Reports from the trenches of the San Diego beer scene

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Head-to-Head: Ballast Point Big Eye IPA vs. Blue Frog Grog & Grill Big DIPA

This week we’re pitting a local favorite against an out-of-town challenger.  Blue Frog is a brewpub in Fairfield, north of San Francisco.  We’ll see how they’re double IPA fairs against the tried-and-true quality of Ballast Point’s offering after the jump.

Ballast Point Big Eye IPA
Nate: Drinking this beer is like visiting a friend’s [...]

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Head-to-Head: Port’s Old Viscosity Dark Ale vs. Lost Abbey’s Judgment Day

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 [...]

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Head-to-Head: Green Flash Imperial IPA vs. Stone Ruination IPA

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 [...]

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