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EPISODE · Apr 17, 2025 · 1H 1M

The JuneShine Story: From a Sketchy San Diego Garage to Co-Starring with Willie Nelson

from San Diego Magazine's Happy Half Hour · host San Diego Magazine

#378 In this episode of Happy Half Hour, hosts Jackie Bryant and Troy Johnson crack open the origin story of Juneshine with co-founder Forrest Dein, tracing its unlikely path from a backyard kombucha experiment to a nationwide phenomenon. Dein recounts Juneshine's early days brewing in a cobwebbed garage, its cult-favorite Blood Orange Mint flavor, and the brand's meteoric ascent—including opening the country's first hard kombucha bar, landing a Super Bowl ad, and expanding into new horizons with Easy Rider lager and Willie's Remedy, a THC-infused social tonic launched with country legend Willie Nelson. To follow JuneShine click HERE. To follow Easy Rider click HERE. And to follow Willie's Remedy click HERE. Discover more at San Diego Magazine

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