Background – New City Brewery Sam Dibble began brewing small batches of mead in his carpentry shop in 2006. When friends were looking for help with their new kombucha business in 2007, Sam became their first employee and worked to increase…
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Trillium Brewing Company, Canton, MA
Background Trillium Brewing Company was founded by JC and Esther Tetreault. They opened the first retail store in March 2013 in the Fort Point area in South Boston. At the time it was the only place where you could buy Trillium beer.…
Cambridge Brewing Company, Cambridge, MA
Background Cambridge Brewing Company opened its doors in 1989 at a time when Sam Adams reigned supreme and Harpoon had just moved into the Seaport area. Owner Phil “Brewdaddy” Bannatyne spent his “formative years” in San Francisco. There he acquired…
Lamplighter Brewing Company, Cambridge, MA
Background Lamplighter Brewing Company AC Jones and Cayla Marvil are transplants from a small town in Vermont where they enjoyed the several town breweries and were avid home brewers. After moving to the Cambridge area they were amazed at the…
BrewLAB, Carpinteria, California
Background The idea of BrewLAB started in 2012 by three home-brewing friends, Rob Peed, Peter Goldammer, and Steve Jarmie. The opportunity for the space soon came up and the trio began piecing together the brewery. Everything in the tasting room…
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Fieldwork Brewing Company, Monterey, CA
Background Fieldwork Brewing Company is a craft brewery founded in Berkeley, CA in 2015. Brewmaster Alex Tweet & businessman Barry Braden partnered up to open Fieldwork. Tweet, who had worked at both Modern Times and Ballast Point, is the man who…
Central Coast Brewing, San Luis Obispo, CA
Background Central Coast Brewing George Peterson opened Central Coast Brewing in 1998. They started very small and worked up to a five-barrel brew system — the one that adorns CCB’s logo. Then Brendan Gough arrived as an assistant brewer. After…
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Triple Rock Brewing, Berkeley, CA
Background Triple Rock Brewing opened its doors in March 1986, the creation of brothers John and Reid Martin. When they started brewing beer, only four other brewpubs existed. Today they are the only ones still using original brewing equipment and…
Sacrilege Brewing, Half Moon Bay, CA
ackground – Sacrilege Brewing In 2016 Sacrilege Brewing opened for business. Owner and brewer Joe Pacini got his feet wet in the business as front of house manager at Half Moon Bay Brewing. From there he worked at a beer distributor…
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Humble Sea Brewing, Santa Cruz, CA
Background – Humble Sea Brewing A trio of friends opened Humble Sea Brewing in March 2017. Nick Pavlina learned to homebrew from his dad back in 2008 and has been brewing ever since. In 2009 he moved to Pleasure Point and…
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