{"id":19746,"date":"2018-02-22T10:25:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T18:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/?p=19746"},"modified":"2018-02-22T14:54:07","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T22:54:07","slug":"beer-briefs-helms-brewery-igniter-mikkeller-little-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2018\/02\/22\/beer-briefs-helms-brewery-igniter-mikkeller-little-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer Briefs: Helm\u2019s, Brewery Igniter & Mikkeller Little Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>With so much happening within the local beer industry, covering all of it at length can be difficult, at least from the perspective of keeping ahead of it for readers while tracking down leads and digging for details that go beyond the title and subhead. In the interest of sharing some items before they\u2019re old news, I\u2019m rolling out some short-form reporting to keep you all in the know.<\/p>\n

According to sources within the company, Kearny Mesa-based Helm\u2019s Brewing <\/strong><\/a>has been purchased by a private investment group. Its Kearny Mesa Road brewery is not open to the public, but its Ocean Beach tasting room is fully operational and serving the company\u2019s beers. The manufacture of those liquid assets is now the charge of former Green Flash Brewing <\/strong><\/a>brewer, Kevin Barnes<\/strong>, who was hired several months ago. Ownership is currently looking to expand production capacity and square-footage, either at its Kearny Mesa headquarters or elsewhere, if necessary.<\/p>\n

Last September, the father-son duo behind Wiseguy Brewing <\/strong>exited their lease with H.G. Fenton<\/strong> for the Carlsbad Brewery Igniter <\/strong>suite the business occupied for a brief six months. That facility is now under contract to brewing-industry veteran Mark Amador<\/strong>, who most recently worked in sales for Vista\u2019s Indian Joe Brewing<\/strong><\/a> before following his passion to open the upcoming Papa Marce\u2019s Cerveceria<\/strong>. Billed as a \u201chouse of artisan sours, ales and lagers,\u201d it was to originally be named Lone Osos Brewing<\/strong>, but trademark issues inspired a switch to the current moniker, which pays homage to a patriarch from the maternal side of Amador\u2019s lineage. Back at Brewery Igniter\u2019s North Park complex, the split-level suite formerly occupied by San Diego Brewing Company<\/strong><\/a> has suitors, one of which is a kombucha operation.<\/p>\n

In Little Italy, construction has temporarily halted on Mikkeller Brewing San Diego<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s future satellite tasting room. After securing a space on India Street, the company went full-steam-ahead without getting permission from landlords or proper permits from the City of San Diego. The former issued an Owner\u2019s Notice of Non-Responsibility, stating it had obtained knowledge that certain construction, alterations, repairs or other works of improvement were being made on the property by Mikkeller, and that Cabot Square L.P.\u00a0would not be responsible for any claims arising from those activities. The majority of the flooring in the space has been dug up, leaving earth, rebar and piping exposed.<\/p>\n

We’ll continue to follow the stories above and provide additional information as it becomes available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With so much happening within the local beer industry, covering all of it at length can be difficult, at least from the perspective of keeping ahead of it for readers while tracking down leads and digging for details that go beyond the title and subhead. In the interest of sharing some items before they\u2019re old […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":19747,"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":[1353,376,4750,442,1794,4755,668,1584,390,2632,925,1793,1810,1158,2483,926,2421,2152,1095,4754,4751,1349,2555,15,2012,763,4753,4752,1439,2621,44,1637,3110],"class_list":{"0":"post-19746","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-beer","11":"tag-beer-briefs","12":"tag-brandon-hernandez","13":"tag-brewery-igniter","14":"tag-cabot-square","15":"tag-carlsbad","16":"tag-city-of-san-diego","17":"tag-craft-beer","18":"tag-green-flash-brewing","19":"tag-helms-brewing","20":"tag-hg-fenton","21":"tag-india-street","22":"tag-indian-joe","23":"tag-indiebeer","24":"tag-kearny-mesa","25":"tag-kevin-barnes","26":"tag-kombucha","27":"tag-little-italy","28":"tag-lone-osos","29":"tag-mark-amador","30":"tag-mikkeller","31":"tag-mikkeller-san-diego","32":"tag-north-park","33":"tag-ob","34":"tag-ocean-beach","35":"tag-papa-marces","36":"tag-papa-marces-cerveceria","37":"tag-san-diego","38":"tag-san-diego-brewing","39":"tag-vista","40":"tag-west-coaster","41":"tag-wiseguy-brewing","42":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/papamarces.jpg?fit=948%2C948&ssl=1","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdtr4y-58u","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19746","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=19746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}