Coronado Brewing Company
Bailey Thompson is an experienced professional in the fields of quality control and sales, currently serving as a QC Lab Technician at Coronado Brewing Company since March 2023. Previous experience includes a role as a Sales Associate at Orangetheory Fitness from October 2022 to October 2023 and at San Diego Legion from January 2021 to June 2022, where responsibilities encompassed ticket and merchandise sales, game day operations, and customer service. Bailey also worked as an Undergraduate Research Assistant in the Hillers/Turner Proteomics Laboratory at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo, focusing on meiotic proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using CRISPR techniques. Early career involved gaining GMP experience in Technical Operations at PaxVax, Inc. during the 2017 and 2018 summers, assisting with the secondary packaging of the Cholera vaccine. Bailey holds a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences with an emphasis in Biotechnology from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo.
Coronado Brewing Company
Believe it or not, there was a time when the words “San Diego” and “craft beer” weren’t synonymous. In fact, there was a time when a request for an IPA at your local, SoCal watering hole would have been met with a blank stare rather than a plethora of options. Into this malt-challenged landscape walked Ron and Rick Chapman, two brothers with a shared passion for exceptional beer, and the simple idea of bringing quality craft brew to their hometown on Coronado Island. Far from ostentatious beginnings, Coronado Brewing Company began as a small, neighborhood brewpub. Once the beer began to flow, however, it was clear that their small-batch days were numbered. With bold, innovative, brews that satisfied both palate and thirst, offerings such as Islander IPA and Mermaid Red were integral to the birth of “West Coast” beer styles which have gone on to impact beer culture worldwide. As with many world-class beers, good things take time to ferment. Now, nearly twenty years into their unyielding pursuit of exceptional brewing, Coronado Brewing Company has expanded to a 30 barrel brewhouse capable of producing 40,000 barrels a year. With more room to experiment, this means that Coronado will continue to embody the adventurous spirit that defines craft brewing. And, with more beer available to distribute, it means a chance for beer drinkers worldwide to get a little taste of the Coronado island life.