{"id":18961,"date":"2017-12-22T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/?p=18961"},"modified":"2017-12-21T13:46:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T21:46:00","slug":"2017-recap-beers-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2017\/12\/22\/2017-recap-beers-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Recap: Beers of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each week, I feature a locally produced beer that is special from one of numerous standpoints. Sometimes it\u2019s an anniversary beer, other times I go with collaborations. The draw of something unique often piques my interest, then there are times when a beer just tastes outstanding. But the basic plan of action is to highlight quality ales and lagers from around the county without featuring the same brewery twice during a single calendar year. This year, I decided to list all of the weekly standouts and rank them. In order to best do this, I broke them into categories (apples-to-apples versus triple-IPA-to-cream-ale). As one would expect from a beat this drenched in hop oil, IPAs of all ilks were featured most often, but there were plenty of lagers, Belgian-style ales, stouts and other concoctions. All were good, but some were outstanding enough that they should be recognized here.<\/p>\n

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Alpine HFS India Pale Ale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

IPAs<\/u><\/p>\n