Ventura County Women Tap Into Brewing With Gusto

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Smoke Mountain Brewery’s Head Brewer Kim Leonard uses her technical training and creative vision to develop innovative recipes.
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Leonard’s research and development carboys, including the “sake” style beer.
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Enegren Brewing Company’s Head Brewer Brittany Brouhard with her daughter, Austyn. “She has her name on a fermenter tank here at the brewery,” says Brouhard. “She was the first tank in our row of ‘daughters.’ We have a row of moms and a row of wives, and have now started the daughters row as we continue to expand.”