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.
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.
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Beer of the Week!
Beer of the week is a feature we will be running, you guessed it, every week. We will mostly feature local brews, but will occasionally mix in some others.
The first edition will cover Lightning’s Black Lightning Porter.
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We know this isn’t exactly an apples-to-apples comparison. I don’t know how to categorize Old Viscosity, and apparently neither do they (from the label):
“We know you’ll come to love and appreciate everything about Old Viscosity even if we never tell you exactly what kind of beer it is”
However, we figured it would be fair to put it against another locally offered dark ale, Lost Abbey’s Judgment Day, a Belgian-Styled Dark Quad Ale. Details after the jump.
Tags: DarkAle, HeadToHead, LostAbbey, Port, Reviews
The Contenders
Head-to-head is a feature we will be publishing where we pit similar local brews against each other. We’ll be putting out at least one of these per week. As mentioned on our “About Us” page, we are not beer experts. In fact, we’ll probably say stupid things more often than not. That’s why we have a comments section. Let us know what you think.
The first Head-to-Head features Stone’s Ruination IPA and Green Flash’s Imperial IPA. Our take after the jump.
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Our goal here is to experience new beers, to congregate and discuss said beers in a forum a little larger than the local pub. We want to keep you informed of the goings-on and want you to return the favor.
We’re just a couple of guys who feel very fortunate to live in San Diego. As residents of this fine city we have the privilege of enjoying its many benefits, not the least of which are the fine brews offered by local brewmasters. We want to experience these benefits to their fullest potential.
Over the past few years we have come to appreciate the amazing variety of world-class craft brews available throughout the county. We’re not beer experts, far from it. We are learning as we go. However, through this journey we’ve realized that beer isn’t just a beverage, it’s an experience. An opportunity to ponder and debate it’s merits (or shortfalls) with friends in good company.
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