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VOL. 30 ■ ISSUE NO. 15 ■ AUGUST 3, 2023
Moonraker lands in Cameron Park Krysten Kellum Mountain Democrat editor
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sail set on a mast a notch above the rest, moonrakers pushed possibilities for speed-seeking clipper ship sailors in the trade wars of the 1800s and the brewery of the same name that just landed in Cameron Park is also making its push — in the ever-burgeoning craft beer scene. Moonraker Brewing Company’s first brewhouse opened in Auburn in April 2016 with Northern California beer connoisseurs quickly creating a buzz for a brewery serving a style of beer relatively unavailable in the region at the time — the New England IPA. Also known as a hazy or juicy IPA, hops are added later in the brewing process, which brings out the floral and fruity aromas of the hops as opposed to the bitterness characteristic of a West Coast IPA. Rolled oats and flaked wheat give a hazy IPA its characteristic opaque appearance and full body. Solely self-distributed, Moonraker customers would wait in lines that wrapped around the brewery on can release dates. Folks came from all over Northern California to purchase $16-$20 fourpacks of 16-ounce cans by the case before they sold out. Moonraker brew really made waves in 2017 when at a renowned Bay Area IPA festival it bested Russian River Brewing Company’s holy grail of a triple IPA — Pliny the Younger. That brew was called Extremis. Homebrewing hobbyists Karen and ■ See MOONRAKER, page A6
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Ariana Thakur works with students during her Bits and Bytes summer coding camp. She encourages all students to learn basic coding.
Students take a byte out of coding Sel Richard Village Life correspondent
Village Life photo by Krysten Kellum
Karen and Dan Powell founded Moonraker Brewing Company in Auburn in 2016. The brewery added a second location in Cameron Park this spring.
With a poise beyond her years, rising Oak Ridge High School junior Ariana Thakur strolls among the students in her summer coding camp at the El Dorado Hills Library, a project that brings lasting impacts to her community and beyond. Her sparkling dark eyes betray an enthusiasm soon matched by her smile as she speaks excitedly about teaching 9- and 10-year-olds a block coding language called Scratch, first developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. “Coding is an important skill for everyone,” Thakur ■ See CODING, page A2
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The Cameron Park Community Services District board continues to shake things up.
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