Lately, I have been harping on how big a craft beer market that L.A. is, well the corollary to that there are some really underserved markets as well. One pocket in particular could use a brewery and thanks to the efforts of Robert Cortez, Pacoima could be the home of a new brewery.
Pacoima Brewery, (aka Pac City) after three years of looking has finally found a home. An “As Is” home which is being cleaned up and permitted so it can hold a three barrel system with six fermenters plus a cold box and cold room.
Cortez has a Belgian bent to his beers filtered through his Latino heritage. Past home brewed creations that may make their way into production include a caramel IPA, a Mexican Rye Lager with sweet corn added and some Belgian beers with Apricots and strawberries.
Thanks to advice from a who’s who of L.A. brewing like Drew Beechum, Aaron from Bootlegger’s along with the app age of home brewing tools like BeerSmith, he is well on the way to adding to the brew scene in Los Angeles.
My phone died before I could get to all my questions so I will be following up too in the coming months as well and YOU can follow the progress, HERE, on their FaceBook page.