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title: "Modesto Bee: Drink Up; Five New Craft Beer Bars Opening Across the Valley, Starting in Modesto"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/bf55e46e-e1bc-4932-8cc3-7e057f62e42f
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/brasstap/modesto-bee-drink-up-five-new-craft-beer-bars-opening-across-the-valley-starting-in-modesto-2707540
category: "Retail"
industry: "Retail"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2018-08-16T19:14:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:33:09.671Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/32e960defdb82bc0791425baf75dbbe45138.jpg
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# Modesto Bee: Drink Up; Five New Craft Beer Bars Opening Across the Valley, Starting in Modesto

**TL;DR:** The Brass Tap signed a five-store contract in the Central Valley of California, with the first location opening in Modesto in 2019. New franchisees Rick and Kathy Sousa are excited to tap into the area's craft breweries with their new beer bar.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-08-16. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/brasstap/modesto-bee-drink-up-five-new-craft-beer-bars-opening-across-the-valley-starting-in-modesto-2707540).*

## Story

National craft beer concept The Brass Tap recently signed a five-store contract in the Central Valley of California. With a mutual love of craft beer, new franchisees Rick and Kathy Sousa are excited to open their first location in Modesto in 2019. The area has a wide selection of craft breweries, something the Sousa's hope to tap into with their new beer bar.

“It’s amazing to see the diversity of what everyone’s palate is for beer,” Sousa said in an interview with the Modesto Bee. “Here we have the opportunity to tap into multiple breweries that have a lot of great products. We want to bring multiple breweries to one place for people.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- unit expansion (topic)
- Retail (sector)
- The Brass Tap (company)
- craft beer (topic)
- Modesto (location)
- franchise contract (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/brasstap/modesto-bee-drink-up-five-new-craft-beer-bars-opening-across-the-valley-starting-in-modesto-2707540). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/bf55e46e-e1bc-4932-8cc3-7e057f62e42f).