Carlsbad train station  

 

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My Grandfather as a child moved to Carlsbad in the 1920's. His dad & family were hired to help build the Rail Road. Living in a train car the family of the workers would follow on the track as it was laid.   My Grandfather was born in that train car "On the Tracks" in a small town in Oklahoma. When the job was done, the family was granted citizenship and a train ticket to any place they wanted to go. 

 They picked a small farm community in northern San Diego County. Carlsbad has changed a lot in the last 100 years or so. The flower fields that my Great-Grandfather spent his career tending to are still there; just a bit smaller than it once was. My Grandmother would hear the train whistle echoing on the farm, and dream of moving far away from the dirt and a hard life in New Mexico. During WWII she along with her brothers and sisters all moved to Carlsbad and Oceanside. 

 My Mom's cousins all remember the day Carlsbad High school opened and the buses came to Oceanside to pick up the Carlsbad kids for the grand opening ceremony.   My Dad’s family settled in Escondido, we try to not hold it agents them, 5 generations ago.   The sacrifices our family has made, so that we can follow our dreams and continue to live in this community, have been great.  

 So Why Craft Beer? 

 After spending time in London, after high school, Greg (head brewer) fell in love with the Pub life and the beers of England and Scotland. Good quality beer with a long history and tradition.   After Finishing his B.A. in anthropology from Whittier College he moved home and decided to start this adventurer, with a lot of sport from family. He brews with a lot of different spices and plays with flavor combinations.   It is an exciting time for craft beer and San Diego & we are happy to now be a part of it. Good Beer made with love and passion in our hometown.   

 Soon we plan to step up production and expand to a bigger system, but never lose sight of our goal of always providing the best in hand-crafted beer.   Our tap room is open and we have a few places here in North County serving our craft on tap.  

 Nicole our sometimes brewer graduated from Whittier College with her B.A. in communications and theatre arts. She works with, and is a member of, IATSE 122 in San Diego. When not working as a stage hand she is at the brewery, being a very good sister. Greg had to teach her how to appreciative the world of craft, she continues to develop her brewing style.