{"id":7986,"date":"2013-05-22T12:03:13","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T19:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/?p=7986"},"modified":"2013-05-22T12:03:13","modified_gmt":"2013-05-22T19:03:13","slug":"utahs-epic-brewing-launches-in-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2013\/05\/22\/utahs-epic-brewing-launches-in-san-diego\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah’s Epic Brewing Launches in San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everybody knows that San Diego has its share of craft breweries. San Diegans proudly love their Stone, Green Flash, Karl Strauss, Ballast Point, and everything in-between. There might not be room for outsiders in any other industry, but the craft beer community is always looking for new experiences. Salt Lake City\u2019s Epic Brewing<\/a> is banking on that, and announced their expansion into San Diego with a series of launch events in late May.<\/p>\n

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A flight of Epic Brewing beer at PB TapRoom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Utah might be the last place you\u2019d think to look for good craft beer. Brewpubs were illegal in the state until 1989, it was illegal to advertise alcohol until 2001, and brewers weren\u2019t allowed to sell high-alcohol beer directly to the public until 2008. The deck seemed stacked against a booming craft beer scene.<\/p>\n

Enter David Cole and Peter Erickson, graduates of SDSU and UCSD, respectively. Owners of a Utah-based international aquaculture company, they longed for the full-flavored beer that they loved in California, and set out to remedy that situation. Cole and Erickson teamed up with brewmaster Kevin Crompton, and launched Epic Brewing in 2010.<\/p>\n

Epic beer has been available in Los Angeles and Orange County for just over a year. They\u2019re best known for their fruit variations on their Brainless Belgian Golden Ale. Brainless on Raspberries is a result of a secondary fermentation in steel tanks with raspberry puree, while Brainless on Cherries and Brainless on Peaches have a secondary fermentation with their respective fruit purees in French wine barrels.<\/p>\n

If fruit beer isn\u2019t your thing, their Big Bad Baptist Imperial Stout packs a coffee punch that rivals the Bloody Mary for an acceptable breakfast libation. Local Utah coffee roasters \u2013 a different one for each batch \u2013 provide the buzz, and the coffee flavor is complemented by the addition of cocoa nibs. Epic\u2019s Hopulent IPA is pretty good for a non-California IPA, and has a delightful hoppy aroma.<\/p>\n

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Epic’s National Sales Manager Michael Malachowski<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Why are they only now getting to San Diego? As it often is, a numbers game prevented them from doing it sooner. \u201cWe just couldn\u2019t supply enough,\u201d said Michael Malachowski, Epic\u2019s National Sales Manager during an event at Pacific Beach’s TapRoom<\/a> last night. \u201cWe\u2019ve opened a new brewery in Denver that will allow us to produce that much more beer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Look for Epic beer at specialized bottle shops and craft beer bars soon, including the aforementioned TapRoom, Texas Wine and Spirits Carlsbad,\u00a0Churchill’s Pub and Grille San Marcos,\u00a0Bine and Vine Bottle Shop,\u00a0Krisp Beverages San Diego (Best Damn Beer Shop),\u00a0Olive Tree Marketplace San Diego,\u00a0South Bay Liquor Chula Vista,\u00a0Pizza Port Carlsbad,\u00a0Encinitas Ale House,\u00a0La Jolla Public House,\u00a0Jimbos Liquor San Diego,\u00a0Beverages4Less Santee,\u00a0Palm Springs Liquor La Mesa,\u00a0Clem’s Bottle House San Diego, and Servall Market San Diego.<\/p>\n

Upcoming events:\u00a0<\/em>Tonight<\/a> @ La Jolla Public House &\u00a0Thursday<\/a> @ Churchill’s Pub & Grille.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Everybody knows that San Diego has its share of craft breweries. San Diegans proudly love their Stone, Green Flash, Karl Strauss, Ballast Point, and everything in-between. There might not be room for outsiders in any other industry, but the craft beer community is always looking for new experiences. Salt Lake City\u2019s Epic Brewing is banking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7986","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-san-diego-beer-beverage-news","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdtr4y-24O","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7986","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\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7986\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}