San Gabriel Valley : Brewing of Beer in Dorms Comes to a Head

There’s a dorm brewing at Cal Poly Pomona. Literally.

University housing officials are pondering the student trend of brewing beer in tiny dormitory rooms. Call them micro-microbreweries.

The issue foamed into an outrage after a housing coordinator told students the beer had to go. Then it fizzled out when university housing director Ali Rahmani met with the students and decided to let the practice continue--for now. “The jury is still out,” he said.

One student says that dorm brewers do not make their precious beers available for raucous dorm parties. The brews could definitely make the gatherings even more raucous--some have more than twice the alcohol content of commercial beers. Among the brews turned out by students are “Solar Filter Stout” (so dark it blocks out the sun) and “Lake La Cienega Ale,” named for the campus duck pond. So much for Rocky Mountain spring water. . . .