{"id":22357,"date":"2019-06-12T14:40:18","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T21:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/?p=22357"},"modified":"2019-06-12T18:12:24","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T01:12:24","slug":"gordon-biersch-mission-valley-to-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2019\/06\/12\/gordon-biersch-mission-valley-to-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Gordon Biersch Mission Valley to close next month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The end of an era is on the horizon for the San Diego beer community. Today, <em>West Coaster <\/em>learned that <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gordonbiersch.com\">Gordon Biersch<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s venerable San Diego location will be closing. Details are scant at this time, but the last day of business for the Mission Valley brewpub will be <strong>July 14<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A link in a chain spawned in Palo\nAlto, California, Gordon Biersch debuted in San Diego in 1999. <strong>Doug Hasker <\/strong>transferred from the\nchain\u2019s second store in San Jose to head brewing in Mission Valley. He has\nmanned that post ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hasker is widely credited among local brewers as San Diego\u2019s foremost lager brewing expert. Recent recipients of his tutelage include <strong>Carli Smith<\/strong>, who went on to head up <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boldmissybrewery.com\">Bold Missy Brewery<\/a> <\/strong>in Charlotte, North Carolina, and <strong>Dan Anderson<\/strong>, who heads brewing operations for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockbottom.com\">Rock Bottom<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s La Jolla brewpub and recently earned four medals at the <strong>California State Fair<\/strong>\u2019s commercial brewing competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent years, Hasker had ventured beyond Gordon Biersch\u2019s traditional German-style lager box, crafting a variety of ales with a modern bent more in tune with local tastes. All the while, he continued to pump out to-style company standards as well as out-of-portfolio lagers. He also held frequent release parties for seasonal beers that raised money for local non-profit organizations and charity causes, many headlined by his hand, <strong>The Barnacles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information will be provided\nas it becomes available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The end of an era is on the horizon for the San Diego beer community. Today, West Coaster learned that Gordon Biersch\u2019s venerable San Diego location will be closing. Details are scant at this time, but the last day of business for the Mission Valley brewpub will be July 14. A link in a chain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":22358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-22357","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego-beer-beverage-news","8":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Gordon-Biersch-001.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1","wps_subtitle":"July 14 set as last day for long-time San Diego craft beer staple","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdtr4y-5OB","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22357","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=22357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}