{"id":456,"date":"2011-02-15T09:09:42","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T17:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/?p=456"},"modified":"2012-06-01T17:17:34","modified_gmt":"2012-06-02T00:17:34","slug":"dispatch-from-the-front-021511","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2011\/02\/15\/dispatch-from-the-front-021511\/","title":{"rendered":"Dispatch From the Front 02\/15\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Lightning Turns On the Power<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightningbrewery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lightning Brewery<\/a> just turned on their new cold room. Related news, the delicious and very European\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightningbrewery.com\/thunderweizen-ale\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lightning Thunderweizen<\/a> is now available in 22oz bombers. We love the new, colorful Lightning bomber design. Expect to see much more Lightning drafts and bottles across the county.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highway 78 Hits the Road<\/strong><br \/>\nThe collaboration beer brewed at Stone Brewing Co. by Mitch Steele of Stone, Chuck Silva of Green Flash, and Jeff Bagby of Port Brewing is currently hitting the shelves. We spoke to Silva &amp; Bagby. Both brewers expressed excitement on how the beer turned out, but both were also a little bummed because they had to wait until the\u00a0February\u00a014th release date to get bottles of their beer. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stonebrew.com\/collab\/default.asp#gps\" target=\"_blank\">We love the bottles.<\/a> Look for the Scotch Ale to appear at your local bottle shop ASAP.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Green Flash to Brew Charity Beer<\/strong><br \/>\nGreen Flash will be brewing a charity beer in the upcoming months, the proceeds of which will be used to fund Chicks For Beer (see below).<br \/>\n(Editors note: This is a correction, we printed that Ingrid&#8217;s 1-in-8 would be the charity beer &#8211; this isn&#8217;t true. Green Flash will be brewing a\u00a0separate\u00a0beer for similar purposes. )<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chicks For Beer<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/chicksforbeer\" target=\"_blank\">female-centric club<\/a> founded at <a href=\"http:\/\/highdiveinc.com\/events.html\" target=\"_blank\">The High Dive<\/a> by Ingrid Qua will be looking to become a Non-Profit Organization, however the details are very much up in the air. We will be sure to ask Ingrid more about this tonight, when Ballast Point will be hosted at this month&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2010\/12\/16\/chicks-for-beer-the-high-dive\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chicks For Beer dinner pairing<\/a>. Organized by Ballast Point&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/tag\/colby-chandler\/\" target=\"_blank\">Colby Chandler<\/a>, the pairing will take place tonight at 7PM @ The High Dive. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketderby.com\/event\/chicks-for-beer-hosts-ballast-id-4689\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets can be purchased here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TapRoom Anniversary <\/strong><br \/>\nEasily <a href=\"http:\/\/sdtaproom.com\/apparel.html\" target=\"_blank\">the most San Diegan<\/a> of San Diego beer bars, <a href=\"http:\/\/sdtaproom.com\/anniversary\" target=\"_blank\">TapRoom&#8217;s 4th Anniversary Party &amp; Beer Garden<\/a> will be held on 2\/26 from 2PM to 10PM. $20 will get you six 8oz tasters of San Diego&#8217;s finest, and there will be BBQ. Full disclosure: <a href=\"http:\/\/sdtaproom.com\/beer.html\" target=\"_blank\">we love TapRoom. <\/a> Also, Pliny the Younger <a href=\"http:\/\/sdtaproom.com\/beer-event\" target=\"_blank\">will be going on tap<\/a> Monday, Feb. 21st at 5PM.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Toy<\/strong><br \/>\nWe just bought a fancy new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikonusa.com\/Nikon-Products\/Product\/Digital-SLR-Cameras\/25472\/D3100.html\" target=\"_blank\">Nikon DSLR<\/a>. Look for the quality of our photos to jump as soon as we figure out how <a href=\"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMAG1057.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">this damn thing<\/a> works.\u00a0<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lightning Turns On the Power Lightning Brewery just turned on their new cold room. Related news, the delicious and very European\u00a0Lightning Thunderweizen is now available in 22oz bombers. We love the new, colorful Lightning bomber design. Expect to see much more Lightning drafts and bottles across the county. 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