Group 2012 August

Beer Fest archive for August, 2012

#SourBeerDay: September 8

In 2011, a pair of Twitter-savvy beer industry insiders managed to rally droves of imbibers from here, there, and everywhere ...

Ballast Point...Beer...Boobs...

O.K., now that I've got your attention... Earlier this month, while providing a sneak peek of Coronado Brewing Company’s soon-to-open ...

Ensenada trip part 2: Old Mission Brewery

As we meandered back and forth through the streets of Ensenada in El Jefe's van, looking for the tell-tale signs ...

Plan 9 Alehouse

Escondido resident Aaron Calles loves his community, and has a plan to give back to it. Plan 9! OK, that ...

Two Kids Brewing

Do what you love. Rob and Sam Dufau — 25-year-old lovers of beer, brewing, and each other — take that ...

Intergalactic Brewing Company

A pair of out-there brewers will be looking to “pilot” their way through the San Diego craft beer nebula when ...

RPM Brewing / Analog Ales

As stated yesterday, there are over 20 brewing companies in the developmental stages within San Diego County. While those that ...

Indian Joe Brewing

The Brewers Association, a trade association representing U.S. breweries, recently released official numbers indicating there are 2,126 breweries operating within ...

Hip-hop inspires brewing

I stopped in at Bottlecraft in Little Italy the other day to replenish my supply of wacky, special occasion beers ...

Coronado Brewing New Beer Notes & New Brewery Photos

Last Friday, I headed out to the Tecolote Canyon area between Linda Vista and Bay Park. What brought me here? ...

A Different Kind of B&B

When I wrote my piece about two of the owners of Bailey Wood-Pit BBQ pulling out of that business venture, ...

First Look: KS4S

There was a time long ago when I drank Karl Strauss beer with greater frequency than suds from any other ...

Stop the Presses! TJ Draft-Craft-Beer Revolution Coming This Friday

Just heard: Opening Friday for the first time in TJ, place with 30 craft beers on tap, including plenty from ...

Drinking Black Tears in TJ

“It was a school project,” says Sergio Michel. “That’s how it started.” We’re standing in the stark sunlight of a ...

The Hopping Pig

Much as I've been fatigued by "yet another gastrobpub," I can't help but be drawn in by the promise of ...

New Belgium Taps SD Twice for Brewing Innovation

Colorado’s New Belgium Brewing, the country’s third largest craft brewing company (behind The Boston Beer Company and Sierra Nevada Brewing ...

Super Jr. Market Grows Up

Even if downtown’s Best Damn Beer Shop (1036 Seventh Avenue) were a one-trick pony, it’d be one to bet the ...