{"id":14491,"date":"2016-08-03T17:00:54","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T00:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/?p=14491"},"modified":"2016-08-11T07:57:36","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T14:57:36","slug":"meet-eppig-brewing-and-its-brew-crew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2016\/08\/03\/meet-eppig-brewing-and-its-brew-crew\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Eppig Brewing and its brew-crew"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"eppig_01\"<\/a>In February, I shared news of H.G. Fenton<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s upcoming triad of leasable turn-key brewery-tasting room combos coming to the city of San Diego\u2019s beeriest community, North Park. Now, that facility has a name\u2014CRAFT by Brewery Igniter<\/strong><\/a>\u2014and a new tenant. Joining previously reported operation Pariah Brewing Company<\/strong><\/a> will be J&L Eppig Brewing<\/strong><\/a>, a heritage interest dating back a century-and-a-half.<\/p>\n

Originally founded in Brooklyn, New York by Bavarian immigrant Leonhard Eppig<\/strong> in 1866, the operation grew to a lager-beer empire of sorts comprising multiple breweries (Leonhard Eppig Germania and his brother’s biz, Joseph Eppig Brewery). The brewery survived the Prohibition Era. As rumor has it, that had something to do with noted gangster Dutch Schultz. After the repeal of Prohibition, business recommenced, but the brewery was sold in 1935 to the Ehret family. It\u2019s believed gang influence was responsible for that development, as well.<\/p>\n

\"eppig_02\"<\/a>The second-coming of the brand is being initiated by great granddaughter Stephanie Eppig<\/strong>, who is looking to produce German-style lagers inspired by the original brewery’s 19th century recipes while also exploring modern-day brewing trends and techniques. To help with the latter, she and her husband-slash-business partner, Todd Warshaw<\/strong>, have signed on two brewers hailing from Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits<\/strong><\/a>\u2014Clayton LeBlanc<\/strong> and Nathan Stephens<\/strong><\/p>\n

LeBlanc is a co-founder of Eppig 2.0. He bartended at Karl Strauss Brewing Company<\/strong><\/a> for five years before embarking on a four-year career with Ballast Point that saw him starting out on the bottling-line at its Scripps Ranch facility before advancing to the point where he became a brewer who also assisted with grain-management and the training of new brewers. Stephens will serve as principal brewer for the new business, overseeing brewery operations, after three years serving as Ballast Point\u2019s lead research-and-development brewer primarily working out of the company\u2019s Little Italy brewpub.<\/p>\n

\"eppig_03\"<\/a>Like others within the CRAFT campus, LeBlanc and Stephens will utilize a 10-barrel Premier Stainless<\/strong><\/a> brewhouse. That apparatus will be used to produce a varied line of beers ranging from IPAs to kettle-sours, barrel-aged high-gravity beers to the aforementioned lagers. Overall, Eppig says her brewery\u2019s beers will be balanced and approachable. The company\u2019s annual production goal for its first full year in business sits at approximately 1,000 barrels, but provided demand increases as they hope, yearly production is projected to rise to 2,500 barrels by 2019.<\/p>\n

H.G. Fenton is currently in negotiations with its third and final CRAFT tenant. By year\u2019s end, the campus should provide a rare craft-beer first for San Diego\u2014a single building where people can visit three completely different breweries without ever leaving the premises. In addition to convenience, it also solves potential transportation problems for the brewery-hopping sect while allowing them to save on car-services (or make it easier on their gracious DDs).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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