{"id":7290,"date":"2013-02-18T11:58:24","date_gmt":"2013-02-18T19:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/?p=7290"},"modified":"2013-02-18T12:10:11","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T20:10:11","slug":"new-brewers-for-modern-times-monkey-paw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2013\/02\/18\/new-brewers-for-modern-times-monkey-paw\/","title":{"rendered":"New Brewers for Modern Times &#038; Monkey Paw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/19191_357346604373555_980796822_n.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7291\" alt=\"19191_357346604373555_980796822_n\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/19191_357346604373555_980796822_n.jpeg?resize=194%2C193&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"194\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/19191_357346604373555_980796822_n.jpeg?w=194&amp;ssl=1 194w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/19191_357346604373555_980796822_n.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a>Modern Times, a yet-to-open brewery in Point Loma, announced the acquisition of three brewers with an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moderntimesbeer.com\/2013\/02\/18\/our-crack-team-of-brewing-ninjas\/\" target=\"_blank\">e-mailed newsletter<\/a> this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Walsh, head brewer at Lost Coast; Alex Tweet, brewer and cask czar at Ballast Point; and Derek Freese, head brewer at Monkey Paw Pub &amp; Brewery will officially begin work at Modern Times in April. You can read more about their credentials at the link above.<\/p>\n<p>After learning of Freese&#8217;s impending departure last week, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.monkeypawbrewing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Monkey Paw<\/a> owner Scot Blair immediately landed a replacement in Cosimo Sorrentino, a local home brewer currently working front of the house at Local Habit in Hillcrest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/311922_136492936442854_3675899_n1.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-7293\" alt=\"311922_136492936442854_3675899_n\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/311922_136492936442854_3675899_n1.jpeg?resize=192%2C177&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"192\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/311922_136492936442854_3675899_n1.jpeg?resize=300%2C276&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/311922_136492936442854_3675899_n1.jpeg?w=580&amp;ssl=1 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;My business plan for Monkey Paw has always been to promote the home brewer thru [sic] employment, home brew contests, etc.&#8221; said Blair in an e-mailed statement. &#8220;Cosimo has been on my radar for quite some time having had so many of his wonderful home brews over the last couple of years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Blair noted in a phone conversation that he was very excited to give Sorrentino a shot at pursuing his dream of being a professional brewer, especially given his great palate and expansive knowledge of beer styles. He will start training under Freese shortly. Monkey Paw&#8217;s core selections, such as Sweet Georgia Brown and Oatmeal Pale Ale, will stick around with minimal, if any, changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Modern Times, a yet-to-open brewery in Point Loma, announced the acquisition of three brewers with an e-mailed newsletter this morning. Matt Walsh, head brewer at Lost Coast; Alex Tweet, brewer and cask czar at Ballast Point; and Derek Freese, head brewer at Monkey Paw Pub &amp; Brewery will officially begin work at Modern Times in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"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":[1],"tags":[1006,588],"class_list":{"0":"post-7290","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-san-diego-beer-beverage-news","7":"tag-modern-times-beer","8":"tag-monkey-paw-pub-brewery","9":"entry","10":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdtr4y-1TA","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7290","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}