Some quick hits from the San Diego County brewing industry\u2026<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, we published a roundup of five of the greatest comeback stories within the #SDBeer scene\u2014operations that started off with questionable beer and have shown impressive improvement. Among them was Santee-based Groundswell Brewing<\/strong><\/a>. Much of the beer upgrades were the result of reengineering from head brewer Chris Gillogly<\/strong>, a veteran of numerous local companies, including Mikkeller Brewing San Diego<\/strong><\/a>, Pizza Port<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and Green Flash Brewing<\/strong><\/a>, which makes the news that he is departing Groundswell (which also operates tasting rooms in Grantville and Chula Vista) a bit disheartening. Fortunately, ownership announced shortly after the publishing of this piece that they have signed\u00a0former\u00a0Intergalactic Brewing\u00a0<\/strong>owner and head brewer\u00a0Alex Van Horne<\/strong> to take over its beer-making operations. Van Horne closed his five-year-old brewery last month and produced numerous award-winning beers helming that Miramar interest. “We are excited about Alex’s strength with traditional styles, recipe formulation and experimental brews,” says Groundswell co-owner Christianne Penunuri<\/strong>. “He brings the added value of ‘owner perspective,’ which will help Groundswell to continue to maintain quality beers and grow into new styles and markets. He understands that our core market is in our three tasting rooms and will help us continue to grow that part of the business.”\u00a0Meanwhile,\u00a0Gillogly is moving on to a new, yet-to-be-named project.<\/p>\n After seeing a large for-sale sign fastened to the north exterior of Poor House Brewing<\/strong><\/a>, many have been speculating that the business is up for bid, however, co-founder and operations manager Alana Scheer <\/strong>says that is not the case. When reached for comment, she stated that the building that houses the urban brewery was for sale (and has since been sold) and that Poor House still has a lengthy lease in place. It is located at 4494 30th Street<\/strong> in North Park.<\/p>\n