{"id":7697,"date":"2013-04-18T19:00:07","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T02:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/?p=7697"},"modified":"2018-06-29T09:47:08","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T16:47:08","slug":"the-friday-five-5q-w-jacob-mckean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2013\/04\/18\/the-friday-five-5q-w-jacob-mckean\/","title":{"rendered":"The Friday Five: 5Q w\/ Jacob McKean"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/36613_392152250892990_1601890610_n.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7698\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/36613_392152250892990_1601890610_n.jpg?resize=300%2C224&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"36613_392152250892990_1601890610_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/36613_392152250892990_1601890610_n.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/36613_392152250892990_1601890610_n.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jacob McKean, Founder &amp; Glorious Leader at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moderntimesbeer.com\/blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Modern Times Beer<\/a>, is busy plugging away to get his brewery up-and-running in Point Loma.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can you give us an overview of your brewing equipment and brewing team?<\/strong><br \/>\nWe have a two-vessel, 30bbl brewing system from Premier Stainless. 2x30bbl &amp; 3x60bbl fermenters, plus 2x60bbl brite tanks. Plus a ridiculously sweet 20 gallon pilot system to test new recipes and techniques. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moderntimesbeer.com\/blog\/our-crack-team-of-brewing-ninjas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brewing team<\/a>: Matt Walsh, Head Brewer &amp; absurdly knowledgeable guy; Alex Tweet, Brewer &amp; Flavor Developer; Derek Freese, Brewer &amp; Party Ambassador.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>You&#8217;re nearing the end of a successful Kickstarter campaign, having already surpassed your goal of $40K. So what&#8217;s next?<\/strong><br \/>\nNow we&#8217;re trying to break $52,375 pledged, which would make us the most backed brewery project on Kickstarter ever. If we do it, six of our incredibly generous vendors will donate a whopping $2,200 to Bike SD, an incredibly rad local advocacy organization working to make San Diego more walkable, bikeable, and livable. You can read all about it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moderntimesbeer.com\/blog\/force-us-to-donate-2200-to-bike-sd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>You are looking to embark on some &#8216;social missions&#8217; with Modern Times. Can you tell us about those?<\/strong><br \/>\nWe&#8217;re going to be pretty narrowly focused on helping San Diego catch up with Portland, New York, Los Angeles, and many other major cities when it comes to moving beyond a car-based infrastructure. We live in the most beautiful place on Earth, but due to mind-bogglingly bad planning, most of it is covered in pavement &amp; sprawl. We&#8217;re going to help change that.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/543114_393663024075246_1477776654_n1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7700\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/543114_393663024075246_1477776654_n1.jpg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"543114_393663024075246_1477776654_n\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/543114_393663024075246_1477776654_n1.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/543114_393663024075246_1477776654_n1.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>What have been the biggest challenges you&#8217;ve faced opening a new brewery?\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nJust the sheer amount of work it takes to resolve every single problem inherent in starting a very complex, highly regulated business. I don&#8217;t have any partners, so it&#8217;s all been on me to figure out every single legal, infrastructural, and logistical challenge for the past 16 months. I&#8217;m very much looking forward to a long, long vacation in the next year or two.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Do you have any upcoming tastings or brewery tours?<\/strong><br \/>\nNone on the docket right now, but if you sign-up for our email newsletter at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/moderntimesbeer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">moderntimesbeer.com<\/a>, I expect to announce some shortly.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photos via Modern Times Beer&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ModernTimesIsYourFriend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook page<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jacob McKean, Founder &amp; Glorious Leader at Modern Times Beer, is busy plugging away to get his brewery up-and-running in Point Loma. 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