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| Industry | Alcoholic beverage |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1989 |
| Founder | Chris Cramer and Matt Rattner |
| Headquarters | San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Products | Beer |
| Website | www |
Karl Strauss Brewing Company is a San Diego, California-based craft brewery with nine brewpub locations across Southern California and a main brewery in the Pacific Beach neighborhood of San Diego. Besides being available at its own brewpubs, the company's beers are distributed across all of California.[1] Karl Strauss is the oldest surviving brewery in San Diego County, having been founded in 1989, and is credited with launching the county's rise to prominence in the craft brewing industry.[2] Based on 2017 sales volume it is the 47th largest brewery in the United States.[3] In summer 2017 Karl Strauss was declared the Mid-Size Brewery of the Year at the Great American Beer Festival.
- ^ "Find Karl". Karl Strauss Brewing Company. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
- ^ "Local brewer heads above competition", San Diego Union–Tribune, September 29, 2009
- ^ Connors, Tarcy (March 15, 2017). "Three S.D. County Breweries Make Top 50 List". San Diego Business Journal. Retrieved 16 March 2017.