Behind The Bar – Beer Alien

Behind the Bar: Kolton Kenyon of Bottlecraft Solana Beach

Kelly Cashman — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 00:21:08 +0000

We continue our quest to beam a light down on all the amazing men and women in the craft beer industry. From owners, brewers, sales reps, beertenders and more. Today we single out Kolton Kenyon, a California native living and pouring brews at Bottlecraft Solana Beach (437 Hwy 101 Suite 107, Solana Beach, CA 92075) How did...

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Behind The Bar: Todd Worley Of Great Society Cider & Mead

Raymond — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 20:24:57 +0000

As you walk in to Great Society Cider & Mead, there is certainly a sense of community and companionship between those who love cider, those just beginning to explore it and those who just came for the delicious Brussel Sprouts. To be honest, everyone who works at the year-old bar is extremely friendly and knowledgeable...

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Behind the Bar: Tanya Schroeder of Second Chance Beer Company!

Raymond — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 19:14:49 +0000

Let us continue our quest of shining a light on the many humans that make up the industry that we all love so much. Today humans, we introduce you to a woman who wears many hats……a traveler of planet earth, bendy human (or yogi), self-proclaimed 5-star mopper, craft beer evangelist and as of late, Tasting Room Manager at the...

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Behind the Bar: Alyssa Marie Hartwick of Culture Brewing Company

Raymond — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 19:03:58 +0000

The craft beer industry provides jobs for humans of all kinds, from the biochemists that work with yeast at White Labs to the creatives who curate various events and collaborations. We sat down with one of those creative humans this week, Alyssa Hartwick. A Florida transplant who spends her days pouring suds at Culture Brewing...

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Behind the Bar: Justin Stubbs of Stone Brewing and Bottlecraft Liberty Station

Raymond — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 18:53:31 +0000

We continue forward with our mission to introduce the many wonderful beer loving humans serving up suds on the daily. Today, we introduce Justin Stubbs. Stubbs has been working in the service industry for a whopping 12 years, and in the beer industry for 6. Stubbs brought that knowledge down to the San Diego area...

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Behind the Bar: Jake Collins of Intergalactic Brewing Company

Raymond — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 18:47:31 +0000

Continuing on our quest to meet as many awesome humans in the beer industry as possible has led us to our interview/drinking sesh with Jake Williams Collins III. Collins is currently killing it both in sales and behind the bar at Intergalactic Brewing Company (located at 9715 Carroll Centre Rd #107 San Diego CA 92126). It’s a...

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Behind the Bar: Lane Lessman of Pizza Port Solana Beach

Raymond — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 18:40:40 +0000

We continue our beertender shout-outs with the lovely Lane Lessman of Pizza Port Solana Beach. Lane has resided in North County San Diego since she was 9 years old, and currently lives with her long-term boyfriend, her Golden Retriever Cooper, and kitten Sage. It has been 6 1/2 years since Lane began working at Pizza Port. After dabbling...

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Behind the Bar: Max Helmuth of Encinitas Ale House

Raymond — Sat, 31 Dec 2016 06:57:49 +0000

We decided to give a special shoutout to the men and women behind bars, beer bars that is. Starting with our good friend Max Helmuth. A Santa Barbara born charm bomb (whose afraid of open water) and beertender extraordinaire who has been killing it at Encinitas Ale House for almost 5 years. Owner Tommaso Maggiore opened up Encinitas...

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