{"id":12334,"date":"2015-12-01T08:00:16","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/?p=12334"},"modified":"2015-12-01T08:29:05","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T16:29:05","slug":"december-beer-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2015\/12\/01\/december-beer-events\/","title":{"rendered":"December Events Sampler Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"sf_120115\"<\/a>December is a time for jovial gatherings fortified by warming wassail\u2026or craft beer if you prefer. Since you\u2019re a West Coaster<\/em> reader, we\u2019re going to go ahead that is your preference. In the spirit of giving, we\u2019re providing a quick rundown of sudsy celebrations to help you close out the year in style. Check out some of these recommended events, then find even more at our events page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

December 4 & 5 | Strong Ale Festival<\/a>: <\/strong>Get the crew together and head behind Pizza Port<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s bottle shop to test your liver\u2019s mettle while selecting from a beer list more than 75 strong consisting exclusively of beers coming in above eight percent alcohol-by-volume (and, in many cases, way higher<\/em>) plucked from the chain\u2019s brewpubs and premier breweries nationwide. Pizza Port, 571 Carlsbad Village Drive, Carlsbad, Times Vary<\/em><\/p>\n

December 5 | Anniversary Party: <\/strong>La Mesa\u2019s eldest brewing company, Bolt Brewery<\/strong><\/a>, is turning one. Like most first birthdays, its will be a biggie, including the release of multiple new beers (including Donator Doppelbock brewed for the Beer to the Rescue<\/strong><\/a> campaign), multiple bands, raffles and potential prizes for those who adhere to the ugly Christmas sweater theme. Bolt Brewery, 8179 Center Street, La Mesa, 2 p.m.<\/em><\/p>\n

December 11 | Beer to the Rescue Finale: <\/strong>2015 saw nearly 40 breweries craft special beers to support lupus awareness, research and patient resources. AleSmith No\u00ebl, a traditional Belgian-style Christmas ale, will close out a successful year for this charity campaign benefiting the Lupus Foundation of Southern California<\/strong><\/a> from San Diego\u2019s largest brewery tasting room. AleSmith Brewing Company<\/strong><\/a>, 9990 AleSmith Court, Miramar, 11 a.m.<\/em><\/p>\n

December 12 | Anniversary Party: <\/strong>It’s been a big three years for Rip Current Brewing Company<\/strong><\/a>. They’ve explored nearly every style of beer under the sun (and done it well), opened a hip satellite tasting room in North Park and won “Very Small Brewery of the Year” at the Great American Beer Festival<\/strong><\/a>. To celebrate all that, they’ll tap 12 vintage and specialty beers over the course of one very special day. (TIP: Discounts if you wear an ugly Christmas sweater!) Rip Current Brewing Company, 1325 Grand Avenue, Suite 100, San Marcos, 11 a.m.<\/em><\/p>\n

December 31 | New Year\u2019s Eve Celebration<\/a>: <\/strong>For one enchanted evening, Stone Brewing Co.<\/strong><\/a> will convert its classy, historically preservative Liberty Station restaurant into a jumping party complete with live music and, dancing. But worry not, there\u2019ll still be plenty of fine craft beer (including a rare variety for the midnight toast) and enough Stone attitude to put a nail in 2015\u2019s coffin. Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens \u2013 Liberty Station<\/strong><\/a>, 2816 Historic Decatur Road, Point Loma, 8 p.m.<\/em><\/p>\n

Disclosure: The author is the Marketing Manager for AleSmith Brewing Co.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

December is a time for jovial gatherings fortified by warming wassail\u2026or craft beer if you prefer. Since you\u2019re a West Coaster reader, we\u2019re going to go ahead that is your preference. In the spirit of giving, we\u2019re providing a quick rundown of sudsy celebrations to help you close out the year in style. Check out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[367,368,1],"tags":[1353,865,2221,376,1456,1436,1448,1807,442,668,390,2220,2222,1444,71,1457,880,2219,296,204,1652,1439,1651,1473,1474,2223,1637],"class_list":{"0":"post-12334","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-beer-events","7":"category-beer-news","8":"category-san-diego-beer-beverage-news","9":"tag-sdbeer","10":"tag-alesmith","11":"tag-alesmith-noel","12":"tag-beer","13":"tag-beer-to-the-rescue","14":"tag-beeramar","15":"tag-bolt-brewery","16":"tag-bolt-brewing","17":"tag-brandon-hernandez","18":"tag-carlsbad","19":"tag-craft-beer","20":"tag-december","21":"tag-donator-doppelbock","22":"tag-la-mesa","23":"tag-liberty-station","24":"tag-lupus","25":"tag-miramar","26":"tag-new-years-eve","27":"tag-pizza-port","28":"tag-pizza-port-carlsbad","29":"tag-point-loma","30":"tag-san-diego","31":"tag-stone-bistro","32":"tag-stone-brewery","33":"tag-stone-brewing","34":"tag-strong-ale-fest","35":"tag-west-coaster","36":"entry","37":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdtr4y-3cW","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}