Back in 2009, downtown San Jose's San Pedro Square district took a big hit when longtime tenant Tied House Brewing Co. closed its doors. But the company's extensive inventory of brewing tools didn't go to waste; it's now enabling a new generation of experimental Silicon Valley craft beers at Hermitage Brewing Co., which has become a kind of incubator for budding Bay Area brewers.
Image: Vicki Thompson - Peter Licht, Brewmaster at San Jose's Hermitage Brewing Co., churns out tens of thousands of beers per year for the company's in-house brand and dozens of other Bay Area beer companies. Click the image for an inside tour of the Hermitage beer haven in San Jose.
