{"id":21668,"date":"2019-01-23T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T16:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/?p=21668"},"modified":"2019-01-23T08:29:22","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T16:29:22","slug":"double-peak-brewing-aiming-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2019\/01\/23\/double-peak-brewing-aiming-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Double Peak Brewing aiming high"},"content":{"rendered":"

Frank Harton<\/strong>\u2019s passion for brewing was born, like so many others\u2019, after initial swigs of a friend\u2019s homebrewed beer, but the setting for the onset of his \u201cbrewing adventure\u201d was a little different. Harton\u2019s first amateur-ale experiences happened atop a mountain he and his buddy, Cliff Matsuda<\/strong>, had just summited. So it\u2019s appropriate that his venture, Double Peak Brewing<\/strong><\/a>, shares its name with San Elijo\u2019s nearby Double Peak Park, a destination for outdoor adventurers seeking 360-degree views of mountains, the Pacific Ocean, and numerous North San Diego County communities.<\/p>\n

Harton\u2019s affection for his friend\u2019s homebrew drew him into the production process. Before he knew it, he was assisting on brew days, then buying his own equipment, then upgrading to the point where his system required more space than his home could provide. He began looking for a space to rent, but that proved challenging. So, when an opportunity to lease a larger industrial suite came up, he decided to invest in a five-barrel system and make the jump to professional brewing.<\/p>\n

That space is Suite 101<\/strong> at 1801 Diamond Street<\/strong> in a part of San Marcos that Harton finds appealing for a number of reasons. \u201cWe wanted to be in a younger, local community that isn\u2019t already heavily populated with breweries. This will allow us to grow with the community and to become a part of it,\u201d he says.\u201dWe\u2019re also at a location where San Marcos, San Elijo, Carlsbad, and Encinitas almost meet. This gives these communities not only access to many outlying, great tasting rooms, but also the opportunity to stay a little closer to home and enjoy a cold brew.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Though a small business, Double Peak\u2019s brewing team is rather robust. Operations are headed by Devin Patterson-Hall<\/strong>, who comes to the business with experience garnered at Karl Strauss Brewing<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and Port Brewing<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\/ The Lost Abbey<\/strong><\/a>. He is assisted by Harton\u2019s daughter and Siebel Institute of Technology graduate, Allison Longdon<\/strong>, and her husband, Ziggy Longdon<\/strong>. That duo was solely responsible for Double Peak\u2019s version of Resilience IPA benefiting the Sierra Nevada Camp Fire Relief Fund. The rest of the brewery\u2019s initial menu consists of an amber ale, brown ale, red ale, West Coast IPA and Northeast-style IPA. A porter and stout are on the horizon.<\/p>\n

In addition to its five-barrel brewhouse, Double Peak is equipped with a pilot system to develop small-batch and experimental beers. The team has also dedicated room to build a barrel-aging program later in the year.<\/p>\n

A month into its existence, Double Peak has so far been open solely on weekends, but Harton and company expect to post expanded, regular tasting room hours by month\u2019s end. Soft and grand opening dates will be announced shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Frank Harton\u2019s passion for brewing was born, like so many others\u2019, after initial swigs of a friend\u2019s homebrewed beer, but the setting for the onset of his \u201cbrewing adventure\u201d was a little different. Harton\u2019s first amateur-ale experiences happened atop a mountain he and his buddy, Cliff Matsuda, had just summited. So it\u2019s appropriate that his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":21669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21668","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":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Double-Peak-Brewing.png?fit=1056%2C816&ssl=1","wps_subtitle":"Mountaintop imbibing formed foundation for San Marcos\u2019 newest brewery","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdtr4y-5Du","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21668","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=21668"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21674,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21668\/revisions\/21674"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}