With the announced closures of 21st Amendment Brewery and Steins Beer Garden earlier this year — and ongoing struggles for the craft beer industry reported nationwide — it was great that this month’s brewery day trip featured three San Francisco and Pacifica breweries that have recently been reborn or resurrected.

Rockaway Beach Brewing is in Pacifica, right next to the now-closed iconic Sea Bowl (scheduled for demolition). For a time, it was Pacifica Brewing, but building owners David Sezto and Daniel Cronin reopened it in May as Rockaway Beach, named for the beach across the highway. Perhaps the best decision they made was hiring Arne Johnson to brew the beer. Johnson was a longtime brewer at Main Brewing and later Moylan’s, winning numerous awards locally and nationally.

The spacious

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