About Us

Owner/Founder: Josh Schreer 

Joshua Schreer has been brewing beer for over a decade with both of his great grandfathers being brewers. Starting WestBrew furthers that brewer tradition.   After 7-years in the Army, Josh received his Bachelor of Science of Construction Management of Architecture at Pratt Institute in NYC and started his own construction company EvergreenCali.  Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY Josh has now been in Southern California for 12 years after falling in love with California. Josh loves the ocean and has a passion for surfing. He’s the proud dad to 4 kids and his wife Heather is his best friend. His perfect day would be sitting at the beach in Cardiff while his kids play and he and his wife share a beer.     

    
Head Brewer: Cody Gagnon 

Born and raised in California, Cody spends most of his time surfing, skating, and playing water polo. He attended California State University of San Marcos and achieved his Bachelor’s degree in Communications. Cody also furthered his years of homebrewing knowledge by attending the University of California San Diego’s Master Brewer’s program. Before becoming the Head Brewer at WestBrew, he was apart of the RnD team at Pizza Port, finetuning their new recipes on the 1 barrel pilot system. When it comes to brewing, Cody takes the creative approach, using all of the resources he can get his hands on to create new beers and techniques to improve our quality of beer here at Westbrew.  When Cody isn’t brewing, he likes hanging out with his wife and 2 dogs, a pug and a pitty. If he’s not hanging out with them, you’ll likely catch him down by the beach or listening to music from his vinyl collection. 

Executive Chef: Lety Gonzalez

Lety’s passions have always included many forms of art, and three forms close to her heart are photography, music and cooking! Lety started from the ground up in the food industry but constantly pursued learning, experimenting, and taking risks as she honed her skills in the kitchen with the help of years of experience, winning awards and support from some great chefs like Chris Walsh, Abe Botello and Abel Kasse. Lety respects her roots and has spent years perfecting Mexican family recipes and finding new ways to combine many of her favorite flavors and textures, modernizing her dishes in some ways and harkening back to the vibrant dishes of her youth. Lety is bold, colorful and a perfectionist and those qualities shine through in her cooking. Her focus is quality and buying direct from purveyors and farmers and fisherman, and using sustainable sources and organic ingredients whenever possible. She respects the craft of cooking and baking and has the ingenuity to match her kitchen experience. We are so excited at WestBrew to have Lety’s vision working alongside the building of our WestBrew fam. We hope you’ll come out and taste what she’s got cooking!

General Manager: Matt Johnson

Born and raised in San Diego, Matt graduated from SDSU in 2008 with a bachelor's degree and continues to support the university and the local community. Matt has worked as an owner, general manager, consultant and sales director in startup breweries since 2012, gaining valuable experience in all aspects of the business side of craft beer. Matt has been showcased on many local, national and international outlets including CBS 8, NBC 7, ABC 10, KUSI, FOX San Diego, 91X, 101 KGB and a national Brewer's Association Profile.

As a big sports fan Matt enjoys keeping up with all local sports and spending time with his family.

Head of Sales: Jay Jones