Legacy Brewing Co.

MARK MERICLE | FOUNDER / PRESIDENT / EXECUTIVE BREWER
After a trip to Germany in the 80’s, head brewer Mark Mericle quickly realized that American beer was sub-par compared to what he was drinking in Europe. His desire for fresh, locally brewed beer back home set him on a path to learn how to brew, which he did in Northern California. In 1989, he opened Orange County’s first brewpub – Heritage Brewing Company.  Fast forward to October 2013, Mark teamed up with JJ Snyder and Legacy Brewing was born.
Through Mark, Legacy Brewing has a European influence with a quality representation of old styles and hybrids of new. 
With a quick scan of our tap list, it's obvious that Legacy calls on more styles than most West Coast breweries. 

MARIA MERICLE | FOUNDER / OWNER
As one of the founders and Owner of Legacy Brewing Co., Maria has been involved since day 1.  As Mark's better half, she's been involved with the many different beer styles that Legacy offers today.  She's a real beer professional and it's always a pleasure to get her insight to any beer that's being released!   

JJ SNYDER | FOUNDER / CFO / OPERATIONS DIRECTOR
JJ is the guy responsible for the operations part of Legacy.  After spending over 15 years in the Restaurant industry, running a food and beverage company is nothing new to him.  Additionally he geeks out over numbers so we put the CFO title on him too.  #nerd

JAVIER AVILA | HEAD BREWER
Javier has been brewing for nearly 30 years!  He started out with Mark back when they were brewing beer for Heritage Brewing Co.  His brewing skills are a cut above the rest and has come up with many of our award winning beers.  He's sort of a big deal.