20 ounces of Hoppy Brewing delight to celebrate the day before the day before Thanksgiving. If you can’t get this beer where you are, you are missing what I think is one of the best IPAs in America. Just saying…
IPA
Torpedo at Urge
Stopped into Urge gastropub in San Diego for the first time. Nice atmosphere and lots of taps. Decided to be mellow and have a Torpedo IPA from Sierra Nevada. Excellent, well-balanced IPA; never regret getting this one.
High Tide from Port Brewing
first High Tide fresh hop IPA of the season. Carlos the security man is making sure I drink it correctly.
Jai Alai IPA from Cigar City
This is the last of the beers I got from our new Florida friends. An interesting IPA aged in American White Oak — the same thing they age bourbon in. 7.5% ABV and not as aggressively hopped as the West Coast IPAs I’m used to. Oak definitely adds sugar and wood flavors. For me it’s [...]
Fish for lunch
I’ve got a little slow time today so I decided to pop open a bottle of Ballast Point’s Sculpin IPA to go with my enchiladas. This beer is without a doubt one of the best examples of San Diego IPAs out there.
Draft list at Backstreet
Here’s what’s on tap at Backstreet Brewing in Vista. plenty for an IPA lover to enjoy.
Hers and his – why it works after 20 years
The one question I can count on when people find out the Beer Molly and I have been married for 20 years is “what’s your secret?” The best I can say is that we have a happy situation. Both of us love great beer, but niether of us like the same great beer. One look [...]
Beermeisters @ Churchill’s
Greg Koch and Ivan (@Churchills) rockin’ the Hopocalypse


