Two guys who love beer walked into a bar…

We are Justin Lettin and Sean-Patrick Burke. In 2007, we had our first beer together. Then we had a few more. Over the years, beer became very important to us. Drinking beer at local breweries turned into a weekly occurrence, and although Justin had been homebrewing in college (like pretty much everyone else), we decided to team up and do some brewing together.

We found “The Rack” on Craigslist—thousands of dollars’ worth of brewing equipment that belonged to a guy who tried to start a brewery in the ‘90s—and bought it for $400 so we could more aggressively brew. Fast forward to 2014, when we had a brilliant idea: let’s rent a killer spot in Redondo Beach, upgrade our brewing equipment, work on our recipes, and ultimately get a little more serious about brewing. At first, we only donated our beer to friends and local charities, but after a lot of positive feedback, and some negative, we decided to go pro.

We became Extralegal. We only sort of break the rules. The rest is history…