Thanks for sticking with us while we moved into our new location last week. Here’s your 7-day craft beer forecast for San Diego County.
Wednesday, August 10
3P – Cask of Sierra Nevada Cask Aid @ Main Tap Tavern. $5 pints ’til 5P. Keep-the-pint and refill specials too.
8P – Stone Late Night Movies will feature Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense. More info, click here.
Weekly Wednesday Events
1130A – Beer & Burger Wednesday’s @ La Valencia
5P – Beer-Centric Wednesdays @ Sessions Public
$3 Pints @ La Jolla Brew House (7P), Breakwater Brewing Co. (5P)
Thursday, August 11
4P-7P – Behind the Brewery w/ MIHO Gastrotruck and Fiji Yogurt. Home Brew Mart opens up its doors and taps with the culinary help of MIHO and Fiji Yogurt. Fiji Yogurt will provide a Ballast Point Wort Bread Pudding Yogurt, while MIHO serves up a Lamb Meatloaf sandwich with Ballast Point Dopplebock Gravy. We nearly broke the stamp giving this event our seal of approval. Beer on tap include Navigator Doppelbock 2009, 2010, 2011, Brandy Barrel Aged Navigator Doppelbock 2009, Habanero Piper Down Scottish Ale, Barrel Aged Piper Down 2009, Bourbon Barrel Aged Black Marlin Porter 2009, Sour Wench Blackberry Ale, Even Keel San Diego Session Ale, Tongue Buckler Imperial Red Ale, Pescadero Pilsner, Fathom India Pale Lager, AND MORE!
5P – Manzanita Beer Pairing Dinner @ Sea Rocket Bistro. This eve, the Rocket devises a 5 course fixed menu paired with 6 oz. pours of Manzanita brews for $50. You can order the courses individually, too. Some of the pairings include Lime Tofu Ceviche with kieffer, lime, coriander and more with Manzanita Lazy Saison; Smoked Ham Hock w/ Oaxacan mole, house made-crema and more with Manzanita Rustic Horizon Red Ale; and BBQ Beef Tongue w/ Manzanita DIPA. As always, the Rocket has put quite a bit of thought into the food, and my meager writeup doesn’t do it justice. Check out the full menu with prices here.
5P -Day 1/4 of Bar Eleven’s Anniversary Party. Cask of Green Flash Imperial IPA $3.50 w/ live music from Hey Ho! Let’s go!, The Last Years, The Accoutrements. More info on the festivities here.
7P – Coronado Tasting w/ unlimited food @ Press Box Sports Lounge. 7 tasters, live music, great food for $25.
Weekly Thursday Events
$3 Pints @ All Pizza Port locations.
Friday, August 12
12P – Cask of Iron Fist Dubbel Fisted with Red Peaches & Apricots @ Local Habit
Afternoon – Double IPA Bash Day 1/2 @ O’Brien’s with 15 double IPAs on tap – Pliny, Pure Hoppiness, Mongo, Idiot and Green Flash Imperial. And we have some great double IPAs that we don’t get as often – Dogfish Head 90 Minute, San Diego Brewing Hopnotic, Great Divide Hercules, Pizza Port Carlsbad Poor Man’s, the new Pizza Port Ocean Beach While the Wife’s Still Away, Avery Maharaja, Alpine Exponential Hoppiness, Lost Coast Double Trouble, Grand Teton Lost Continent, Beer Valley Leafer Madness and a new double IPA from Noah at Pizza Port San Clemente called Danger Zone.
5P – One of the few fine craft beer destinations in South County, La Bella Pizza will be hosting Coronado Brewing Company’s Idiot IPA on cask.
5P – Stadium Sports Bar will host a Firestone Walker Pint Night / Meet a Brewer with a cask of Pale 31. Sam Tierney, Firestone Walker’s newest brewer and one of the masterminds behind West Coaster, will be on hand sipping a beer along with a gaggle of WC staff. Union Jack, Double Barrel, and Stadium Honey Blonde will also be on tap. Come say hey!
Saturday, August 13
1P – Anno Unum: Hess’ 1st Anniversary will be this Saturday. This will be the biggest Hess party yet. Their formula for hosting people is simple and works every time. Delicious music, food, and Hess beer on rapid fire. In one year, Hess has easily set the standard for what a nano brewery can and should be. We’ll be on hand sipping an honest pint. More info, here.
Afternoon – Double IPA Bash Day 2/2 @ O’Brien’s with 15 double IPAs on tap – Pliny, Pure Hoppiness, Mongo, Idiot and Green Flash Imperial. And we have some great double IPAs that we don’t get as often – Dogfish Head 90 Minute, San Diego Brewing Hopnotic, Great Divide Hercules, Pizza Port Carlsbad Poor Man’s, the new Pizza Port Ocean Beach While the Wife’s Still Away, Avery Maharaja, Alpine Exponential Hoppiness, Lost Coast Double Trouble, Grand Teton Lost Continent, Beer Valley Leafer Madness and a new double IPA from Noah at Pizza Port San Clemente called Danger Zone.
4P – 7P – The much-anticipated BrewFest Encinitas will take place on Saturday. While we are all a bit festival gun shy right now, the community of Encinitas has embraced craft beer with such gusto that we’re confident this is one of the good ones. 11 Breweries, food for purchase, and live music will all happen at the Mira Costa College, San Elijo Campus for three hours. $40 for ten 6 oz. pours, to buy tickets click here.
Sunday, August 14
Know of any beer events on Sunday? Send me an email at mike@westcoastersd.com, or comment on this post.
Monday, August 15
5P – Local Habit will be tapping a keg of the Stone Brewing 15th Anniversary Escondidian Imperial Black IPA. Come by and try this beer and join a silent auction for a limited release 3L bottle of this rare beer with all proceeds benefiting Mama’s Kitchen.
Weekly Monday Events
$3 Local Pints w/ $1 Pulled Pork Sandwiches @ all Pizza Port locations.
$3 Local Pints @ Eleven & Toronado.
Tuesday, August 16
Weekly Tuesday Events
7P – Tap That Cask @ The Tipsy Crow w/ Iron Fist Brewing Co. Velvet Glove (vanilla bean, nutmeg, allspice).
Wednesday, August 17
3P – Cask of Oceanside Ale Works Oaked Dude IPA @ Main Tap Tavern
8P – Stone Late Night Movies will feature Anchorman. More info, click here.
Weekly Wednesday Events
1130A – Beer & Burger Wednesday’s @ La Valencia
5P – Beer-Centric Wednesdays @ Sessions Public
5P – $3 Pints @ Breakwater Brewing Co.