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San Clemente Micro-Brew Fest Organizers Hope to Bring in More Funding for Military Families

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April 23, 2016 3:36PM - Updated on April 26, 2016 2:51PM
in SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines
San Clemente Micro-Brew Fest Organizers Hope to Bring in More Funding for Military Families

Julie Ragenovich toasts a fellow patron at the San Clemente Micro-Brew Fest on Saturday, April 23. Photo: Eric Heinz

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Leftcoast Brewing Co. aims to raise more this year to welcome deployed military members home 

Julie Ragenovich toasts a fellow patron at the San Clemente Micro-Brew Fest on Saturday, April 23. Photo: Eric Heinz
A group makes a toast Saturday during the San Clemente Micro-Brew Fest at Left Coast Brewing Co. Photo: Eric Heinz
Two patrons enjoy samples of beer at the San Clemente Micro-Brew Fest at Left Coast Brewing Co. on Saturday, April 23. Photo: Eric Heinz
Tommy Hadjis, general manager of Left Coast Brewing Co., hugs Kim Edmiston on Saturday, April 23 at the San Clemente Micro-Brew Fest. Photo: Eric Heinz
Brewers distrubte samples of beer Saturday, April 23 at the San Clemente Micro-Brew Fest. Photo: Eric Heinz
A group of people pose for a photo holding samples of micro-brew samples. Photo: Eric Heinz
Colorful beer bottles are lined behind a brewer’s tent at the San Clemente Micro-Brew Fest. Photo: Eric Heinz
Live music was performed during the San Clemente Micro-Brew Fets. Photo: Eric Heinz
“Mr. San Clemente” attends the San Clemente Micro-Brew Fest on Saturday, April 23. Photo: Eric Heinz
Tens of thousands of people are estimated to have attended Saturday’s Micro-Brew Fest in San Clemente. Photo: Eric Heinz

By Eric Heinz 

Tommy Hadjis, the general manager of Left Coast Brewing Co. in San Clemente, conceptualized a way to raise funds for military members and their families by bringing Orange County micro breweries together for a day of enjoying adult refreshments, food and music.

What began six years ago during the beginning of the micro brewery boom has now flourished into an event that draws tens of thousands of people to sample some of the finest libations Southern California has to offer.

A throng of people was in attendance at this year’s San Clemente Micro-Brew Fest on April 23 at Left Coast Brewing Co. headquarters in San Clemente.

“When I came into the company in about 2006, three years later my goal was always to put on a beer festival here in San Clemente,”Hadjis said. “I wanted to showcase Orange County beers; I wanted to showcase (Left Coast) and I wanted to raise a boatload for charity.”

Through networking with the San Clemente Chamber of Commerce and breweries in the area, Hadjis recruited vendors to participate by putting the proceeds from the festival toward “welcome home” events for military members returning from deployment.

Hadjis said last year about $17,000 was raised to support the cause.

“This year I hope we raise over $20,000,” Hadjis said. “Six years ago, craft breweries were not that popular, but now look at it.”

More than 15 breweries were present at the April 23 festival. A lot of the breweries are part of the Orange County Brewers Guild and some were from Los Angeles and

“The first time we sell out pre-sale tickets, that’s when we’ll have to move it somewhere else, and we still haven’t done that,” Hadjis said. “We’re getting close and we can still sell tickets at the door.”

For more information, visit www.leftcoastbrewing.com.  

 

 

 

 

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