Calicraft

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Calicraft
Type Private
Industry Alcoholic beverage
Founded2012 (2012)
Headquarters Walnut Creek, California
Products Beer
Website www.calicraft.com

Calicraft is an American craft beer brewery located in Walnut Creek, California. [1]

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History

The company was founded in 2012 by Blaine Landberg, [2] and opened its first taproom in 2016. [3] Landberg first began brewing beer in college in his dorm room at UC Berkeley. [4]

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References

  1. "Craft beer boom continues with new Bay Area breweries". The Mercury News. 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  2. Tuder, Stefanie (2016-08-01). "Calicraft's New Walnut Creek Taproom Shows Off Its California-Focused Beer". Eater SF. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  3. Pereira, Alyssa (July 21, 2016). "Calicraft Brewing to open Walnut Creek taproom with 150 square yards of hops growing outside". SFGate. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  4. "ABOUT". CALICRAFT. Retrieved 2019-02-21.