Although there are thousands of breweries in America, and even dozens of them are certified kosher, only one is also a kosher bakery! Long Beach Beer Lab and Long Beach Bread Lab is America’s kosher brewery and bakery in Southern California. Harmony Sage Fried and Dr. Levi Fried speak about founding, owning, and operating these businesses.
Harmony Sage Fried, owner and founder of Long Beach Bread Lab, is a classically trained French pastry chef who has worked in and managed some of the finest kitchens in the world. She has a deep understanding of dough and natural fermentation. Her training at the Ritz-Carlton and her indispensable experience working in Italy and the Mediterranean allows her to maintain high quality with a cultural and creative edge in a high-volume environment. As a baker, breweries, and distilleries, she is fascinated by all grain and yeast fermentation. These fermentations have brought her to be the owner of Long Beach Bread Lab and Long Beach Spirits Lab, as well as the Co-Owner of Long Beach Beer Lab, which she runs with her husband. Harmony obtained her Certification as a Certified Bread Baker from the Bread Bakers Guild of America in January 2020. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Bread Bakers Guild of America and Long Beach Fresh, an NGO that promotes and educates the Long Beach area on urban and local farming. She authored Yeast Fermentation Handbook: Essential Guide and Recipes for Beer and Bread Makers.
Dr. Levi Fried is the co-founder and co-owner of Long Beach Beer Lab, having previously owned Righteous Brew in Israel. He earned his PhD from Emory University and his MD from the Technion.
