Iconic California booze brand closing taprooms in doomed location

JuneShine’s hometown happy hour is officially last call. The San Diego-born hard kombucha brand is closing its final company-owned tasting rooms just months after pulling the plug on local brewing, capping a fizzy retreat that leaves the once high-flying beverage darling without a single company-run taproom in the US. The company announced this week that its Scripps Ranch and Santa Monica taprooms will pour their last drinks on August 28, marking the final chapter in what has become a dramatic retreat from the brick-and-mortar empire JuneShine spent years building. San Diego-born hard kombucha brand JuneShine is closing its company-owned tasting rooms. Facebook/@juneshine.co “There’s no easy way to say this: our beloved Santa Monica and Scripps Ranch tasting rooms are closing,” the company