Local Craft Beer: Come on in for a cold one | Lifestyle

Tehachapi is house to Native Craft Beer, a mom-and-pop enterprise that has expanded its gross sales to all all over the world.

Tyson and Katie Southworth supply 19 handcrafted beers at Native Craft Beer, situated at 365 Enterprise Approach, Suite G.

The couple took over the enterprise in December 2015, and have since expanded on the distinctive blends of beers and exhausting seltzers.

Proudly owning a brewery has at all times been a dream of Katie’s, who’s initially from England.

“The pubs in England are very family-orientated, and everybody at all times appeared to have a pleasant time,” Katie stated. “We discovered this brewery right here, and have stored that very same sort of idea.”

Earlier than buying the brewery, Katie stated she purchased her husband a brew package for Christmas one 12 months.

Stated Katie, “I figured he can brew some good beer for me, so it was a win-win state of affairs.”

From there, the couple stated their storage changed into a mini-commercial brewery, which led them to in search of a special venue for his or her unique flavors.

At present, LCB options 19 flavors on draft, ranging in identify and alcohol content material. All of that are scrumptious. As well as, they produce 8,000-plus cans per week, which promote out fairly fast, and are distributed worldwide, together with China, Canada and Belgium. LCB additionally distributes 1000’s of cans a month inside the US.

“Fairly quickly, we will likely be distributing to Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware,” Tyson stated.

Requested what their top-selling beers are, Tyson stated, “Usually, we do not have a top-selling beer, as a result of we do not repeat beers. The seed to our success is to at all times maintain it new and recent.”

Over the previous 5 years, LCB has produced greater than 300 completely different beers.

Along with their India Pale Ales (IPAs), which account for roughly 75 % of their gross sales, LCB is crafting a smoothie-type beer which is similar to a Java Juice.

Stated Tyson, “Already this 12 months, we’re already producing as much as 200,000 cans. It is rather well-liked, and we can not seem to maintain them readily available.”

The smoothie beers have grow to be so well-liked, in actual fact, that LCB has ordered new tanks wherein to maintain tempo with its rising reputation.

The general public is invited to return in, meet the homeowners, savor the completely different ales and feast on meals gadgets from featured distributors, which rotate every day.

Hours of operation are Monday by Thursday from 2 to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday from midday to midnight, and Sunday from midday to 10 p.m.

For extra info, name 661-822-2337.