The bread crumbs have been there since they started brewing Duet, Nelson, and Hoppy Birthday at Green Flash in April. You can actually find Alpine beers in new accts and on tap throughout San Diego. Before this partnership, outside of Toro, Obriens, Blair bars and the pub, Alpine was non existent even in San Diego. Shawn has been involved with scaling up all the recipes. It took a few batches but I would challenge even the most avid Alpine fan to tell the difference. Each facility will function independently; operated by their own staffs. It is bottling, availability and distribution. Alpine beer fans should be very happy about this. This is nothing like 10 barrel selling to InBev.
Alan