The Bruery raises a glass to 14 years of brewing craft beer in Orange County

Once upon a beer, the Bruery tasting room in Placentia was nothing more than a warehouse with a few people standing around, drinking beer. It was t...

August 10, 2022
3:58 AM

Once upon a beer, the Bruery tasting room in Placentia was nothing more than a warehouse with a few people standing around, drinking beer. It was tucked in the back corner of an industrial park, next door to a dance studio that would sometime host Jazzercise.'The tasting room was basically chairs set up around the equipment,' laughs Barry Holmes, the Bruery‘s chief executive officer. The tasking room with the new releases at the Bruery in Placentia on Aug. 2. If you were lucky, there might be a barrel you could grab a seat on.

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