{"id":19768,"date":"2018-02-27T11:39:58","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T19:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/?p=19768"},"modified":"2018-02-27T11:39:58","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T19:39:58","slug":"beach-grease-beer-nabs-spechops-brewings-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2018\/02\/27\/beach-grease-beer-nabs-spechops-brewings-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Beach Grease Beer nabs SpecHops Brewing\u2019s facility"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Classic autos that may grace Beach Grease Beer Co.’s new tasting room at the Vista facility previously operated by SpecHops Brewing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last year, beer fans started noticing vehicle signage and a \u201cgolden IPA\u201d from an unknown entity throughout San Diego County. They inquired to me directly and questioned the masses via social media: \u201cAnybody know anything about this Beach Grease Beer Co.<\/strong><\/a> I\u2019ve been seeing around?\u201d<\/p>\n

This went on for most of 2018 until last November when I was able to get the background on what turned out to be a local operation from owner James Banuelos<\/strong>. A fan of beach culture and classic automobiles, he had a spot on Scott Street in Vista that served as his headquarters. The only problem\u2014it lacks brewing equipment.<\/p>\n

Until now, Banuelos has gotten around that by having his beer contract brewed by Mission Brewery<\/strong><\/a>. Additionally, Banuelos has assisted that East Village interest by helping out with marketing duties. All the while, he maintained a search for a facility of his own, and he found it in the brewery-equipped space recently shut down by the owners of Vista\u2019s SpecHops Brewing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Located at 1280 Activity Drive<\/strong>, the 6,500-square-foot industrial-park suite is part of a cluster of Vista ale-and-lager interests that includes Latitude 33 Brewing<\/strong><\/a>, Toolbox Brewing<\/strong><\/a>, Belching Beaver Brewery<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s Pub980<\/strong>, Barrel Harbor Brewing<\/strong><\/a> and Booze Brothers Brewing<\/strong><\/a>. Its 15-barrel brewing system was lightly used in the 10 or so months SpecHops was open to the public before shutting down at the end of the year.<\/p>\n

Banuelos is pleased to now have a base of operations that will allow him to get his beers to market. Those will include various IPAs as well as a hoppy pilsner called Piston Palm. He is currently in search of a brewer and reports a great deal of interest on that front.<\/p>\n

In addition to brewing capabilities, Beach Grease\u2019s new home offers a tasting room with an L-shaped bar and a spacious interior area on the building\u2019s south side that was previously furnished with sofas and picnic tables. The manufacturing area is completely visible and separated from public space by a rail bar. There is no immediate timetable for its debut under the Beach Grease flag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last year, beer fans started noticing vehicle signage and a \u201cgolden IPA\u201d from an unknown entity throughout San Diego County. They inquired to me directly and questioned the masses via social media: \u201cAnybody know anything about this Beach Grease Beer Co. I\u2019ve been seeing around?\u201d This went on for most of 2018 until last November […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":19769,"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":[1353,4536,4759,4456,376,1007,1661,442,877,390,4758,2483,4480,915,333,267,4760,4612,1439,4505,1832,44,1637],"class_list":{"0":"post-19768","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-activity-drive","11":"tag-barrel-harbor-brewing","12":"tag-beach-grease","13":"tag-beer","14":"tag-belching-beaver","15":"tag-booze-brothers","16":"tag-brandon-hernandez","17":"tag-california","18":"tag-craft-beer","19":"tag-golden-ipa","20":"tag-indiebeer","21":"tag-james-banuelos","22":"tag-latitude-33-brewing","23":"tag-mission-brewery","24":"tag-pilsner","25":"tag-piston-palm","26":"tag-pub980","27":"tag-san-diego","28":"tag-spechops","29":"tag-toolbox-brewing","30":"tag-vista","31":"tag-west-coaster","32":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_8914.jpeg?fit=4032%2C3024&ssl=1","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdtr4y-58Q","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19768","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=19768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}