Beth Demmon

Covering the binational brew day between women brewing professionals from the United States and Mexico in January 2018.

November 2019 Prohibitchin' profile of Gina Marsaglia, co-founder of Pizza Port Brewing Co. and Godmother of San Diego beer.

If there’s still any question as to whether women are finally staking a serious claim in the beer industry, one need only look at the work of Pink Boots Society. Founded in 2007 by Teri Fahrendorf, the organization was created to “to assist, inspire and encourage women beer industry professionals to advance their careers through education.”
To say they’ve broken barriers is an understatement. There are now chapters in Spain, Hong Kong, New Zealand, across the United States and there are no si...

Considering the most current iteration of San Diego’s craft beer industry dates back to the early 1990s, it’s easy to inadvertently (or purposefully) gloss over those still relatively new to it. Millennials are touted as the biggest group of weekly craft beer drinkers in the United States—an age demographic skewing as young as 23 years old, according to the Pew Research Center.
That means of the approximately 6,500 beer-related jobs in San Diego alone, a decent chunk of them are occupied by e...

October 2019 Prohibitchin' column for West Coaster Magazine

Since opening in 2015, Second Chance Beer Company co-founders Curtis Hawes, Marty Mendiola, and Virginia Morrison have focused on “crafting traditional and innovative beers of the highest quality”. From their award-winning Tabula Rasa porter to one of my personal favorite Extra Pale Ales, they’ve pretty much nailed it.
That dedication to restrained, yet bold brews is poised to continue into their latest venture. Dubbed “The Barrel Experience”, Second Chance is finally ready to release their a...

Contributor to the 2018 West Coaster Magazine "Best Beers" roundup (compiled by Brandon Hernandez)

There’s no escaping fate. Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (played by Gene Wilder) famously screamed about “destiny!” in the 1974 comedic classic Young Frankenstein, but when it comes to family legacies, Stephanie Eppig was as fated to open a brewery as Wilder’s character was to reanimating dead tissue.
Like Wilder’s Frankenstein, Stephanie also brought something back to life—her family’s brewing legacy. She’s the great granddaughter of Henry Joseph Eppig, who was part of the dynastic Brooklyn beer...