Kinetic Brewing

What Kinetic Brewing does

Kinetic Brewing Company is a privately held craft brewery and gastropub founded in 2008 and headquartered at 735 W. Lancaster Blvd. in Lancaster, California, roughly one hour northeast of Los Angeles in the Antelope Valley. The company operates a single full-service brewpub that pairs on-site brewing with an American pub restaurant offering vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options, and it serves as the anchor for a multi-channel craft beer business.

The brewing operation produces a portfolio organized into year-round offerings (Potential Blonde, Rusted Gear, Pendulum, Ignition, Propulsion, Fusion), seasonal releases (Velocity, Redline, El Dorado, Kränken), the rotating Over Wound limited series (Old Cog, Conundrum, Paradox), specialty releases (Afterburner, McLernon's, Citrafuge, Ice Bucket), and an annual Anniversary Series now extending to Sixth Gear. Core brewing technology is traditional — malted two-row barley, hops, yeast, and water — with supplementary techniques including dry hopping and seasonal additions such as oats, wheat, and lactose. The company has earned repeated industry recognition, including a 2016 Great American Beer Festival bronze for 4th Gear and a 2014 Bistro Double IPA Festival gold for Afterburner.

Kinetic generates revenue through on-premise beer and food sales, growler fills, gift cards, direct keg sales, and wholesale distribution of packaged and kegged beer to retailers across Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego counties with light coverage in Bakersfield. Go-to-market blends direct-to-consumer (brewpub, events, Inner Circle membership) with channel partners (distributors and retail accounts), and the company supports its business with an online Beer Finder tool, a loyalty program, and charitable initiatives including Ales for ALS in partnership with Loftus Ranches, Bale Breaker Brewing Co., and Hopunion Hops.

Name

Kinetic Brewing

Legal name

Kinetic Brewing Company

Website

https://kineticbrewing.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kinetic Brewing is a privately held craft brewery and gastropub in Lancaster, California that brews year-round, seasonal, and limited-release beers and operates a full-service American pub restaurant with regional wholesale distribution across Southern California.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Craft Brewery

NAICS

Breweries (31212), Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers (424810)

SIC

Malt Beverages (2082)

akta.pro primary industry

Beer Brewing & Brands (CRADAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Alcoholic Beverage Wholesale (Beer, Wine, Spirits) (AFAIAGAA)

Keywords

• Craft beer brewing
• Gastropub restaurant
• Brewpub taproom
• Seasonal beer releases
• Wholesale beer distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Lancaster

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Brewpub Beer Sales: On-tap beer sales directly to consumers at the Lancaster brewpub location. Also includes bottled beer and growler fills sold for off-premise consumption.
2. Restaurant Food Sales: Full restaurant service offering American pub cuisine with vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options. Complementary to beer sales at the brewpub.
3. Wholesale Distribution: Distribution of packaged and kegged beer to retailers throughout Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego counties and Bakersfield.
4. Keg Sales: Year-round and seasonal beer offerings available for purchase with advanced notice for take-home kegs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Kinetic Brewing is a craft brewery and gastropub that produces a rotating portfolio of craft beers (year-round, seasonal, limited Over Wound series, and specialty releases) and serves them alongside American pub cuisine at its Lancaster, CA brewpub. The company also distributes packaged and kegged beer wholesale across Southern California and operates supporting programs such as the Inner Circle membership and Beer Finder retail locator.

Product overview

Kinetic Brewing Co. is a craft brewery and gastropub operating in Lancaster, California. The company offers a diverse portfolio of beer products organized into four main categories: Year Round beers (Potential Blonde, Rusted Gear, Pendulum, Ignition, Propulsion, Fusion), Seasonal releases (Velocity, Redline, El Dorado, Kranken), the Over Wound Series limited releases (Old Cog, Conundrum, Paradox), and Specialty beers (Afterburner, McLernon's, Ice Bucket, Citrafuge, Anniversary series). Beyond brewing, the company operates a full-service gastropub restaurant with American pub cuisine, offers private event hosting, maintains a Beer Finder tool for retail distribution, and operates the Inner Circle membership program for exclusive access to limited releases. The company is a member of the Los Angeles County Brewers Guild and California Craft Brewers Association.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Year Round Beer Portfolio

