Justin Catalana from Fort Point Beer Company joins Brew Ha Ha with Herlinda Heras and Daedalus Howell, on the phone. Fort Point Beer Co. has been featured on Brew Ha Ha before, the last time was this episode.

Colin MacDonald from HenHouse Brewing Co. is also in the studio today. Colin’s podcast episode from today is over here on this page, so that each guest can have their own podcast page and web search traffic. 

Fort Point and HenHouse merged about a year ago. The first beer tasted today is an alcohol-free KSA from Fort Point. SF Beer Week is happening all over the Bay Area. Fort Point makes KSA which is a non-alcoholic Kölsch style beer. They also make other NA beers. Herlinda will be with Fort Point at the Dim Sum Brunch at the Hong Kong Lounge on Saturday.

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KSA is the beer they are most known for. Kolsch style beer comes from Cologne, Germany. They will be serving this beer tonight in the same style as a brew pub in Cologne, in the same kind of glasses. The event on Saturday is a huge Dim Sum service with Fort Point beers. This is one of Herlinda’s favorite SF Beer Week events.

Colin describes the merger as an alignment between friends whose companies have complimentary strengths. HenHouse is based in the North Bay while Fort Point is the biggest craft brand in the City. Justin describes it as a very natural fit. They continue to produce the two brands separately, but they have created some great synergies, he says.