June Lake Brewing
Open June Mountain ~

Mountain Life Update: Mark your calenders because June Mountain Ski Area is set to open this Friday the 13th!  We're really excited to get back up on the hill, so find us on Friday or Saturday for a little post ride/ski beer in the village.

Progress Update: our intrepid team of design professionals have addressed the comments that came back from plan check regarding our remodel permit and have resubmitted an updated design.  What this means is we should hopefully have our final building permit by the new year, and will be able to start our interior build out in preparation for equipment acquisition (currently on order) set for late spring of 2014!

Beer Update: Our tasty "Not So Hoppy Holiday Ale" is back this year as one of our last pre-launch testbatches.  Brewed with Pale 2-Row, Munich, Aromatic, Carmel/Crystal, Chocolate, White and Torrified Wheat malts, along with nutmeg, vanilla bean, fresh ginger, cinnamon, juniper berries, seeds of paradise, sweet orange peel, cloves, honey and holiday spirit.  This 6.1% ABV beer is our favorite way to kick-off the holiday season, and it deviates from our rather hoppy disposition. Kickstarter Update: As you probably know from our MEGA barrage of updates and emails we gave it a valiant effort, but in the end didn't hit our JLBKickstarter goal.  This means none of the pledgers are being charged, and even worse we won't be receiving any of those pledges.  Overall it was a great experience and we accumulated 300+ new Facebook friends.  That being said we're still starting this brewery, and have had 72 pledgers commit to over $10k of our original pledge amount.  That's almost 50% of the amount reached during the campaign!  So if you pledged to the campaign and you're still interested in fulfilling that pledge email [email protected] and we'll make this thing happen.
 
Thanks for all the support, and Cheers!
Justin/Sarah

Last Day to Fund
June Lake Brewing

So it's the last day to support the JLB Kickstarter campaign and we're totally stoked on all of the support we've received from everyone. With Black Friday and the unabashed North American consumerism that accompanies it in full swing, we are giving it one last push to reach our funding goal.  BuyBuyBuyBuyBuy!!!!

If you haven't pledged, and are able, please do so now.  

Also share it with all your friends today - www.junelakebrewing.com

As previously indicated we set a pretty lofty goal on our fundraising campaign, and it's looking pretty far away as I type this, but we plan to start the brewery regardless (it may just be a little less shiny).  With that in mind if we do not reach our goal we could still use your pledges, and would like to fulfill your desired rewards.  If it's looking grim at the end of today, we'll reach out to each individual pledger and ask them to contact Justin - [email protected] (or 760-419-1738) - and fulfill their pledge/reward exchange in person, or via PayPal/USPS.

Thanks again, and Cheers!  We couldn't do this without all of you!!!
Justin/Sarah

Only 3 Days Left to Fund June Lake Brewing
Just around 3 days left to go with the JLB Kickstarter campaign, and we're pushing hard for our fundraising goal.  Though it seems impossible we can still do this, but we'll need your help:

1. Think of the one person in your life that loves craft beer, and happens to have a bunch of extra cash laying around... now tell them about the JLB Kickstarter

It would also help to push the campaign out to your FB and Twitter, but now's the time to really bust out the heavy artillery and get that thing into mass media and in front of some individuals with a bunch of disposable income. 

With this in mind Justin underwent a live IAmA at http://www.reddit.com/r/Beerit/comments/1rib16/hi_im_justin_walsh_a_california_craft_brewing/ this morning at 10am.  What is an IAmA you ask?  Well it's an online question and answer session (Ask me Anything) in which the subject states their background and what makes them a special and qualified person to speak and be questioned on a specific topic.  In this case Justin posted the following intro - "Hi, I’m Justin Walsh, a California craft brewing entrepreneur about to open his first brewery. It's been a heck of a ride, ask me anything!"

Thank you for everyone's continued support, and of course... Cheers!
Justin/Sarah

Only 7 Days Left to Fund
June Lake Brewing

With only 7 days left to reach our funding goal with the JLB Kickstarter campaign, we thought we needed a little extra awesomeness... So we ordered up some snow!  Not really, but we definitely got some.  With a solid blanket of white on the ground and sub 20s as I type this in June Lake this AM, we're definitely getting closer to shred time.  With that in mind it's super important to support and share our Kickstarter  (trust us there's definitely a correlation).  We've yet to reach our goal, but it's totally within our grasp, so we need your help:

1. Support the JLB Kickstarter
2. Post about it on FB and Twitter at least a dozen more times
3. Think of the biggest ballers you know and tell them to support and share the JLB Kickstarter or forever regret not being part of the first brewery ever in the coolest town on the planet earth!

It's important to support and share the campaign, because if we don't reach the goal nobody will be charged, nobody will get any rewards, and the community of June Lake will cry.  Now you wouldn't want that would you?

Thank you for everyone's continued support, and Cheers!
Justin/Sarah

p.s. - did we mention you should support the JLB Kickstarter?

Only 15 Days
Left to Fund
June Lake Brewing

That's right we've only got 15 days left to reach our funding goal with the JLB Kickstarter campaign.  This  may not seem like a big deal, but the way Kickstarter works is if we don't reach our goal we don't get any of the pledges that have been made, nobody is charged their pledge amount and that means that those who have pledged will not get their snazzy rewards.  So if you have been waiting to pledge, do it now and help us spread the word about our freakin amazing campaign.  Also we really appreciate everyone that's shared our campaign with their network, but we're going to need you to keep sharing everyday until we reach our goal.

