Background Oro Brewing Company, the second brewery to open in downtown Mesa opened October 2016. Oro is located just a block from Desert Eagle Brewing, which in 2012 became Mesa’s first brewery. The owners of Oro, Chuck Wennerlund and David Valencia started …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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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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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 …

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Background – SCHLAFLY, The Saint Louis Brewery Dan Kopman and Tom Schlafly incorporated The Saint Louis Brewery in 1989 . The two obtained a historical building from the 1900’s and began creating a brewery & Tap Room. The brewery produced its …

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Kevin Lemp launched 4 Hands Brewing Company in a 20,000-square-foot facility near downtown St. Louis in 2011.  The name 4 Hands refers to his family, Kevin, his wife Meagan and their two sons. Lemp spent his career in beverage sales and marketing …

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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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