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Beer Birthday: Travis Smith

July 22, 2022 By Jay Brooks

Today is the 42nd birthday of Travis Smith, who was a co-founder of Societe Brewing Co. in San Diego. Before that, Travis brewed at Russian River Brewing for a number of years, before moving south, where he brewed at both The Bruery and the La Jolla Brewhouse. His brewery quickly became one of the destination spots in San Diego, and his beers are especially tasty, standing out in the area surrounded by numerous great breweries. More recently, Travis left Societe and is currently the brewmaster at the Lazy G Brewhouse in Prescott, Arizona.  Join me in wishing Travis a very happy birthday.

Travis “MacGyver” Smith showing off the cork gun he made with spare brewing parts lying around the Russian River brewpub. It shot a beer cork a pretty fair distance and would pierce cardboard at 100 feet.

Patrick Rue & Travis Smith, from The Bruery
Travis with Patrick Rue, from The Bruery, at GABF in 2009.


Agostino Arioli, from Birrificio Italiano in northern Italy, with Vinnie Cilurzo and Travis, at Russian River Brewing in 2008 working on a fun collaboration beer, La Fleuette.

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Travis behind the handmade redwood bar at Societe a few days before they opened.

Filed Under: Birthdays, Just For Fun Tagged With: California, San Diego



Comments

  1. Tim says

    July 22, 2011 at 11:30 am

    At the current rate the Feds are sitting on permits, it will probably be late this year or into next. 2 months ago I read a post from Corralitos Brewing that their permit was 2 months late. 2 days ago I talked to someone who stopped by there last Monday & they said it would be November before the would have the permit. So much for the government encouraging job creation.

  2. Tim says

    July 22, 2011 at 11:33 am

    As Travis doesn’t look 232 years old, are sure you got his age correct?

    • Jay Brooks says

      July 22, 2011 at 1:17 pm

      Ha, yeah that’s correct 😉 I think it’s closer to 32 though by the time he gets his brewery opened it will seem like 232.

  3. The Duke of Dunkel says

    July 22, 2011 at 11:36 am

    He looks like he’s holding up pretty well for a guy who was born during the Revolutionary War.

  4. Douglas Getty says

    July 27, 2011 at 9:03 am

    Travis, Happy Birthday. We miss you at the Russian River

  5. Beer Delivery Guy says

    July 24, 2012 at 8:26 pm

    That’s not right in so many ways. Anyone in the Federal Chain reading this??

    At the current rate the Feds are sitting on permits, it will probably be late this year or into next. 2 months ago I read a post from Corralitos Brewing that their permit was 2 months late. 2 days ago I talked to someone who stopped by there last Monday & they said it would be November before the would have the permit. So much for the government encouraging job creation.

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