1. Get friends to check the JLB Kickstarter
2. Post about it on FB and Twitter
3. If you can't remember the Kickstarter URL, just tell people to visit our website - www.junelakebrewing.com

To show our appreciation for your support we will be hosting a Kickstarter support party this Saturday November 16th @ 3pm.  If you're going to be in the June Lake area hit us up for the location and feel free to bring tasty grub and grog to share.

Thanks the mostest, and Cheers!
Justin/Sarah

p.s. - did we mention you should support the JLB Kickstarter?

June Lake Brewing
Autumn is Here ~

Big thanks to everyone that made it out to the first annual June Lake Autumn Beer Festival, it was an event not to be missed!  We poured through all the beer, made some money for the June Lake Chamber of Commerce and a number of other local charities, and had an amazing stein holding contest!  If you didn't make it out, check the video links below, and block off your calendars for next year.

Well after months of searching, then a couple more waiting, our proposed location is finally going in front of the Mono County Planning Commission this Thursday at 10am.  This meeting is a super big deal, and will dictate whether we're able to move forward with our plans to bring the first brewery to June Lake.  As our biggest supporters we very strongly urge you to make your voice heard and let the Planning Commission know how badly you need a brewery in June Lake.  We know 10am in the middle of the work week makes it hard for many of you to represent in person, so we've devised three options for you to let the powers that be know how it is:

1. Show up in person to either the Bridgeport County Courthouse, or the Mono County offices in Mammoth Lakes (Sierra Center Mall, Vons shopping center above Giovanni's) at 10am sharp this Thursday in your finest JLB attire
2. Write a short email to the Mono County Planning Commission letting them know without JLB you may be forced to riot - [email protected]
3. Take it back to the old school and hand write a letter to the Mono County Planning Commission basically telling them you're so committed to getting a brewery in June Lake you will write your Senators if your views are ignored - PO Box 347, Mammoth Lakes, CA  93546

If you're thinking about attending, let us know and we can organize carpools, JLB attire, etc.  If the timing just doesn't work, writing an email will literally take 60 seconds, and can be as simple as "Hey Mono County, we need a brewery in June Lake, and we will cry if it doesn't happen."  We aren't expecting opposition, but every little bit helps push The Man to fast track this thing and get us a friggin awesome brewery in June Lake!

Thanks, and Cheers!
Justin/Sarah

June Lake Brewing
Bonzai!

Wow, Mammoth Mountain Kamikaze Games was friggin amazing!  Our JLB DH TestPilots where dropping podiums left and right, and holding it down for the Eastern Sierras.  Big shout outs to JLB TestPilot Johnny "Nipple" Kimball with a first place in the Cat2 division of the Kamikaze 2.0 race on Friday, and then another first place Saturday in the Cat2 DH race on Follow Me.  Come next year Johnny will be looking to get his pro card and send it with the best of them.  Also props go to Johnny Widen, Thomas "Alex" McCoy, and the rest of the JLB cats holding it down.  Check the visual evidence for a taste of the complete gravitational domination (to the right and below), and be there next year!

We're moving forward with our quest for a location, and we're excited for our October 10th hearing with the Mono County Planning Commission.  If you're in the Mammoth area Thursday October 10th, please come by the County Offices and show your support.  Once the Planning Commission weighs in we hope to move forward with our permitting process and begin our renovations to make our location the most awesomest brewery/beer tasting establishment that June Lake has ever seen!

On the beer front we're pushing forward with planning for the 1st Annual June Lake Autumn Beer Festival on October 5th, so get your reservations lined up cuz our brewery lineup is pretty sweet!

Cheers!
Justin/Sarah

June Lake Brewing
Party Time ~

Big thanks goes out to Mammoth Brewing Company for putting on the 18th annual Bluesapalooza and Grand Tasting.  It did not disappoint.  If you made it out you're probably still smiling, and if you didn't you really blew it and should go cry in the corner for a couple days.  As if Bluesa wasn't enough, this past Saturday was the 59th annual June Lake Fireman's BBQ.  Helping out behind the bar we ensured everyone was properly lubricated and kicked down tips to help fund our all volunteer department.  Good times had by all...

In other party news, we're working with the June Lake Chamber of Commerce to help organize the 1st annual June Lake Autumn Beer Festival slated for Saturday October 5th.  Block off your calendars and start making excuses to your boss, because this is going to be an afternoon of drinking and decadence that can't be missed.  With a visiting brewery roster that includes, but is hardly limited to Cismontane, Mammoth Brewing Company, Green Flash, and Tahoe Mountain Brewery, we're going to have a romp raging good time oompa-ing along to tunes from the Kalifornia Krauts.  Complete with a totally artificially authentic German stein holding contest, the first ever Eastern Sierra Master Chili Cook Off, a pie baking competition and an autumn photo death match, we've got everything including the kitchen sink.  Tragically we won't have our license yet, so JLB won't be available, but don't let that detour you cuz this is going to be the first JLABF of many and you know you want to say you were there to make history.

Finally on the beer front, our Grant Lake Golden Tart turned out phenomenally and has been a big hit with everyone that's been lucky enough to try some.  If you're around JL anytime soon, hit us up, and if we've got any left we'll be more than happy to let you take it for a test-drive and decide for yourself.

Cheers!
Justin/Sarah