OC Nightlife: Bootlegger's Brewery

From their website:

Bootlegger’s Brewery began as the brainchild of experienced homebrewer and beer lover Aaron Barkenhagen. Aaron developed the business concept and business plan while enrolled in the Entrepreneurship program at California State University, Fullerton. The envisioned brewery would be a small artisan brewery supplying the local community and beyond with fresh and unique handcrafted beer.
With the support of family and friends, Aaron continued to lead the development and construction of Bootlegger’s Brewery in Fullerton, CA. It took almost a full year of construction and licensing to complete the small brewery on Richman Ave. The resulting brewery was a humble 7 barrel brewhouse with three fermenters and plenty of space to grow.
After over 2 years of planning and building, Fullerton’s first packaging microbrewery opened its doors and delivered its first keg in April 2008.
While the brewery continues to expand distribution and production capacity, Bootlegger’s Brewery stays true to the original plan; build a local artisan brewery supported by local businesses and consumers while continuing to make the highest quality and most unique beer possible. “Drink Fresh, Drink Local” is the motto at Bootlegger’s Brewery and while there is constant expansion of production and distribution, no matter where Bootlegger’s beer ends up, the brewery is determined to continue to brew beer not far from where it’s sold.

Bootlegger's Brewery is a great place for anyone ranging from die-hard beer fanatics to casual social drinkers. They provide a wide beer selection variety with reasonable prices, served in mason jars and they'll even fill up a growler if you bring one from home. Their venue features a nice open space, bench seating with heat lamp, food trucks, and a few free games for patrons to play: corn hole, foosball, and my personal favorite, human sized Jenga(see photo below)! I will definitely be back, and I highly recommend taking a visit!

Famous Face From Orange County: Steve Martin

Actor, comedian, writer, playwright and producer. Steve Martin was born August 14, 1945, in Waco, Texas, the son of a real estate executive. When he was five, Martin and his family moved from Waco to Inglewood, California, and then to Garden Grove, California, when he was 10.

As a teenager, he sold guidebooks and performed magic tricks at Disneyland and at Knotts Berry Farm. He enrolled in Long Beach State College to study philosophy, but soon transferred to the theater program at the University of California, Los Angeles. He left college altogether to be a comedy writer for the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967-68), winning an Emmy Award in 1969.

Martin performed stand-up comedy in local clubs, wrote for the Sonny and Cher Show (1972-73), and had the first of his many appearances on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Martin's big break came when he was guest host on NBC's Saturday Night Live in 1977. His offbeat and irreverent humor made him an instant celebrity.

Steve Martin's first feature, a short film he wrote called The Absent-Minded Waiter (1977), was nominated for an Academy Award. In 1979, he starred in his first full-length feature film, The Jerk, the first of many collaborations between Martin and director Carl Reiner, including the lampoon of detective thrillers, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982), the sci-fi comedy The Man With Two Brains (1983), and the identity-swapping comedy All of Me (1984) with Lily Tomlin. Martin received Best Actor awards from both the New York Film Critics Association and the National Board of Review for his performance in All of Me. He also won rave reviews for his portrayal of a demented dentist in Frank Oz's Little Shop of Horrors (1986).

Orange County Featured City: Garden Grove

Located in northern Orange County, California, the city of Garden Grove has a population of 172,781 (2007). The city is easily accessed by what is known as the Garden Grove Freeway (State Hwy 22) which runs east and west through the city.

The motto of Garden Grove, "The City of Youth and Ambition," accurately reflects this culturally diverse community of over 170,000 people. This city is home to a substantial Vietnamese-American population, forming the northern edge of Orange County's Little Saigon, as well as large Korean-American population.

Their most famous landmark is Robert H. Schuller's Crystal Cathedral. Known for it's distinctive architecture and their weekly broadcast 'Hour of Power', which is listened to by millions all over the world.

Learn more about Garden Grove via their WEBSITE!