Bootlegger's Brewery

Name

Bootlegger's Brewery

Legal name

Bootleggers Brewery

Website

https://bootleggers.beer

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Craft Beer

NAICS

Breweries (31212), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (722410)

SIC

Malt Beverages (2082)

akta.pro primary industry

Microbreweries & Craft Breweries (THAFALAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Beer Brewing & Brands (CRADAIAA), Taprooms & Brewpubs (CRANACAF)

Keywords

• Craft beer brewing
• Craft brewery operations
• Tasting room sales
• Beer wholesale distribution
• Brewery production services

Headquarters

HQ city

Fullerton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Tasting Room Direct Sales: Direct beer sales to consumers at three tasting room locations in Fullerton, Redlands, and Costa Mesa
2. Retail Distribution: Products sold through chain stores and fine bottle shops throughout California
3. Keg Sales to Venues: Sold first keg to a neighborhood bar in Downtown Fullerton; taps in various venues throughout the region

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Bootlegger's Brewery is a craft beer brewery that produces approximately 7,500 barrels of beer per year using a 30-barrel brewhouse, offering a constantly rotating lineup of up to 30 beer styles. The company sells its products through three tasting rooms in Fullerton, Redlands, and Costa Mesa, California, as well as through California retail stores and on-premise keg sales to venues. Additionally, the brewery offers private production facility tours, catering, and private party reservations.

Product overview

Bootlegger's Brewery is a craft beer producer offering a portfolio of year-round and special release beers. Their core product lineup includes eight named beer styles: El Chango (Mexican Lager), Far Out IPA, Far Out IPA Thai Tea, Golden Chaos (Belgian Golden Ale), Knuckle Sandwich (Double IPA), Old World Hefeweizen, Palomino (American Pale Ale), and Rocco Red (Red Ale). The brewery produces approximately 7,500 barrels annually using a 30-barrel brewhouse, maintaining 10-30 different styles on tap at any time across their tasting rooms in Fullerton, Redlands, and Costa Mesa, California.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• El Chango Mexican Lager brewed with 2 Row Barley and corn sugar, featuring low bitterness with notes of cereal and bread, light herbal aroma, and crisp finish. Sold to craft beer consumers.
• Far Out IPA Thai Tea West Coast Style IPA with Thai tea addition, combining tropical hop character (mango, passion fruit, citrus) with Thai Tea aroma and flavor, yielding a light orange hue. Sold to craft beer consumers.
• Golden Chaos Belgian Style Golden Ale featuring smooth Belgian yeast character, light malt profile, low earth/spice hop character, and high carbonation. Sold to craft beer consumers.
• Knuckle Sandwich Year Round Double IPA featuring huge amounts of hops complemented by huge amounts of malt, with malty caramel and toffee notes balanced by bitter pine and citrus flavor. Sold to craft beer consumers.
• Far Out IPA Year Round West Coast Style IPA with pale malt profile, light caramel notes, and bitter hop profile featuring tropical notes of mango, passion fruit, and citrus. Sold to craft beer consumers.
• Old World Hefeweizen German style unfiltered wheat ale with smooth wheat character, banana and low clove notes from yeast fermentation, and low hop character. Sold to craft beer consumers.
• Palomino Classic American Pale Ale with pale malt profile, light caramel notes, low bitterness, and abundant citrus and apricot hop flavor and aroma from dry hopping. Sold to craft beer consumers.
• Rocco Red Special Release Red Ale with balanced bitterness, dry hopped with classic American hops, featuring malty notes of caramel, toffee, and light roast coffee, with assertive citrus and tropical hop profile. Sold to craft beer consumers.
• Tasting Room Sales Direct-to-consumer beer sales at three tasting room locations in Fullerton, Redlands, and Costa Mesa, California, offering on-premise consumption of up to 30 rotating beer styles.
• Private Production Facility Tours Reservation-based private tours of the production facility, allowing customers to experience the brewing process. Reservations taken by phone at (714) 871-2337.
• Catering and Private Party Reservations Catering services and private party reservation bookings coordinated via email at [email protected], supplementing core beer sales.

Quantifiable outcome

• Able to keep up to 30 different Bootlegger's Brewery styles on tap year round in tasting rooms
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Feature2 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Modern Times Beer: San Diego-based craft brewery known for experimental, rotating, hop-forward beers and a tasting room concept. Comparable on the rotating/experimental product strategy and California craft positioning.
• Karl Strauss Brewing Company: San Diego-based independent craft brewery with multiple brewpub/tasting room locations and a California-wide distribution model. Highly comparable in scale (mid-sized craft brewery with on-premise retail), product diversity, and Southern California regional footprint.
• Angel City Brewery: Downtown Los Angeles craft brewery with on-site tasting room, strong community programming, and California retail distribution. Comparable as a community-driven SoCal craft brewery with a family-of-regulars model.
• Saint Archer Brewing: San Diego craft brewery producing a diverse lineup of core and rotating beers with distribution across California. Closely comparable on rotating SKU strategy, SoCal geographic focus, and craft positioning.
• Golden Road Brewing: Los Angeles craft brewery with taproom locations and packaged distribution throughout California. Comparable as a Southern California craft brewery competing for the same on-premise and wholesale accounts.

Broad incumbents

• Firestone Walker Brewing Company: Central Coast California craft brewery (Paso Robles) with extensive distribution and taproom presence. Comparable craft positioning and California distribution, but materially larger scale.
• Ballast Point Brewing Company: San Diego craft brewery (now Constellation Brands-owned) with a portfolio of hop-forward and rotating beers and California-wide distribution. Comparable craft identity and rotating product strategy, but operates at materially greater scale.
• Stone Brewing: Escondido-based craft brewery, now part of Sapporo's beer portfolio, with broad California and national wholesale distribution. Comparable on craft identity and California roots, but significantly larger and broader incumbent in the same craft space.
• Lagunitas Brewing Company: Petaluma-based craft brewery (now a Heineken subsidiary) with broad U.S. distribution and taproom locations. Comparable California craft roots, but operates at significantly greater scale.

Regional players

• TAPS Fish House & Brewery: Southern California brewpub-restaurant concept combining on-premise dining with on-site craft brewing. Comparable as a Southern California brewpub model, though adjacent in restaurant/brewpub hybrid format.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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