For this week's Small Business Shoutout we are joined by Founder of Beer Thug Brewing Edgar Preciado and Head Brewer Stephen Andrade. Beer Thug Brewing is located at 4400 East Gage Ave in the city of Bell.
Located at 4400 East Gage Ave in the city of Bell.
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Breweries became a haven for Edgar Preciado, Founder of Beer Thug Brewing. He loved it so much that in 2018 he started a craft beer lifestyle brand, Beer Thug Life. One night, he recorded a video of him chugging a craft beer as a joke on social media. Unbeknownst to him, the video would garner thousands of views and chugging would become more commonplace in the craft beer community.
Despite his genuine happiness from making beer with breweries, he realized that there was a lack of diversity in the industry and wanted to expose the people of his community to the joys of craft beer. When the pandemic hit in 2020, many breweries were forced to close their taprooms. Edgar saw this as an opportunity to contract- collaborate with breweries to brew his recipes, allowing more people to continue their craft beer consumption. In two years, Edgar and his partners brewed about 2,500 barrels of beer which were distributed and sold across California and beyond.