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Beer of the week La Jolla San Diego Beer

High on the chai

Vanilla, coffee, chilies…they’ve all had their time in the sun and their time in the fermenter as en vogue beer additives. Some were pretty obvious go-withs, while others (like, say, ...

Beer of the week San Diego Beer

The milk stout route

I felt like I’d unwrapped a foil-sheathed candy bar to reveal a golden ticket and been ushered to the site where some of my favorite things are made — specifically, ...

Beer of the week San Diego Beer

Scorching Sculpin

I’ve been labeled a hot head in my day. No, not for having an incendiary temper. Sure, I get angry, but when you’re slight in stature like me you learn ...

Beer of the week San Diego Beer

LUP'd Up Singel (LUPUS)

There we were, Monkey Paw Pub & Brewery (and soon-to-open South Park Brewing Company) head brewer Cosimo Sorrentino and yours truly sitting across each other at his East Village stomping ...

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Yiga, Kim & Joe

When I first met Yiga Miyashiro and Kim Lutz, they were collaborating on a coffee beer at the former’s former workplace, Pizza Port’s Ocean Beach brewpub. We sat together between the turning of valves in ...

February 14, 2015

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Dank, sticky and impressive

In December, Port Brewing Company/The Lost Abbey announced the coming of a third brand called The Hop Concept. This seemed an odd route to go for a house already divided, but this is craft beer. ...

February 6, 2015

Beer of the week Grantville San Diego Beer

January 23, 2015

Beer to the Rescue: Hildegard IIIPA

Last week, I shared news of Beer to the Rescue, a year-long campaign raising funds for the Lupus Foundation of Southern California (LFSC) via sales of specialty beers from local brewing companies. The first of ...

Beer of the week Escondido San Diego Beer

January 17, 2015

All that…and less

Prior to my Lupus diagnosis, doctors attempted to determine the cause of my symptoms, which included severe stomach pains and other gastrointestinal distress. At one point, they speculated that I might be gluten-intolerant. My heart ...

Beer of the week Oceanside San Diego Beer

January 10, 2015

Oceanside Ale Works’ sour surprise

San Diegans are fortunate to have a wealth of local sour beer options. Though lambics, gueuzes, Flemish reds and browns, and the like are quite en vogue, increased labor, costs, and lengthy maturation cycles make ...

Beer of the week San Diego Beer

December 13, 2014

All I want for Christmas is patience

I don’t know about you, but the words “don’t open ‘til Christmas” come across like a mandate not to think about pink elephants. Once communicated, all I can think of is what I’m not supposed ...

Beer of the week Miramar San Diego Beer

December 6, 2014

A green holiday red ale

Most holiday beers are high in alcohol, heavy in texture, and rife with flavors of winter spices, caramel, dried fruits, chocolate, and booze. The majority fall into two categories — Belgian strong ales and imperial ...

Beer of the week Midway District North Park Point Loma San Diego Beer

November 28, 2014

A Modern take on amber ale

Remember when the most popular style of beer was amber ale, AKA red ale? Not Irish-style red or West Coast-style red... just a nondescript red ale that looked pretty much the same color as those ...

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Beer of the week North Park San Diego Beer

Beer Week surprise

It was the best of times. No, really, it was the best of times! This year’s edition of San Diego Beer Week was one of the finest since the 2009 advent of this annual ten-day ...

November 22, 2014

Beer of the week San Diego Beer Vista

Dark Days at Iron Fist

As temperatures begin their annual, wintry decent — OK, so we’re only talking a few degrees in sunny San Diego, but humor me — thoughts of tropical isles are hardly top of mind. But Vista’s ...

October 25, 2014

Beer of the week San Diego Beer

October 18, 2014

American Voo Doo

The second I laid eyes on a bottle of Left Coast Voo Doo American Stout (produced by Left Coast Brewing Co., the brewing operation from which most of the beers of the Oggi’s brewpub and ...

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High on the chai

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