Corralitos Brewery, about a mile north of Watsonville on Freedom Boulevard in the Pacific Firewood building, is run by brewers Luke Taylor and Mike Smith. The 10-tap system features five year-round beers — IPA, blonde, pale ale, red ale and oatmeal stout— as well as a rotating lineup of seasonals, Belgiums and barrel-aged brews. The four-vessel, five-barrel brewhouse occupies 2,100 square feet in
the 15,000 Pacific Firewood warehouse, an old apple packing shed once owned by Mann’s Apples. The guys brew about twice a week, using three 10-barrel fermenters and three 10-barrel brite tanks. A 24-by-14-foot walk-in built into an old apple cooler serves as keg storage. Children are welcome anywhere in the brewery space but need to be supervised by an adult at all times.