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Field Report: Ballast Point Brewery

Bernie @ Ballast Point
Ballast Point is located 5 minutes from work so I find it hard not attend their weekly, Thursday cask offering.  On this day they had the ever popular Sculpin, extra hopped and hand-pumped, what more could you ask for.
Sculpin was full of flavors, mostly citruses like orange and grapefruit, and balanced with [...]

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Field Report: The Neighborhood

 

Before heading to 4th and B for comedy night with Craig Gass, the wife and I decided to stop at a place called The Neighborhood.  Located on the corner of 8th and G, Neighborhood offers a 4-page menu with only 1-page dedicated to food and the rest to their extensive lists [...]

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Field Report: Cask night at Hamilton’s Tavern

We had a chance to stop by Hamilton’s Tavern on Friday night.  They were pumping a cask of Coronado Brewing Co’s Chocolate Porter.
The bar had a good sized crowd, but wasn’t so crowded that is was uncomfortable.  As soon as we entered we were greeted by either:
A) A very large dog
B) The van from [...]

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Field Report: AleSmith night at Holiday Wine cellar

 photo credit: nicmcc
Last night we had the privilege of attending the all-AleSmith tasting at Holiday Wine Cellar in Escondido last night.  This was probably the most well-catered and most crowded event we’ve seen at the Wine Cellar, and there was surely good reason. 
Before this event I had only sampled a few of AleSmith’s basic offerings, so [...]

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