Liquid Mechanics builds on fermentation and fun

LAFAYETTE — The Lafayette brewery and tasting room with the odd name could have had an even odder one.
“We originally wanted Boneshaker,” said Liquid Mechanics chief executive Davin Helden. “It’s a British slang term for a wooden bicycle with metal wheels. But a pub in California had that name.”
OK, how about Barking Iron?
“That was a British term for a revolver,” Helden said. “Again, the name was kind of nostalgic, old-timey, gritty.” But no, that…
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