Was there for the release of Lost Abbey’s first track, “Runnin’ With the Devil“, from their Box Set collection. Thirty lbs of Cab Sauv. grapes, aged in wine barrels and spike with Brettanomyces. A lot of things going on in this beer. Was lucky to have it!
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Ritual Tavern
Made a stop at Toronado SD and they were out of the first five beer choices. Stopped by El Take It Eazy…just cuz…and walked out without having a beer. Then walked to Ritual Tavern and am sharing a Cherry Chocolate Stout collaboration beer: Jason Fields, Kevin Sheppard, Troegs, Stone.
Quick stop at Green Flash
First visit to Green Flash new location. We tried the Summer Saison, Sugar Smack Double, Tripple, Le Freak and Special Cuvee Tripple.
Lost Abbey Mystery Beer
From the employee pile
Draft list at Backstreet
Here’s what’s on tap at Backstreet Brewing in Vista. plenty for an IPA lover to enjoy.
Roadtrip North…
Recently a friend and I ventured a bit north and away from the San Diego beer scene…to visit some brewpubs just north of us. First stop was Newport Beach Brewing Company in..you guessed it…Newport Beach. The Jen Ne Sais Quad, their 12th Anniversary Belgian Quad aged for 2-years in brandy barrels with cherrys, was quite [...]
SDBW – Thursday Art Exhibit and Beer Tasting
I had read that Green Flash Brewing Co. was open all week for tastings and tours for San Diego Beer Week, so I headed over after work. Grant was nice enough to pour me a few tasters. 30th Street Pale Ale, Gruit (a hopless herb beer), Hop Head Red, West Coast IPA, Palate Wrecker Double [...]
Help us cover SD Beer Week
With well over 200 events for San Diego Beer Week (begins tomorrow!), there’s no way our intrepid reporters can cover the happenings as thoroughly as we’d like, so we’re solicting folks who will be here to help us cover the event(s) as widely as possible (for posterity, of course). If you’re going to be in [...]
San Diego – America’s best beer town even if Portland complains
I’m getting a good laugh out of the guys up in the Northwest who are all in high dudgeon over Men’s Journal naming San Diego as “the new beer capitol of the U.S.” Seems that our beer drinking brethren up in Oregon (and Washington state) don’t like the fact that Portland – the self-titled “Beertown [...]
