{"id":22681,"date":"2019-08-16T16:42:02","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T23:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/?p=22681"},"modified":"2019-08-16T17:21:18","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T00:21:18","slug":"2kids-brewing-announces-impending-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2019\/08\/16\/2kids-brewing-announces-impending-closure\/","title":{"rendered":"2kids Brewing announces impending closure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Among San Diego craft breweries, few fit the bill as beloved cult favorites like <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.2kidsbrewing.com\">2kids Brewing<\/a><\/strong>. Founded in 2013 by husband-and-wife team <strong>Sam and Robert Dufau<\/strong>, the company was a mainstay in the small Mira Mesa industrial complex that has since evolved into the Miralani Makers District. Through that evolution, the Dufaus have been active participants, leaders even, as other beverage producers and craftspeople set up businesses in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This afternoon, the Dufaus took to social media\nto announce they will be closing 2kids by the end of September. The couple\ncited the inability to negotiate a lease with their landlord as the reason for\nshutting down. Fans of the business can take solace in the fact 2kids will\nstill hold its sixth-anniversary celebration on <strong>Friday, September 27 and Saturday, September 28<\/strong>. The business will\nclose immediately after.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile we\u2019re sad that we won\u2019t be able to keep\nserving you all really cool beers, we are deeply honored to have been welcomed\ninto this truly exceptional community,\u201d the couple wrote on their Facebook\nbusiness page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the beginning, the Dufaus took the road\nless traveled in the manufacture of their beers. For starters, Sam was the\nbrewer of the two at a time when female beermakers were less represented in San\nDiego County. Sam and Robert also defied popular beer styles, instead choosing\nto celebrate less-marketable Old World styles while, almost ironically, testing\nout new-wave takes on beer that were outlandish and widely lauded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Production capabilities increased over the\ncompany\u2019s lifespan, but the Dufaus did not measure their success solely on\nproduction numbers and financial wherewithal. They strove to be more than\nsimply a brewery and had a penchant for doing nice and charitable things. Last\nyear, they started the process of setting up a non-profit called <strong>The Brainstorm Society<\/strong> to raise funds\nto support brain tumor research and help people with brain tumors. And when\nfriend and fellow brewery owner <strong>Alex Van\nHorne<\/strong> shuttered Miramar\u2019s <strong>Intergalactic\nBrewing<\/strong> and moved to Kansas, 2kids began brewing some of that brewery\u2019s most\npopular beers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though small by statistics and figures, 2kids\nhad big heart and will surely be missed by those who came to harbor great\naffection for this bastion of creativity and the type of heart that defines San\nDiego\u2019s craft brewing scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among San Diego craft breweries, few fit the bill as beloved cult favorites like 2kids Brewing. Founded in 2013 by husband-and-wife team Sam and Robert Dufau, the company was a mainstay in the small Mira Mesa industrial complex that has since evolved into the Miralani Makers District. 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