Rick Chapman is the President of Coronado Brewing Co.
What new equipment have you received?
Just yesterday we tilted up two 120 barrel fermentation tanks from Premier Stainless. Two more 120s are on order, and they should arrive late October.
What does that bring your production capacity to?
With the two tanks added yesterday we’re on pace for 30,000 barrels per year, which should keep us ahead of distribution for a short while.
How many states do you currently distribute to?
Right now we distribute to 13 states. We’ll be in 16 by the end of this year.
New beers in the pipeline?
We’re bottling and kegging Hibiscus IPA in September, Stupid Stout in October, not to mention the release of our Bourbon Barrel Aged Stupid Stout later this winter. We will also have some very cool, unique and never-before-seen beers featured during SDBW. You will have to come to the events to find out!
Any specific Beer Week events you are looking forward to?
All of them! We are so grateful for any of our customers to give us the opportunity to feature our beer during such an important time of exposure in the San Diego craft beer scene.
Here are the SDBW events we’ve planned:
Friday November 1st – Regal Beagle
Sunday November 3rd – The Waterfront
Monday November 4th – Queenstown Public House
Tuesday November 5th – Pizza Port Bressi Ranch
Wednesday November 6th – Raglan Public House
Thursday November 7th – JRDN at Tower 23
Friday November 8th – Regal Seagull
Saturday November 9th –Small Bar
Sunday November 10th – Tap Room