Quantifiable outcome

• Bronze medal at 2016 Great American Beer Festival in Chocolate Beer category (4th Gear)
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Loftus RanchescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2017Co-organizer of the Ales for ALS initiative. Loftus Ranches has been actively organizing and promoting Ales for ALS for 5 years alongside Hopunion Hops and Bale Breaker Brewing Co. The partnership has raised over $1 million for ALS research through beer sales.
• Bale Breaker Brewing Co.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2017Co-organizer of the Ales for ALS initiative. Partnered with Loftus Ranches and Hopunion Hops to create a unified hop blend used across over 100 participating breweries. Every beer produced for the cause uses the same hop blend to signify unity in the fight against ALS.
• Hopunion HopscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2017Provides hops for the Ales for ALS initiative, helping over 100 breweries produce IPA beers that donate $1 per sale to ALS research through the ALS Therapy Development Institute.
• ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI)coreOthers · 1 May 2017World's leading ALS research organization. The beneficiary of Ales for ALS fundraising efforts. Over $1 million has been raised through the initiative to fund research for a cure for ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease/Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis).
• California Craft Brewers AssociationminorOthersIndustry association membership providing networking, advocacy, and promotion of California craft breweries. Kinetic Brewing participates in CCBA events and initiatives.
• Los Angeles County Brewers GuildminorOthersLocal guild membership connecting Los Angeles County craft breweries. Seven guild members earned medals at the 2016 Great American Beer Festival. Guild organizes LA Beer Week and LA International Beer Competition.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Lagunitas Brewing Company: Petaluma, CA craft brewery (now part of Heineken) with national distribution. Operates a taproom model similar to Kinetic but serves a far broader geographic market; relevant for benchmarking wholesale scale and brand-building playbook.
• Russian River Brewing Company: Santa Rosa, CA craft brewery with a brewpub and limited regional distribution. Highly comparable brewpub-plus-wholesale model and reputation for limited-release/specialty beers, though concentrated in Northern California rather than SoCal.

Direct peers

• Smog City Brewing: Torrance, CA craft brewery operating a taproom plus SoCal wholesale distribution. Comparable in size, Southern California geography, and emphasis on rotating specialty and barrel-aged releases.
• Eagle Rock Brewery: LA neighborhood craft brewery with brewpub and SoCal distribution. Comparable independent ownership profile, year-round plus experimental lineup, and craft-enthusiast targeting.
• Bravery Brewing: Lancaster, CA craft brewery located in the same city as Kinetic. Direct local competitor for Antelope Valley craft drinkers, on-premise occasions, and regional shelf space.
• Three Weavers Brewing: Inglewood, CA craft brewery and tasting room serving the same LA County craft enthusiast segment with a similarly diverse year-round and seasonal portfolio. Closely matched scale, product strategy, and channel mix.
• Angel City Brewing: LA-based craft brewery with a taproom/brewpub model and wide SoCal distribution. Directly comparable in target market (LA County craft beer drinker), product mix (IPAs, seasonal releases), and on-premise/wholesale GTM.

Broad incumbents

• Golden Road Brewing: LA-based craft brewery (owned by AB InBev) with a broad year-round lineup and deep SoCal distribution. Competes for the same on-premise and retail accounts but operates at materially larger scale with corporate backing.
• Firestone Walker Brewing: Central California craft brewer with national distribution and a taproom business. Comparable in award pedigree and IPA/porter/stout portfolio but competes from a much larger platform.
• Stone Brewing: Iconic San Diego County craft brewer with broad national distribution and a restaurant/brewpub. Overlaps in SoCal wholesale accounts and IPA-led portfolio but operates at a much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/KineticBrewing
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC9ASIIymUURvBGN13y21cLA
• Facebookfacebook.com/KineticBrewing
• Instagraminstagram.com/kineticbrewing
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kinetic-brewing-company

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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