Assistant Brewer, South Park Brewing Company As a young and wily brewer, Adam Carbonell gained experience at local breweries before taking the helm at Vista’s Back Street Brewery in 2009 behind … [Read more...] about Q&A with Adam Carbonell
Council’s new Beatitude Magic Factory
Though a nanobrewery, Council Brewing Company is big from a popularity standpoint. Just over a year after opening, marrieds Liz and Curtis Chism’s baby was getting too big for its britches from a … [Read more...] about Council’s new Beatitude Magic Factory
Assessing the first half of the Class of 2015
We’re halfway through 2015 and already, a dozen new brewing companies (OK, 11 new brewing companies plus one reintroduced concept, Reckless Brewing Company—the Internet can be such a nit-picky place) … [Read more...] about Assessing the first half of the Class of 2015
Beer of the Week: Booze Brothers Lights Out, Lupus
From the Beer Writer: Much like saisons, I enjoy biere de garde because there’s a good amount of leeway, stylistically, meaning few taste exactly alike. The unpredictability of this more free-form … [Read more...] about Beer of the Week: Booze Brothers Lights Out, Lupus
Iron Fist to open Barrio Logan tasting room
The satellite tasting room model continues to thrive in San Diego County, providing brewing companies greater geographical reach than ever before. The next business to go this route will be Iron Fist … [Read more...] about Iron Fist to open Barrio Logan tasting room
July Events Sampler Flight
July is a time to celebrate our independence, but the fun times shouldn’t be relegated to the first weekend of the month. Especially not in San Diego County where dozens of top-notch local beer events … [Read more...] about July Events Sampler Flight
Rip Current honors influential homebrewer with What Would Dave Drink?
It happened in a most apt environment, a beer festival teeming with recreational fermentationists the day before the start of the American Homebrewers Association’s National Homebrewers Conference … [Read more...] about Rip Current honors influential homebrewer with What Would Dave Drink?
Downtown’s Looking Up: Quad AleHouse
The Gaslamp can be a scary place. No, not scary like the Gaslamp of 30 years ago, where one was far more likely to encounter a knife-wielding thief or stark-raving lunatic than the droves of … [Read more...] about Downtown’s Looking Up: Quad AleHouse
Amplified Ale Works to brew in Miramar
Even with limited capacity, Amplified Ale Works has built a solid fan base brewing out of California Kebab on the second floor of Pacific Beach’s beach-adjacent Pacific Promenade shopping center. In … [Read more...] about Amplified Ale Works to brew in Miramar
Beer of the Week: Amplified Ale Works L3 Wit
From the Beer Writer: I love my wife. More surprisingly, she somehow finds the wherewithal to love me. She puts up with a lot—me having a full-time job and writing hundreds of articles per year, which … [Read more...] about Beer of the Week: Amplified Ale Works L3 Wit