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Less than 24 hours until the kick off of the Capital of Craft Fest Saturday at Kilowatt Brewing and Erick and Estela from The San Diego Brewers Guild have brought a stunner of an IPA. Necta Wave Cold IPA from Gravity Heights is an immaculate demonstration on what can be achieved with Water, Barley, Yest and Hops when you put it in the hands of a set of skilled San Diego Brewers.
Our tour of San Diego county beers continue with the San Diego Brewers Guild and the countdown to Saturday's Capital of Craft Fest! Today we drop into San Marcos' Blue Fire Brewing and their very local White Sage IPA.
Half way through the week and another day closer to The San Diego Brewers Guild, Capital of Craft Fest on Saturday! Today VP Estela and member of the Kilowatt team as bought a very unique kettle sour beer that has won the brewery a number of awards, their Peach Cobbler (and yes, it taste just like mom's peach cobbler).
It's Super Tuesday and the San Diego Brewers Guild brought a super beer to the party! This years Capital of Craft IPA! Brewed in collaboration with Fall, Black Black Plague, BLAH, Hodad's, Hopnonymous, Ketch and a few local vendors. This is a picture perfect example of what the San Diego West Coast IPA has evolved into!
San Diego Beer Week is in full swing and it all wraps this weekend with the Capital of Craft Festival. All week Erick and Estela from the San Diego Brewers Guild joins us for a tour of San Diego County beers and will give us some insight on what to expect this weekend. Our first stop in this tour of beer is San Marcos' own My Yard Live and their 4 Stone Cold Dudes Pilsner.
Bonus Beer time! Today not only kicks off San Diego Beer Week but also MEBC's Fresh Hop Fest. Tapping three fresh hop beers, on of which is this year's edition of Fresh As It Gets featuring a hop so fresh and new that the brewers stayed late to accommodate the hop delivery schedule so this beer really is as fresh as it gets.
Its the kick off of San Diego Beer Week and Andrew from Mother Earth Brewing gets the first toast! Debuting a beer that we tried very recently as a R&D beer, Ascent makes it's way into the world officially for the Capital of Craft Fest but we get to try it first now.
T'was the night before Beer Week and all Hallows eve. Not a brewer was stirring, not even a leave...of delicious hops that rest in the kettle of a West Coast IPA, to test a brewers metal. Chris Banker was the one to put it all together, but name he ran out of when he started this endeavor. He tried and he tried to conjure it's title but gave up and said "we straight outta names!"
Hey, we just saw Bay City in the studios a few weeks ago! Rob and Austin are back to talk about their newest beer they are dropping tonight and their Hockey seasonal Power Play IPA that they brew for the the San Diego Gulls season. We've got the inaugural batch of that beer on deck tonight!
I didn't expect something this blue when Hayden and Kyndall opened up the crowler of Haterade but this already very popular hard seltzer has a tribute and a story behind it that Kyndall shares in this SDBW bonus segement!
Apologies to Camfield and Mady since the Alt 94/9 studio smells like we just hot boxed it. I promise no weed was harmed in the drinking of Weir Beer's "I Don't Get Angry When My Mom Smokes Pot" IPA! A well balanced beer and a ridiculous amount of terpenes makes this IPA a real treat to enjoy as Weir officially opens their brewery on Friday for the kick off of San Diego Beer Week.
Since we've got the time and William from Embolden beer brought an extra we're going to try a BONUS BEER! Under their new sub-brand Shogun, Embolden has crafted a first ever Macha Hazy IPA called Shogun - Midnight in Tokyo! Hear about it's origins and how it was received in Tokyo.
We're counting down the days to the kick off of San Diego Beer on Friday, all week we'll be hosting different breweries in the Alt 94/9 studios. To kick things off we have Embolden Beer and their currently seasonl beer Dark as Day Horchata Golden Milk Stout.
We wrap up a week of craft beer and conservation with Pure Project and Wildcoast with a special beer that will not see public release. Part of Pure Project's Cellar Cyndicate, Vanua Lava is a big barrel aged stout with a heavy dose of coconut and vanilla. With a big flavor and smooth sip this beer is almost liquid desert.
