Any Home-brewers?

[MileHighGrowler]

(01-16-2021, 09:47 PM)kalibengal Wrote: If you are still interested in opening up a brewery You should check out the Torrance /Lomita in LA County California areas....Breweries were popping up all over the place Pre Covid and Im sure they will be around when things get back to normal. In Torrance, many are opening up in these business parks.... 

They definitely are!  I lived in south OC for a few years, and moved to Colorado back in mid-2016.  While I lived there it was a thriving but cutthroat beer scene in SoCal.  I have a great friend who owned and ran a brewery in northern OC and I couldn't believe the stories he'd tell (and other brewers I met from LA/OC/SD would confirm) about guys putting holes in competitors beer lines at tap houses and bars when they went to swap kegs and all sorts of things.  Anything to get the tiniest leg up.  Since I left, the number of breweries in SoCal has increased even more (and it has in Colorado as well, and Cincinnati, and many other cities), but I find most of the beer to be pretty mediocre.  Where it really works is when you're in an area close to people's home where they can walk/bike and it becomes a neighborhood hangout.  That's where I see a lot of the middle-of-the-road breweries here staying afloat.  They don't distribute, their beer is just okay, but they've got a loyal following because it's like having a buddy around the corner who brews and you get to hang out and see your friends and neighbors.  

But for me the ship has sailed.  I had an offer for a building and capital to get it up and running a few years after my first attempt died, and I turned it down.  What I love is creating recipes and then sharing the beer.  I don't actually enjoy the brewing that much.  And I really don't want to juggle all of the hats of finance, marketing, operations, legal, etc.  I'm happier now just doing it as a hobby and I finally realized that.  

What are your favorite spots in LA?