{"id":17776,"date":"2017-08-07T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T15:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/?p=17776"},"modified":"2017-08-07T09:07:05","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T16:07:05","slug":"thr3e-punk-ales-open-in-chula-vista","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2017\/08\/07\/thr3e-punk-ales-open-in-chula-vista\/","title":{"rendered":"Thr3e Punk Ales open in Chula Vista"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The \u201cSouth Bay Uprising\u201d\u2014an influx of banded-together breweries and beer-centric venues spanning Chula Vista to Barrio Logan\u2014has been picking up steam for years. Last weekend, the most formidable beer-making member of that growing movement opened its doors after two years of construction on downtown Chula Vista\u2019s main drag, Third Avenue. Thr3e Punk Ales Brewing Company <\/strong><\/a>(259 Third Avenue, Chula Vista) <\/em>has brought its ambitious vision for a multi-story brewery and tasting room simultaneously celebrating anarchic rock and the city its founders call home. In doing so, it\u2019s given the community the type of business it can rally behind and build upon.<\/p>\n

When we first met the Chula Vistans behind this business, they were renting space at Santee\u2019s Butcher\u2019s Brewing (since renamed to Finest Made Ales<\/strong><\/a>) to create their first batches of mostly-hoppy beers, but their dream was to secure space to make an artisanal impact on their home turf. They were able to do so in 2015 when they secured the building that formerly housed The Highlander. A rare basement-equipped structure it was first coveted by Fall Brewing Company<\/strong><\/a>, but elevated enthusiasm and hometown espirit de corps inspired the landlord to opt for Thr3e Punk Ales. At last weekend\u2019s friends-and-family pre-open party, the landlord felt vindicated in that decision and bullish on the future of Third Avenue\u2019s business district with the debut of Thr3e Punk Ales as well as the impending arrival of a tasting room for Santee-based Groundswell Brewing Company<\/strong><\/a> in another of his properties across the street, and the recent opening of Chula Vista Brewery<\/strong><\/a> on the same block.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>While Bay Bridge Brewing Company<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and Novo Brazil Brewing Company <\/strong><\/a>have been making beer in Chula Vista for years, quality has been an issue and neither are centrally located enough to make the number of impressions and aid in revitalization the way Thr3e Punk Ales can. In addition to being smack dab in the middle of downtown, Thr3e Punk Ales is an attractive space with a fully conveyed thematic. The north wall is covered from basement to ceiling in a punk rock collage intermingled with iconic imagery. Tour poster artwork from the likes of Suicidal Tendencies, Bad Religion, the Sex Pistols and Dead Kennedys share space with the logos of Thr3e Punk Ales and the City of Chula Vista and the original Highlander sign augmented by the anarchy \u201cA\u201d utilized in the brewery\u2019s wordmark. The brewhouse and fermenter tanks jut up from the basement into the tasting room opposite an L-shaped bar flanked by a roll-down screen illuminated by a ceiling-mounted projector. Rail bars line the north and roll-up garage door-equipped west side of the tasting room while a large wooden table provides a second, more communal seating option.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The opening beer list consisted of five offerings. Of them, the hoppy stock\u2014what the company made its name on in its fledgling period\u2014was the best. Needle in the Hey double IPA has the nose of a dispensary with flavors of clementine, melon, orange zest and pine resin. While it isn\u2019t heavy, it is purposely sweet in a nod to old-school imperial IPAs. Conversely, their 6.5% alcohol-by-volume (ABV) IPA Hole has intense mango-and-papaya-like hop-bite up front and a sharp yet tacky finish. Morning After Pilz has such vibrant hop character it almost blots out its Pilsner foundation, but as its first-pour chill wears off, a bit of honey-ish earhiness and yeast character enter into the equation. A Mexican-style lager and 9.5% ABV imperial stout with flavors evocative of bittersweet chocolate, coffee and cinnamon bark round out the menu. Both would benefit from added carbonation, but taste nice and provide increased variety.<\/p>\n

Overall, this much-anticipated project has made good on its intentions to bring a vibrant business in line with current trends and San Diego\u2019s craft-beer scene to downtown Chula Vista. It will be interesting to see how a community less indoctrinated and inundated on the independent beer front will react, but if any brewery in the area has a chance to change the tastes of the city\u2019s denizens, it\u2019s this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The \u201cSouth Bay Uprising\u201d\u2014an influx of banded-together breweries and beer-centric venues spanning Chula Vista to Barrio Logan\u2014has been picking up steam for years. Last weekend, the most formidable beer-making member of that growing movement opened its doors after two years of construction on downtown Chula Vista\u2019s main drag, Third Avenue. Thr3e Punk Ales Brewing Company […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":17781,"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":[368,369,1],"tags":[1353,2569,3243,2482,4138,1701,2695,376,442,666,1387,3866,4139,390,4135,1528,2969,1297,2592,1745,2483,1010,1681,267,1439,446,4136,2570,4137,2481,2634,2635,1637],"class_list":{"0":"post-17776","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-beer-news","8":"category-beer-styles","9":"category-san-diego-beer-beverage-news","10":"tag-sdbeer","11":"tag-southbayuprising","12":"tag-3-punk-ales","13":"tag-3rd-avenue","14":"tag-bad-religion","15":"tag-barrio-logan","16":"tag-bay-bridge-brewing","17":"tag-beer","18":"tag-brandon-hernandez","19":"tag-butchers-brewing","20":"tag-chula-vista","21":"tag-chula-vista-brewery","22":"tag-city-of-chula-vistas","23":"tag-craft-beer","24":"tag-dead-kennedys","25":"tag-fall-brewing","26":"tag-finest-made-ales","27":"tag-groundswell-brewing","28":"tag-highlander","29":"tag-imperial-stout","30":"tag-indiebeer","31":"tag-ipa","32":"tag-novo-brazil","33":"tag-pilsner","34":"tag-san-diego","35":"tag-santee","36":"tag-sex-pistols","37":"tag-south-bay","38":"tag-suicidal-tendencies","39":"tag-third-avenue","40":"tag-thr3e-punk-ales","41":"tag-three-punk-ales","42":"tag-west-coaster","43":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/3pa_03.jpg?fit=1080%2C619&ssl=1","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdtr4y-4CI","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17776","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=17776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}