“If you’ve been in the bar in the last couple of days, you may have noticed that there are some empty spaces among the tap handles,” starts Toronado North Park‘s most recent e-mail newsletter. The reason: they’ve been making room for kegs that will kick off the celebration of their four-year anniversary, which starts today at 11:30a.m. The beers that’ll be going on the board either went untapped during the Craft Brewers Conference, or have been saved for a special occasion such as this. In addition to “a full complement of hoppy beers from a certain East County Brewery that we like a lot,” the list looks lovely:
Avery – The Beast Grand Cru, Coffee Mephistopheles, Double Kaiser- Port / Lost Abbey – 6th Anniversary, Older Viscosity, Cuvee de Tomme, Deliverance, Mongo, The Angels’ Share…
- Ballast Point – Sculpin, nitro Sculpin, Sea Monster, Barmy…
- Sierra Nevada – Flipside IPA, Ovila Quadrupel, Jack & Ken’s Ale, Life & Limb
- Dogfish Head – Hellhound, Bitches’ Brew, Urkontinent, Sah’tea, 120 Minute IPA
- New Belgium – Tart Lychee
- Kern River – Just Outstanding IPA & Class V stout on nitro
- Deschutes – The Abyss 2011
- Hollister – 5th Anniversary Ale & Sancho
- Allagash – Victoria, Odyssey, Curieux
- Russian River – Pig, Pliny, Porter, Damnation Batch 23 (69), Benediction, Salvation, Supplication, Sanctification, Temptation
- De Struise – T’sjeeses Reserva 2010, X, Elliott Brew
- Karl Strauss – Two Tortugas Quad & 23rd Anniversary Ale
- Boon – Framboise Lambic
- Rodenbach – Classic & Grand Cru
- Telegraph – Rhinoceros
- Societe – The Apprentice & Harlot
If you were planning to check out El Take It Easy’s Ballast Point pairing menu tonight, which includes both a food item and beer made with local oysters, you’re in luck — Toronado is just a block north at 4026 30th Street. Two beers with one stone.