Baja Brewing Company

Jordan Gardenhire, who first brewed at the University of Colorado Boulder, and his father Charlie founded Baja Brewing in the old centre of San José del Cabo on 5 December 2007; it was the first brewery in Baja California Sur. It bottled its first beer in 2010 and by 2016 sold in eight US states. Hurricane Odile hit the brewery in 2014, and it opened a production plant in Tijuana in 2018 or 2019. In 2021 it was named the best large brewery in Mexico at Copa Cerveza. Cabotella is a Mexican blond ale, Baja Blond a cream ale, Baja Red an amber ale and Baja Stout an oatmeal stout.