Lost Coast Brewery

Lost Coast Brewery
Independent
Industry Alcoholic beverage
Founded 1990
Headquarters Eureka, California, United States
Products Beer
Production output
~75,000 US barrels per year
Owner Barbara Doom
Website http://www.lostcoast.com/

Lost Coast Brewery is an award-winning brewery in Eureka, California, USA, which produces year-round and seasonal products based on the owners' experience and research on English beers. The brewery expanded production from zero to 60,000 barrels between 1990 and 2011; a larger production facility under construction in 2014 will permit expansion to 200,000 to 600,000 barrels annually. The label of one of their products caused an international uproar and a lawsuit claiming damages from the imagery was ruled in favor of the brewery under First Amendment rights of free speech. After winning the court case, the company changed the label to prevent future problems. In 2012, the brewery ranked 38th in the nation for beer production by volume.

History

Lost Coast Brewery is unusual in the male-dominated world of brewing because it was founded by two women;[1] it is one of only two female-owned breweries in Humboldt County, the other is Six Rivers Brewery in McKinleyville.[2]

Lost Coast Brewery founders Wendy Pound and Barbara Groom developed the idea in 1986 and spent three years on research and development including visits to English and Welsh pubs, home experimentation and refining their techniques.[3] In 1989 they bought the Fraternal Order of the Knights of Pythias Pythian Castle and opened the brewery and pub there in 1990.[3] The brewery outgrew the original location and moved to a larger building in Eureka in 1994,[4] where by 2011, they produced 60,000 barrels of beer[5] which made it the 46th largest brewery in the U.S. even though they only distributed in 19 states at that time.[6][7]

In 2012, the U.S. Brewers Association named Lost Coast Brewery one of the top 50 (by volume) craft and overall breweries[8] and listed it as number 38 on their nationwide ranking.[9] In 2012, following a decade of nearly 20 percent per annum growth, Lost Coast Brewery employed 80 people and embarked on a $15 million new free-standing facility in Eureka,[1] on a 9.3 acres (3.8 ha) site.[5][10] The plan will allow them to open a facility that will allow the company to produce between 200,000 to 600,000 barrels annually.[5] When finished, the brewery will have newer and larger equipment as well as be open for visitors for the first time.[11] It is expected to bring in $150,000 in sales tax per year.[11]

In 2013, Lost Coast Brewery distributed beer to 21 states and 11 nations.[12]

Products

Lost Coast brews both year-round and seasonal beers.[5]

Sponsorships

Lost Coast Brewery began sponsoring a mountain bike racing team in 2006. In 2009, the six members of the 2009 team competed at the US Cup series and many other California events.[23]

References

  1. 1 2 Richey, David, California Craft Brewing Industry: An Economic Impact Study, California Craft Brewers Association, 2012, pages 18-19, accessed January 16, 2014
  2. 6 Female-Owned Breweries In Honor of Int'l Women's Day, Brooklyn Brew Shop, March 8, 2012, accessed January 16, 2014
  3. 1 2 Lost Coast Brewery, Humboldt County Convention and Visitors Bureau, 2014
  4. State of the Industry Report: Manufacturing, Humboldt County Planning Department, Humboldt County, California, 2007, accessed January 16, 2014
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Jay R. Brooks (1 August 2013). California Breweries North. Stackpole Books. pp. 242–. ISBN 978-0-8117-1158-6.
  6. Lost Coast Brewery: Our Story and Beers, Lost Coast Brewery, 2014
  7. "Planning Commission OKs Lost Coast Brewery project; additional amendments will go in front of city council". Times-Standard. 14 March 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  8. Regional Labor Market Profile, California Community Colleges, 2013, accessed January 16, 2014
  9. Brewers Association releases top Breweris of 2012, Brewers Association, 2014, accessed January 16, 2014
  10. Poor, Kaci, Eureka Council to discuss Lost Coast Brewery project, Eureka Times-Standard, November 18, 2012, accessed January 16, 2014
  11. 1 2 Rodriguez, Lorna, Breaking ground: Lost Coast Brewery construction to begin, Eureka Times-Standard, November 23, 2013, accessed January 16, 2014
  12. Lost Coast Brewery Distributors, Lost Coast Brewery, 2013, accessed January 16, 2014
  13. 1 2 3 Tim Hampson (17 October 2013). World Beer. DK Publishing. pp. 194–. ISBN 978-1-4654-2263-7.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Awards, Lost Coast Brewery, 2014
  15. Andy Crouch (2010). Great American Craft Beer: A Guide to the Nation's Finest Beers and Breweries. Running Press. pp. 166–. ISBN 0-7624-4160-7.
  16. Larry Hatch. Brewbase Encyclopedia 2011-2012. TCR Press. pp. 257–.
  17. 1 2 3 Greenson, Thadeus, Brewery draws religious ire, Eureka Times-Standard, July 21, 2009, accessed January 16, 2014
  18. Rajghatta, Chidanand, Beer 'Ganesh' brews storm in US, Times of India, May 18, 2005, accessed January 16, 2014
  19. Lost Coast Brewery Sued, Weekly Wrap, North Coast Journal, May 12, 2005, accessed January 16, 2014
  20. Cusack, Anne (April 15, 2009). "Lost Coast Brewing Tangerine Wheat". Los Angeles Times.
  21. Lost Coast Brewing 2009 Limited Release Specialties, The Full Pint, January 7, 2009, accessed January 16, 2014
  22. Beer of the week: Lost Coast Watermelon Wheat, Miami Herald, November 7, 2013, accessed January 16, 2014
  23. Team Lost Coast Brewery, 2013, accessed January 16, 2014

Coordinates: 40°48′10.95″N 124°9′53.04″W / 40.8030417°N 124.1647333°W / 40.8030417; -124.1647333

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