Group 2012 April

Beer Fest archive for April, 2012

A Cool Beer Event Learned About at a Cool Beer Event

This weekend, while taking in Stone Brewing Co.’s annual ode to rare wood-aged brews, Oakquinox, I ran into a well-known ...

Coming Attractions: Hillcrest Brewing Company

It’s getting to the point where seeing a San Diego neighborhood without a brewery is an oddity akin to finding ...

Monkey Paw Pub: Yes You Can Can

What’s more fun than a barrel of monkeys? Perhaps a can of Monkey Paw beer. Hard to know at this ...

FYI, Toronado Serves Food

Brandon Hernandez did an admirable job of comparing and contrasting the North Park iteration of Toronado with the San Francisco ...

Ballast Point Looking Into Locations for Third Brewery

The world’s reigning Small Brewing Company (as awarded at the World Beer Cup, the next biennial iteration of which will ...

A Beer Pairing Dinner Based on...Cupcakes?

They say candy’s dandy, but liquor’s quicker. Put the two together and you’ve got the sweet line of baked goods ...

Coming Attractions: The Summer of Karl

A month ago, I shared details on Karl Strauss Brewing Company’s expansion of their production facility. That project, which is ...

Two SD County Breweries Make U.S. Top 50

Earlier today, the Brewers Association, that trade group that tabulates production statistics for U.S. breweries, announced the country’s top 50 ...

Beer Touring: Black Market Brewing Company

I had fond memories of their Rye IPA, and had tasted their Hefeweizen and Brown Ale a number of times ...

New San Diego Beer Cookbook On Tap

Last night, I attended a dinner put on by four local food and brewing industry personalities. It was held at ...

Coming Attraction: Green Flash-Founders Linchpin White IPA

When Green Flash Brewing Company moved into their new digs in Mira Mesa, there was no doubt theirs would become ...

A Peek at the Beer List from the Final Real Ale Festival

Last month, I shared the bittersweet news (bitter because there was hoppy beer involved, sweet because it meant San Diego’s ...

Ballast Point Spirits Breed Kentucky-Fried Envy

It took Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits over a decade to cement their reputation as a top tier craft brewery, ...

A Pre-World Beer Cup Session with Pizza Port OB

A night after sipping some of the beers reigning Great American Beer Festival Large Brewpub of the Year, Pizza Port ...

Catching Up with Pizza Port Carlsbad at Local Habit

San Diego really is the Napa Valley for craft beer. The region is rich with opportunities to experience exceptional brews. ...