Device Brewing Company

Ken attended the University of California San Diego's Jacobs School of Engineering, earning his BS and MS in Structural Engineering. By this time, the craft brew revolution was well underway and San Diego was leading the charge in California. He frequented local breweries such as Alpine, AleSmith, Pizza Port, and Stone Brewing.

One day, he was returning a keg to Alesmith after a birthday party at his home. A friendly man greeted him at the door to the brewery to accept the keg return and refund the deposit.

The man fumbled around a bit to find the paperwork and remarked, "I own the place but I can't find anything in the office." He introduced himself as Pete, and invited Ken and his wife Melissa back to the makeshift tasting area to sample some fresh brews. The tasting room was not yet open for the day, so it was just the three of them sampling beers and talking about his brewery.

When asked how he got into the brewing business, Pete said that he had attended USD for law school and later decided that he preferred brewing beer to practicing law. Ken thought that if a successful lawyer would leave a career he'd worked so hard to obtain, there must be something very special and rewarding about running a brewery.

He also thought, "maybe I can do this too someday...".