“Dr.” Bill Sysak, Stone Brewing’s craft beer ambassador for more than seven years, just announced his intention to open Wild Barrel Brewing Company in San Marcos in spring 2017.
It was not immediately clear if Sysak was impacted by last week’s layoffs, and a press release stated that he had been working on this new project “over the last couple of years.”
Wild Barrel’s 15-barrel brewhouse will produce “San Diego Weisse” sours implementing a variety of fruit additions, plus rotating “San Diego style IPA’s” as well as an American stout with seasonal coffee additions from local roasters, and a “crushable” Belgian witbier.
Staying true to their name, a barrel program will age “a variety of barrel aged sours along with Bourbon-barrel Imperial Stout variations.” The company will begin with 300 barrels and expand to 1,000 “within the first few years.”
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