During the late 80s, Brian Dunn spent 5 years overseas building farms in developing countries.  Having grown up in a family that valued good food and drink, Dunn grew his knowledge and passion for beer during his travels.  Dunn eventually returned to Colorado, started homebrewing and went to graduate school.  Upon graduation in 1993, when the Denver beer scene barely existed, he set out to found what would eventually become one of America’s most decorated and celebrated craft breweries.

It all started by drinking a beer. After enjoying a pint of flavorful craft brewed wheat beer made by a former home brewer in Portland OR., Don started thinking about brewing beer at home. He purchased a beer kit back in April of 1991. One taste of that first beer and he was bitten by the bug. With a solid academic background and a natural curiosity, he scoured brewing books to learn more. Bolstered by his acquired knowledge, his beers improved. It wasn’t long before he entered his first beer competition. Entering three beers; he won two gold, one bronze and a best of show award for his efforts. Don continued making beers to share with family and friends and was content to brew beer just for himself.

With its grand opening on August 30, 2013, Coachella Valley Brewing Co. went from a small, lofty notion into a full-fleshed reality. Focusing on the uniqueness of the Southern California desert, Coachella Valley Brewing Co. strives to connect both ends of the Coachella Valley through quality locally grown ingredients and expertly crafted beer.

Locally owned and operated in Thousand Palms, California, we are committed to crafting beer that showcases the agriculture and the attitudes of the desert.

We are from the hottest region of the world, we love beer and we decided to create the flavor of Calexico. We want the world to know the taste of the place where we grew up, we learned and we are forming. We are a group of young entrepreneurs that aims to put in high the name of Calexico and the Imperial Valley. We are Calexico Brew Co.

To truly tell the story of the Alosta Brewing Co. we have to go back about 20 years. Our Co-founder, and Director of Brewing Operations, Herb Adams was a local homebrewer. Our other Co-founder, Byron Fisher was a videographer. The two of them met through their wives, who had already been friends for several years. When Byron found out that Herb was a homebrewer, he asked him if he could possibly film the process one time, in order to get more footage to work on his editing skills.

Fast forward a few weeks. Byron filmed Herbs brew session, and edited together a “How-to” video on homebrewing. It just so happened that at the time, Byron had a friend who was the local cable access television director.

We are only golf themed. It is not what we are about though. We are all about the great Beer. The golf club name came about because we used one, years ago at homebrewing to stir the mash pot. It is what we had, so my brother and I sterilized it and we made some great Beer. It was the best Irish Red ever. After that it was one batch after another stirred with that same golf club and the beer got better and better. It was a good luck charm of sorts. It now sits inside of our fermentation room.