{"id":17647,"date":"2017-07-25T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T15:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/?p=17647"},"modified":"2017-07-28T14:36:37","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T21:36:37","slug":"alta-brewing-opening-soon-in-barrio-logan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2017\/07\/25\/alta-brewing-opening-soon-in-barrio-logan\/","title":{"rendered":"Alta Brewing opening soon in Barrio Logan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>If you miss the good old days, when classic C hops ruled the day, pale ales registered mid-range on the SRM meter and beer menus went from blonde to stout, Brett Stampf<\/strong> can relate. A veteran brewer who worked at Stone Brewing<\/strong><\/a> and Green Flash Brewing<\/strong><\/a>, he can appreciate the IBU-rich beers that played a big part in those operations\u2019 successes. He says he left each as said success led to each growing into larger entities, stating that just wasn\u2019t for him. He prefers a smaller stage and the freedom that provides, and has spent the past two years constructing his own passion project with partners John Bull <\/strong>and Josh Gilko<\/strong>. That spot, Alta Brewing Company <\/strong><\/a>(1983 Julian Avenue, Barrio Logan)<\/em> is on track to open in early August (ABC willing).<\/p>\n

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Alta Brewing co-founder and brewmaster Brett Stampf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When San Diegans last tasted Stampf\u2019s beers, he was the opening brewmaster at La Jolla Brewing<\/strong><\/a>. While there is little he cared to bring with him from that venture, his current beer list includes a number of offerings from his time there. When the doors open, he will have a quintet of ales available. The first is a golden ale with a surprisingly biting finish that will be served on CO2 and nitrogen. Ditto the house IPA, which is hopped with big-money hops, Citra and Simcoe, and comes in at 7% alcohol-by-volume. A 6% ABV pale ale is a throwback that comes across like a tamer version of Sierra Nevada\u2019s copper-colored flagship, with a bitter finish that resembles that of Stampf\u2019s Chinook- and Centennial-stoked brown ale. A dry Irish-style stout rounds things out. Belgian-style ales and an IPA hopped exclusively with Azacca are in the works.<\/p>\n

Those beers will be available solely in Alta\u2019s tasting room, which was pounded into shape by the company\u2019s founders\u2014all of which have contracting backgrounds\u2014in a 2,000-square-foot space at the base of the Bread and Salt building. That 40,000-square-foot facility is being reborn and reconfigured with an eye toward art and artisan manufacturing. Alta\u2019s corner of it includes an indoor bar nicely appointed with a large bull-head mural by local artist Gloria Muriel<\/strong> featuring beer\u2019s four main ingredients, plus a lacquered wood-topped bar with rebar forged into a playful design based on the letters A, L and T. Rail bars line two walls, giving way to views of Barrio Logan and an outdoor patio that will someday border a beer garden.<\/p>\n

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Alta\u2019s brewery comprises a five-barrel brewhouse feeding into 10-barrel fermentation tanks. Stampf says he will aim to produce around 500 barrels in year one, but has the ability to max out annual production at 1,100 barrels. Stampf says the name Alta translates to over and above, and describes the way he is looking to brew; remaining true to tradition, but keeping up quality while infusing a bit of himself and his personal preferences. The skeletal bull-head logo is a nod to his business partner of the same name and is affectionately named \u201cJuan Toro\u201d. A \u201crecovering contractor\u201d, Bull has worked on numerous local restaurant projects, including Tribute Pizza<\/strong>, Union Kitchen and Tap<\/strong>, One Door North<\/strong>, PB Shore Club<\/strong> and Pacific Beach AleHouse<\/strong>. Once Alta is up and running, the team will identify sites for one or two satellite tasting rooms. So far they have evaluated two, Chula Vista and Ocean Beach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you miss the good old days, when classic C hops ruled the day, pale ales registered mid-range on the SRM meter and beer menus went from blonde to stout, Brett Stampf can relate. A veteran brewer who worked at Stone Brewing and Green Flash Brewing, he can appreciate the IBU-rich beers that played a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":17650,"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":[368,369,1],"tags":[1353,3357,2850,1701,376,442,4097,1062,1387,2079,390,4127,2632,2483,3360,4099,4098,2012,763,4096,170,954,4095,1439,2134,1473,1474,4093,4094,1637],"class_list":{"0":"post-17647","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-beer-news","8":"category-beer-styles","9":"category-san-diego-beer-beverage-news","10":"tag-sdbeer","11":"tag-alta-brewing","12":"tag-azacca","13":"tag-barrio-logan","14":"tag-beer","15":"tag-brandon-hernandez","16":"tag-bread-and-salt","17":"tag-brett-stampf","18":"tag-chula-vista","19":"tag-citra","20":"tag-craft-beer","21":"tag-gloria-muriel","22":"tag-green-flash-brewing","23":"tag-indiebeer","24":"tag-john-bull","25":"tag-josh-gilko","26":"tag-julian-avenue","27":"tag-ob","28":"tag-ocean-beach","29":"tag-one-door-north","30":"tag-pacific-beach","31":"tag-pb-alehouse","32":"tag-pb-shore-club","33":"tag-san-diego","34":"tag-simcoe","35":"tag-stone-brewery","36":"tag-stone-brewing","37":"tag-tribute-pizza","38":"tag-union-kitchen","39":"tag-west-coaster","40":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/alta_00.jpg?fit=1080%2C815&ssl=1","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdtr4y-4AD","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17647","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=17647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}