Background Gravity Heights is a 13,000-square-foot, multi-level indoor/outdoor brewpub and beer garden located in the heart of Sorrento Mesa. Gravity Heights was created in collaboration with Arturo Kassel, the founder of Whisknladle Hospitality and brewers Skip Virgilio and Ryan Trim. The…
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Gravity Heights, San Diego, CA
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Poor House Brewing Company, San Diego, CA
Background Poor House Brewing Company, a nano-brewery on 30th Street in the North Park area opened in September 2012. Chris Finch and longtime business partner Jennifer Alexander opened Barn Brewery. Finch and Alexander used to operate Firehouse Brewing Company that closed in 2010 and…
Tagged with: Beer Pilgrimage, Beer Trail, beercation, Brew Pub, Chris Finch, Craft Beer, craft brew, Jennifer Alexander
State 48 Brewing, Scottsdale, AZ
Background Mario Rana opened State 48 Brewing, the first and only brewery in Surprise, Arizona in June 2016. They are one of the handful of new breweries opening on the west side of Phoenix. He opened the brewery/restaurant focusing on Arizona…
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Fall Brewing Company, San Diego, CA
Background Ramon Astamendi began homebrewing in 1995 and took the great leap to professional brewing in 2007. After working at two start ups, Saint Archer and Mission Brewing, Ramon and a coworker Dave Lively opened Fall Brewing Company in November…
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California Wild Ales, San Diego, CA
Background Cameron Pryor got into home brewing sour beer and soon got his friends Zack Brager and Bill DeWitt interested. Feeling there was not enough sour beer being produced in Southern California, the trio felt it was an opportunity. Although…
Tagged with: Barrel Aged, Beer Pilgrimage, Beer Trail, beercation, Bill DeWitt, Cameron Pryor, Craft Beer, craft brew, Sours, travel, Zack Brager
Modern Times Beer, San Diego, CA
Background Modern Times Beer is the brainchild of Jacob McKean, a longtime home brewer and Stone Brewing’s former social media guru. In January 2012, McKean walked away from his job at Stone Brewing and raised enough capital in 6 months to…
Tagged with: Alex Tweet, Beer Pilgrimage, Beer Trail, beercation, Brew Pub, Craft Beer, craft brew, Derek Freese, Hazy IPA, IPA, Jacob McKean, Matt Walsh, Michael Tonsmeire, Roasted beans
Silva Brewing, Paso Robles, CA
Background Silva Brewing Chuck Silva, owner and head brewer of Silva Brewing, began home brewing in 1994. After four years of producing tasty homebrews he quit his day job as a Department of Defense Contractor. He signed up for brewing…
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Firestone Walker Brewing Co, Paso Robles, CA
Background – Firestone Walker Brewing Co Firestone Walker Brewing Company was founded in 1996 by brothers-in-law Adam Firestone and David Walker. Adam Firestone is the great-great grandson of Harvey Firestone who started the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. Adam, “The Bear”, grew up…
Mystic Brewery, Chelsea, MA
Background Bryan Greenhagen of Mystic Brewery was studying agriculture and how plants make flavors and fragrances. This led to a PhD in plant biochemistry at the University of Kentucky and post-doctoral work at MIT. Bryan went on to work in industrial fermentation…
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Barnstar Brewing Company, Skull Valley, AZ
Background – Barnstar Brewing Company David and Sandy Bigelow had been visiting family in Skull Valley, Arizona for years. In 2011 when they decided it was time for a change, opted to open a brewery, kinda in the middle of nowhere. On the…
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