This week is extra crazy. Hours of labor from local homebrew clubs have made the 33rd AHA National Homebrewers Conference happen in our fair city Thursday through Sunday. Opening festivities begin on Wednesday and last through the weekend. Wednesday is extra huge, so we’ve highlighted it. The remainder of the week’s events will be up on our weekly Wednesday event posting. If you’re attending this week’s conference, be sure to check out the official website for all NHC-only events.
Wednesday 6/15
830A – AleSmith will be releasing Bourbon Barrel Aged Speedway Stout and Barrel Aged Decadence 2008. Numbers will be given out at 830A, beers to go on sale at 12P. There will be food by MIHO Gastrotruck, celebrating their 1 year anniversary. See below.
1130A – Blind Lady Ale House will be hosting a Mini Sour Fest featuring Lost Abbey Red Poppy, Russian River Supplication and Consecration, Jolly Pumpkin Maraciabo Especial, Rodenbach Grand Cru, and more!
4P – Stone South Park will open its doors today! This will be a soft opening, with the grand opening set for June 22nd. After this day, the store will be closed Mondays + Tuesdays, open Weds-Thursday 4-9P, Saturday 11A-9P, and Sunday 12-6P.
5P – Starting this Tuesday, Automatic Brewing Co. will release a cask of their new beer Tanzanian Devil each day until Saturday. We’re stoked to taste this 3.6% coffee session beer.
5P – URGE Gastropub will host a Firestone Walker Pint Night. On tap – Parabola 2010, 2011, 14th Anniversary, Abacus, 100% barrel fermented unfiltered DBA cask, Pale 31, Union Jack, Double Jack and Solace. Whoa!
5P – John Maier, Head Brewer of Rogue Brewing, will be at Small Bar. On tap, “a few ‘choice’ nuggets that we hardly see in our market and especially in draught: Dead Guy, Mogul Madness, Captain Sig, Live Lab Gratzer, Double Mocha Porter, Younger’s Special Bitter, Dad’s Little Helper (Black IPA), Chatoe Orgasmic. Rogue Live Lab Gratzer is a smoked wheat ale that uses 100% smoked wheat and Rogue Micro Hopyard Revolution & Independent Hops. Gratzer comes in around 3.5%abv, which makes for an excellent, flavorful session ale. Live Lab is a small-batch series of beers designed and brewed by John Maier exclusively for the Rogue Ales Public Houses. All Live Lab beers are created using hops and barley from Rogue’s Micro Hopyard & Barley Farm.”
7-10P– San Diego-based yeast company White Labs will celebrate the grand opening of their new location on 9495 Candida St. in conjunction with the Brewing Network’s 6th Anniversary. Proceeds from this event will go to the Beer 4 Boobs organization and the White Labs team that will be walking the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure. Confirmed list of participating breweries so far: Stone, AleSmith, Pizza Port, The Lost Abbey, Ballast Point, Maui Brewing, Mission, Manzanita, New English, Russian River, Firestone Walker, Drake’s Oakland Brewing Company, Heretic Brewing, Eagle Rock, Lagunitas, Ladyface, Triple Rock, Marin, 21st Amendment, Firehouse (Sunnyvale, CA), Anchor, Downtown Joe’s. UNLIMITED BEER TASTINGS for $30, with food available for purchase. For tickets and more info, click here.
7P – DrinkAbout! This DrinkAbout will also service the National Homebrewers Conference in Mission Valley along with its normal route. Here’s a cool video from local filmmaker David Mora detailing what you’ll GET ON THE BUS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nBQaYMPZIE
7P – MIHO and Ballast Point Collaboration Dinner at Home Brew Mart. MIHO will continue its first year birthday celebration by doing a collaboration dinner with beer from Ballast Point.
830P – Stone Late Night Movies Kickoff w/ Birdemic: Shock and Terror. Stone’s bringing out their movie screen and dropping it in the World Gardens every week over the summer. Bring your own lawn chairs and blankets (Escondido is COLD at night), and Stone will provide beer, food, and movies. More info, here.
Weekly Wednesday Events
Beer-Centric Wednesdays @ Sessions Public
$3 Local Pints @ Breakwater Brewing Co.
$3 Local Brews @ La Jolla Brew House