{"id":17442,"date":"2017-06-23T14:03:41","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T21:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/?p=17442"},"modified":"2017-06-23T17:53:18","modified_gmt":"2017-06-24T00:53:18","slug":"intergalactic-brewings-uncertain-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2017\/06\/23\/intergalactic-brewings-uncertain-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Intergalactic Brewing’s uncertain future"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>When I first met Alex Van Horne<\/strong> he was looking to install a sci-fi-themed brewery in Poway. The plot reminded me of that of Jim Crute<\/strong>, who installed his science-themed Lightning Brewery<\/strong><\/a> in Poway a half-decade or so before. Crute sold his manufacturing assets to Orange County-based Cismontane Brewing Company<\/strong><\/a> earlier this month after failing to find a buyer for his struggling operation. Though Van Horne eventually opened his Intergalactic Brewing Company <\/strong><\/a>in the Miramar community, his plot-line remains similar to Crute\u2019s. Today, the business-owner and brewmaster announced that he is beginning the process of \u201cexploring all options\u201d for the future of his brewery, \u201cincluding, but not limited to, putting the business assets up for sale.\u201d<\/p>\n

Van Horne says he opened his business with insufficient capital; a mere $25,000. In spite of this, Intergalactic earned a strong cult following, enough that the award-winning brewery was able to take over a larger suite in Intergalactic\u2019s business-park home and convert it to a tasting room, in turn expanding brewing operations at the original location. Still, Van Horne says that over the past year \u201cit has become increasingly obvious that the brewery in its current formulation is not able to provide a stable economic foundation [for him and his wife] to begin the next chapters of [their] lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Van Horne has sought out investors, but did not secure enough money to sufficiently modernize his brewery. So the boot-strapping continued, and it went rather well, but this may be the end for Intergalactic in its current form. He will be fielding inquiries<\/strong><\/a> from interested parties and, with any luck, the brand will survive, but Intergalactic may go the way of Lightning, and Van Horne may bow out of the brewing industry altogether. But for now, the business remains open. Van Horne hopes to see long-time fans in the coming months, so they\u2014and he\u2014can enjoy the brewery in its current form. Van Horne says he is “infinitely grateful” for the help and support he has received from his contemporaries in the craft-beer industry. He is keen to stay aboard for his brewery’s next chapter, but will be alright even if that’s not in the cards. “At the end of the day, it’s a business,” he says. “I’ll still have my friends, colleagues and many customers supporting me wherever I go or whatever I do. That’s the most rewarding part.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I first met Alex Van Horne he was looking to install a sci-fi-themed brewery in Poway. The plot reminded me of that of Jim Crute, who installed his science-themed Lightning Brewery in Poway a half-decade or so before. Crute sold his manufacturing assets to Orange County-based Cismontane Brewing Company earlier this month after failing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":17443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[368,1],"tags":[1353,2745,376,1436,442,4002,391,2483,2675,1223,298,880,3253,3254,1467,4003,1439,3955,1637],"class_list":{"0":"post-17442","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-beer-news","8":"category-san-diego-beer-beverage-news","9":"tag-sdbeer","10":"tag-alex-van-horne","11":"tag-beer","12":"tag-beeramar","13":"tag-brandon-hernandez","14":"tag-cismontane-brewing","15":"tag-craftbeer","16":"tag-indiebeer","17":"tag-intergalactic-brewing","18":"tag-jim-crute","19":"tag-lightning-brewery","20":"tag-miramar","21":"tag-oc","22":"tag-orange-county","23":"tag-poway","24":"tag-rancho-santa-margarita","25":"tag-san-diego","26":"tag-santa-ana","27":"tag-west-coaster","28":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/intergalactic.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdtr4y-4xk","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}