Reports from the trenches of the San Diego beer scene

Beer & Sandals

San Diego is home to some of the finest beers, breweries and brewmasters in the world.

We relish the opportunity to be your companions in navigating these glorious waters.

Cask Night: AleSmith Nautical Nut Brown @ Ritual Tavern

“AleSmith’s interpretation of this classic English-style ale is smooth, dark, and rich. A variety of specialty malts produce a brilliant dark brown color and a wonderful malt complexity. A light dose of East Kent Goldings and Styrian Goldings hops from England balance the malt sweetness without adding bitterness to the flavor profile. Reintrodcued at AleSmith [...]

Tags: ,

Filed under:Events

Ballast Point Night @ The Live Wire

“Just a friendly reminder that tonight is Ballast Point Night at the Live Wire!  They’ll be tapping kegs of the always popular Yellowtail Pale Ale, the refreshing Wahoo Wheat, a reserve keg of Fathom India Pale Lager, and an extremely limited release keg of one of the finest India Pale Ales to come out of [...]

Tags:

Filed under:Events

Cask Night: Port Brewing’s Hop 15 Double IPA @ O’Briens Pub

“Thursday the 15th our cask madness continues with two casks – Port Brewing Hop 15 double IPA and Lost Abbey Serpent Stout.  Both casks will be tapped at 5 pm and given the strong nature of both beers I expect them to be around for most of the evening.  As always, all of our local [...]

Tags: , ,

Filed under:Events

Lost Abbey Draft Party @ O’Briens Pub

“Friday the 16th is the big Lost Abbey draft party with more than 10 beers from head brewer Tomme Arthur on tap and several more in the bottle.  From the Port side we will have Hop 15, Wipeout IPA, High Tide IPA and Midnight Black Lager (made from the second runnings of the Serpent Stout).  [...]

Tags:

Filed under:Events

Cask Night: Green Flash Double Stout @ Hamilton’s Tavern

Website: www.hamiltonstavern.com Where: Hamilton’s Tavern (map)

Tags: ,

Filed under:Events

Ballast Point Night @ Downtown Johnny Brown’s

“The holidays have passed yet there is still plenty of reason to celebrate. Toast the recent Chargers win or just get out of the house and enjoy a few great beers with friends – some of which are small batch, limited release specialty favorites. Kick off the weekend this Thursday night at Downtown Johnny Brown’s [...]

Tags:

Filed under:Events

Cask Night: Stone IPA @ Tap Room

Website: www.pbtaproom.com, www.stonebrew.com Where: Tap Room (map)

Tags: ,

Filed under:Events

KTG: Oskar Blue’s Gordan @ Stone

Website: http://www.stonebrew.com/calendar/ Where: Stone Brewery (map) Keep-the-glass night at Stone.

Tags:

Filed under:Events

Cask Night: Stone’s Smoked Porter @ Hamilton’s Tavern

Website: www.hamiltonstavern.com, www.stonebrew.com Where: Hamilton’s Tavern (map)

Tags: ,

Filed under:Events

Ballast Point @ Newport Pizza and Alehouse

Ballast Point will be featuring 8 brews including keep the glass specials on some of their special brews. Website: ballastpoint.com Where: Newport Pizza and Alehouse (map)

Tags:

Filed under:Events