Reports from the trenches of the San Diego beer scene

BOTW: Lost Abbey’s Avant Garde

Posted January 24th, 2009 by Chris

“Avant-garde means “advance guard” or “vanguard”. The adjective form is used in English, to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics.
Avant-garde represents a pushing of the boundaries of what is accepted as the norm or the status quo, primarily in the [...]

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BOTW: AleSmith’s X

Posted January 2nd, 2009 by Chris

Beer of the Week!
Beer of the Week:  AleSmith Brewing Company - AleSmith X
Serving Type: 22oz. Bottle
Price: $3.99
ABV 5.0%
Style: American Pale Ale (APA)
I recently had the pleasure of attending an AleSmith tasting, at the Holiday Wine Cellar In Escondido, and sampled many of the offerings of AleSmith including AleSmith X.  While this was not my favorite [...]

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BOTW: Lightning’s Black Lightning Porter

Posted December 19th, 2008 by Chris

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.

Beer of the Week:  Lightning Brewery - Black Lightning Porter
Serving Type: 22oz. Bottle
Price: $4.99
ABV 8.5%
Style: Baltic [...]

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