{"id":12190,"date":"2015-11-06T09:46:17","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T17:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/?p=12190"},"modified":"2015-11-06T10:09:39","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T18:09:39","slug":"sdbw-5-narratives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2015\/11\/06\/sdbw-5-narratives\/","title":{"rendered":"SDBW: 5 Narratives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Patterns and storylines inevitably emerge when you\u00a0have more than 300 events<\/a> within in a 10-day timeframe. Here are 5 Big Narratives:<\/p>\n

Sour Craze<\/strong> – Every year sours seem to gain popularity with the average beer drinker. There are a multitude of SDBW events featuring this catch-all group of beers: Everyone’s out to get you Mother Pucker @ O’Brien’s (11\/7<\/a>); Pucker up with Cascade @ Holiday Wine Cellar (11\/7<\/a>); Sour Saturday @ Common Theory Public House (11\/7<\/a>); Sweets and Sours @ The Local (11\/9<\/a>); Tart Tuesday w\/ 20 Sours on Tap @\u00a0Machete Beer House (11\/10<\/a>); All-Day Sour Fest @ Bottlecraft Little Italy (11\/10<\/a>); Sour & Bitter w\/ Green Flash @ Neighborhood (11\/10<\/a>); Karl Strauss’ Shawn Steele Talks Sours\u00a0@ Amplified (11\/11<\/a>); \u00a0Sour Tap Takeover @ Rip Current North Park (11\/11<\/a>);\u00a0Sour Day and Bottle Release\u00a0@ Intergalactic (11\/11<\/a>); Sour Beer Night @ Pizza Port Ocean Beach (11\/13<\/a>); Sour Tap Takeover @ Valley Center Brewery (11\/15<\/a>); and Spontaneous Sour Saturday @ Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens – Liberty Station (11\/15<\/a>).<\/p>\n

For The Ladies <\/strong>– Women are a growing segment of the craft beer-drinking demographic, and a few events are geared specifically for the ladies: Chicks for Beer w\/ Faction Brewing @ The High Dive, a beer dinner benefitting Susan G. Komen Foundation (11\/10<\/a>); San Diego Suds Sorority’s Learn to Brew Day — no experience necessary\/new members welcome — @ Citizen Brewers (11\/11<\/a>); Ladies and the 80s co-ed event benefitting Pink Boots Society @ Urge American Gastropub (11\/12<\/a>); and the 1st Ever Goddesses of Crafts & Causes @ Second Chance Beer Company, benefitting Keep a Breast (11\/14<\/a>). Bonus event: Fall Brewmasters Dinner @ Rock Bottom La Jolla featuring a four-course dinner pairing with beers by Head Brewer Carli Smith (11\/14<\/a>) — check out a recent Q&A with her here<\/a>. Also, the Beer 4 Boobs team, established by White Labs’ Lisa White in 2008, will be walking the Susan G. Komen 3-Day after Beer Week; help them out by donating here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Homecoming <\/strong>– Fieldwork’s Alex Tweet first gained notoriety in the local beer scene when his homebrew won a contest sponsored by\u00a0Ballast Point and Holiday Wine Cellar; that beer went on to become the spicy stout Indra Kunindra. He has since started his own brewery in Berkeley, but is back this week for a Veterans Day event benefitting Wounded Warrior @ O’Brien’s Pub (11\/11<\/a>). In Pacific Beach, Amplified Ale Works’ co-founder JC Hill will pour five\u00a0beers from his Monterrey-based brewery Alvarado Street, including 2015 Great American Beer Festival gold medal-winner Mai Tai IPA (11\/8<\/a>).<\/p>\n

From Baja With Love<\/strong> – Just a few years ago it was nearly impossible to find more than a couple of Baja beers on tap at once. This “week” we will see a wave of flavor from south of the border: Beer of Baja @ Bottlecraft Little Italy (11\/8<\/a>); Insurgente & Wendlandt @ Panama 66 (11\/8<\/a>); Beer without Borders – 30 Baja Beers on Tap @ Machete Beer House (11\/13<\/a>); and Tap into Baja California Beers & Food @ Mingei International Museum in Balboa Park (11\/13<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Guided Tastings<\/strong> – Beer is great, but drinking with the brewer in an intimate setting\u00a0is even better. Tiger!Tiger! is hosting several “brewer guided tastings” this week: Societe & Noble Ale Works (11\/6<\/a>); Automatic (11\/7<\/a>); Almanac (11\/8<\/a>); Ninkasi (11\/11<\/a>); Highland Park & Cellarmaker (11\/12<\/a>); Three Weavers (11\/13<\/a>); and Craftsman (11\/14<\/a>). All these beers will pour from the bar’s notably clean and well-maintained tap system, just as the brewer intended.<\/p>\n

Bonus Narrative: Solis Batch #50<\/strong><\/em> – West Coaster teamed up with Mike Hess Brewing five years ago to collaborate on the first beer that would leave their Miramar tasting room: West Coaster IPA. That beer has since evolved into Solis Occasus, an IPA with a recipe that changes slightly each brew. On Tuesday (11\/10<\/a>), MHB North Park will\u00a0open its doors at 9 a.m. as we brew the fiftieth batch of Solis.\u00a0We’ll have some coffee and donuts (and beer); come hang out with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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