to obtain the final items needed to actually open and function. …
Background Nikki and Neil Voskeritchian opened Rescue Brewing Company in July 2017. Nikki has lived in Upland for the last 16 years and the couple felt they wanted the business to serve Upland. The Voskeritchians initially thought they would start …
Background Husband and wife team Simon Brown and Emily Moultrie opened Claremont Craft Ales in 2012. The brewing bug hit Simon after Emily bought him a home brewing kit. Emily grew up in Claremont and the couple decided that would …
Curt Dale opened Dale Bros Brewery in 2003 and was one of the founding breweries of the Los Angeles-area craft beer movement. In 2007 his brother Andy moved to California to join him. The two brothers had home-brewed together previously and had won …
Sour Cellars is an all sour brewery and barrel room that Bryan Doty and his wife Chinthya opened in late 2016. Bryan has worked for years with sour brewing techniques and has isolated and propagated wild yeast. He currently maintains over 20 …
Jeremiah Cooper and his brother Demetrius opened Kings Brewing Company in May 2016. Jeremiah caught the home brewing bug and Demetrius soon joined in. Soon they were brewing 3-4 batches a week and fell in love with the process. Both brothers …
Jeff Silver practiced making beer in his garage for 20 years before opening Rough Draft Brewing in 2012. Located in the “Beer” Mesa or Mira Mesa area it is one of several fairly new breweries in the area. Jeff focused on …
In 1984 Pat McIlhenney, as many brewery owners, started homebrewing for fun on his off hours from firefighting. In the early 1990’s, Pat began working at a homebrew supply and attended brewing classes at UC Davis. In the late 1990’s …
