Background Three friends from Bishop California opened Mountain Rambler Brewery in 2014 with the help of crowdfunding. Owner Joe Lane is a second-generation “Eastsider”, east of the Sierra Nevadas; his grandparents arrived in Mammoth in 1948. Lane worked as a…
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Mountain Rambler Brewery, Bishop, CA
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Escape Craft Brewery, Redlands, CA
Background Melissa & Josh Fisher opened Escape Craft Brewery in 2015. Josh has been a craft beer enthusiast and home brewer since his early 20s. He actually worked up to an impressive 10 tap kegerator system at home. At the encouragement…
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OHSO Brewery, Phoenix, AZ
Background – OHSO Brewery OHSO Brewery opened in Phoenix in 2011. John Lane, a native of Traverse City, Michigan, and partner Pat Walsh are the duo behind O.H.S.O. Lane worked for years in the restaurant business and teamed up with…
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Jack’s Abby, Framingham, MA
Background Jack’s Abby was founded in 2011 by three brothers, Jack, Eric, and Sam Hendler. Jack is the head brewer. Jack’s Abby is loyal to lager, a German style that requires a longer fermenting process. The Jack’s Abby brewing team travels…
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Goldwater Brewing Company, Scottsdale, AZ
Background – Goldwater Brewing Company Goldwater Brewing Company is the first brewery in Old Town Scottsdale to brew on site. Greg, Chad, and Dillon McClelland opened Goldwater Brewing in 2015. 30 years of brewing in your garage sometimes ends up opening…
The Shop Beer Company, Tempe, AZ.
Background David Arnce, a former partner in Cartel Coffee, launched the beer operation in 2012 as an offshoot of Cartel Coffee Lab. The brewery was attached to the coffee shop, and soon outgrew the space. Arnce and Cartel eventually parted ways deciding it…
Tagged with: ABV, Beer Pilgrimage, Beer Trail, beercation, Craft Beer, craft brew, David Arnce, IPA, Matt Johnson, Tempe, The Beer Shop Company, travel
Rök House Brewing Company, Upland, CA
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.…
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Rescue Brewing Company, Upland, CA
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…
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Claremont Craft Ales, Claremont, CA
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…
Tagged with: Beer Pilgrimage, Beer Trail, beercation, Brew Pub, California, Claremont, Claremont Craft Ales, craft brew, IPA, Los Angeles, travel
Last Name Brewing, Upland, CA
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…
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