Reports from the trenches of the San Diego beer scene

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

Posted January 23rd, 2009 by Nate

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
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Tags: BallastPoint, HeadToHead, IPA

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

Posted December 14th, 2008 by Nate

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 [...]

Tags: GreenFlash, HeadToHead, IPA, Stone