Brewery Rowe: Travel writer explores 'Beer Hiking' in Southern California

Table Of Content

• Step inside San Diego’s luxurious new supper clubs
• Brewery Rowe: Exploring the dark and hard-hitting history of doppelbock beers
• Women brewers revolutionizing the craft beer scene
• Roger Daltrey, at 80, readying for life after The Who: ‘Every dog has its day, and it was a wonderful ride’
• (great) Mother’s Day gifts
• Mujeres Brew House: How women are changing the beer game

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Step inside San Diego’s luxurious new supper clubs

Community tables fill the space, with a mural celebrating street vendors and artwork from the Boyle Heights community arts center Self Help Graphics & Art. Mr. Preciado began his venture into the craft beer industry in 2018 after he recorded a video of him chugging a triple, hazy IPA from Monkish Brewing on a drunken night. Prefacing the chug with a raunchy quip, the video on Instagram would end up garnering thousands of views. It was at that moment that Mr. Preciado realized an opportunity to change his life.

Brewery Rowe: Exploring the dark and hard-hitting history of doppelbock beers

I had been working in the front of the house but didn’t really know what it was like brewing beer behind the scenes. An all female-run and Latina-owned brewery, Mujeres Brew House was established in July 2020 by Carmen Velasco-Favela to offset the lack of female representation in the craft beer industry. “They’re not conforming to the industry,” says David Favela, co-founder of Border X Brewing and Velasco-Favela’s partner in business and life. Never in my dreams did I ever think, “Oh, someday the club would have a brewery.” The building owners were ecstatic to think women would take over the space and continue our educational series. So now we have a brewhouse and take the whole experience to a whole nother level. The place was literally turnkey, so everything was already here and so fortuitous.

Women brewers revolutionizing the craft beer scene

But one brewery in Southern California is bringing women back into the brewhouse and into the front for that matter. At Mujeres Brew House, they’re reclaiming that title of women as the original brewers. Border X Brewing is a brewery that offers craft beer inspired by classic Mexican flavors.

The two agreed that women’s empowerment would be their main goal with the brewery, but the two knew there would be struggles. Going into fall, it is going to be a great time to continue and scale up our educational program. We are planning an internship program so women can be behind the scenes of beer. We wanted to make a really strong beer that could be the base for our beer cocktails. Out of that evolved a margarita that we make out of the base of the beer. We have customers in here that don’t drink beer, but they love margaritas.

“A lot of times when people think about Southern California, they think of the cities. (Bell, CA) –  Edgar Preciado (@BeerThugLife), founder of BeerThugLife LLC., announces the official opening of Beer Thug Brewing Co. in the city of Bell, CA. Mr. Preciado will be opening a brewery and taproom via an alternate proprietorship with Border X Brewing located at 4400 E Gage Ave, Bell, CA 90201. “I think when women come together into space, we're just stronger. Not only are we inviting, tamaleras, but we're also promoting them,” said Carmen.

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Since then, they’ve been pouring every Tuesday through Sunday, with events like Thursday Loteria Nights, a Sunday farmers markets hosted by Garden Unidos, and pop-ups featuring local vendors. Check Facebook and Instagram pages for info on what’s pouring and what’s happening. Inside, smiling bartenders greet customers and the aroma of freshly brewed beer fills the room.

The art that fills the walls was painted by local female artists. The main mural that fills an entire wall in the tasting room was created by España Garcia. She created the “Beer Goddess.” The crown that sits on the woman’s head is made of hop; the flower beer is made from. The spikes sticking out of the crown are barley and her hair is water. The muralists later incorporated Aztec markings on the woman’s face to incorporate the cultural aspect of the brewery. The Mujeres Brew Club was created to encourage women to learn more about beer.

Mujeres Brew House: How women are changing the beer game

Each of the three brewing companies will add to the diverse Latinx landscape offering beer, food, music, and aesthetics reminiscent of traditional, contemporary, and postmodern Latinx culture. "We start with the history of craft beer in San Diego and make a beer along with women," Favela said. She said that due to the overlying history of adversity for women, this project was going to be tricky. However, the two partners both say that the biggest challenge with this brewery is not to think about that. Despite the accelerated timeframe, Davila and the Favelas crystallized their vision to capture what they saw as an unmissable opportunity. The Favelas also pledged to provide a percentage of all sales to fund Mujeres’ training programs and special events.

Incorporating their Latin culture into their brewery was a process because it was something they did not plan on doing. Sign up for free & get the best of Southern California craft beer sent straight to your inbox. A San Diego insider’s look at what talented artists are bringing to the stage, screen, galleries and more.

She said she joined because she saw the lack of Latinos and women of color in the craft beer industry. Mujeres Brew Club (MBC) is a monthly beer education group primarily geared toward women (although its founders remain adamant that it’s a space for everyone). Meetings are held at both Border X’s Barrio Logan location as well as at its satellite location in Los Angeles. “We started Mujeres Brew Club in 2019 and that was an educational series to empower Latinas who drink craft beer already,” said Carmen Favela, owner and co-founder. SAN DIEGO – A brewery in Barrio Logan owned and operated by two Latinas is on a mission to inspire more women of color to make their name in the craft beer industry.