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Valley Brewing Loses Brewer Steve Altimari

June 14, 2010 By Jay Brooks

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I just heard that Valley Brewing in Stockton is being sold and their long-time (and quite talented) brewer Steve Altimari will not continue on with the new owners. Steve posted the following on his blog:

As of 6/12/10 I am no longer working for Valley Brewing Company, my employer for the last 13 years. The brewery is being sold and I am not a part of the new owners plans, so I bid everyone a fond goodbye and see you on the flip side.

Unless the new owners are kick-ass brewers themselves, I don’t see how that’s a positive for the brewery. Hopefully, there will be more details soon.

Filed Under: Breweries, News Tagged With: California, Northern California



Comments

  1. AndyTheBeerman says

    June 14, 2010 at 4:32 pm

    You’ve got to be kidding! Steve is one of my all time favorite “unknown” brewers.

    Hopefully, someone with more sense than the new owners will snatch Steve up quickly.

  2. @San_Diego_Matt says

    June 14, 2010 at 4:44 pm

    While this is very sad news to hear, I guess we can rely on the saying that “everything happens for a reason” and in the end this will end up working out very well for Steve. I don’t see how it’s going to work well for Valley Brewing, but I guess that’s their problem now.

  3. Ashley V Routson says

    June 14, 2010 at 4:50 pm

    This is truly sad news. I wonder where Steve will end up next … He is entirely way too talented not to get scooped up right away!

    Thanks for the news!

    Ashley

  4. fraggle says

    June 14, 2010 at 8:19 pm

    yeah, got an e-mail from steve today
    waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
    need to find our happy place
    need to find our happy place
    need to find our happy place

  5. chuckl says

    June 15, 2010 at 9:26 pm

    Steve deserves his own brewery

  6. Viking Merrill says

    June 15, 2010 at 9:42 pm

    Steve Is The Beer Lovers Brewer, Love This Guy..So Much For Valley Brewing..Might As Well Be Alley Brewing Without Steve’s Talent And Personality…Quick Somebody Local Grab Him Now!!…

  7. Peter says

    November 14, 2013 at 4:19 pm

    I did not know the history until recently when I visited Valley Brewing today for lunch and quite honestly very underwhelmed by the beers. Happy Steve is at Highwater was I love those beers and Stockton again is an empty place for culture.

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