Today we taste The beer that will kick off San Diego Beer Week for Pure Project! Liquid Allusion is a murky IPA brewed in collaboration with Karl Strauss, light bodied, hazy and very drinkable!
Our adventure into the partnership of Pure Project and Wildcoast takes a passionate turn! Where is takes a lot of passion to work and maintain a non-profit, it also takes a lot of passion fruit to make today's beverage...POG Fizz. Not a beer but one of the first Hard Seltzer from Pure Project with a bunch of passion fruit, orange and guava.
Fresh off a medal tour of the Great American Beer Festival, Mount Eden is a Barrel Aged Saison that flaunts the flavors of Kiwi, Quiunce and White pepper with a healthy finishing of Nelson Sauvin Cryo at bottling. The results is a complex balance of kiwi and lemon with subtle oak flavors with a small hint of acidity to finish.
Drinking beer for a cause this week as we prepare for San Diego Beer Week and the recent partnership announcement between Pure Project and Wildcoast! Mat and Anne drop in all week to talk about how their new couwdfunding campaign to build a trash boom in Tijuana's Matadero Canyon. Prepare to learn a lot about what goes on to help keep our water clear and a little as well about the beer it makes with Rain.
It the beer that could break up the brew team, Coco Ono is not for the faint of heart. Actually, this is the perfect beer for anyone who is afraid of IPA's. This beer is a literal Pina Colada of IPA's with huge flavors of both coconut and pineapple, you might forget you're drinking a beer!
Bay City Brewing has already demonstrated what they can do with Hazy IPA's after yesterday's Ron Murkundy. Today we see what happens when Bay City throws a Double in front of that Hazy. Let me tell you from from personal experience, the tiger on the can will get you if you're not careful, this a very easy drinking almost 9% IPA.
With a beer named Chilly Nelson you better be ready to show off some hops and Baycity Brewing delivers on this beer. If you've never tried a Cold IPA before, you might want to put this one at the top of your list!
It's been a long time since we've seen Bay City Brewing! Since we last saw them (pre-covid) they've got two great spaces and a whole line up of fantastic core beers. This week we get into those beers, starting with a very cool and crushable summer time Pilsner that has both a dog charity tie in and a uniquely San Diego twist.
Last year Tom killed me with a pepper beer so after we were done with our Friday night Fresh Mountain Crystal he decided to put my heat sensitivity to the test, AGAIN! At least this time i knew it was coming and what I got was very delightful.
It's been ten years since Tom Nickel got to brew with fresh hop Crystal and let me tell you the world has been missing out! Tonight's beer has all the fruity-sweet notes of candied tangerines and it all comes from the Oregon grown Crystal hops in this Fresh Mountain Crystal IPA.
Direct from Oregon, Strada hops and all the dankness that they have to offer! Tom Nickel does not mess around when it comes to his hoppy beers and if he gets the chance to hijack the brewhouse and brew beers his way, things happen (like the now infamous Cheat Sheet IPA). He's done it yet again and made this My Way IPA.
One of the best parts of wet hopped beers is using a beer recipe that you already have and throwing in fresh hops where you might have used pelletized hops. Today's beer a riff off Nickel Beer's Vulcan IPA, but with the usage of Ramona grown Columbus, Centennial, Cascade and Chinook hops, it adds a softer hop experience on what is a big San Diego style IPA.
Bring on another wet hop beer! A tribute to the former hop growers Star B Ranch in Ramona, Standing Eagle IPA is beer hopped exclusively with locally grown Cascade hops. The flavor is one that really has to be tasted to be understood but we'll try and do a good job describing it to you!
It's Wet Hop season and there's almost no one in San Diego that digs as deep into these fresh hops as Tom Nickel from Nickel Beer Company! This week he's showcasing some of these amazing beers he's crafted that you can find at weekend #2 of O'Brien's Wet Hop Festival. We get things underway with a crispy pale ale featuring Ramona grown Chinook hops in what Tom calls Valley of the Sun Pale Ale.
Speedway Stout it a decades old AleSmith tradition that keeps getting better. Once only reserved for 24K gold glad bottles, this 12% AVB Imperial Stout can now be found everywhere in 16oz 4-packs. But, don't let the form factor fool you, every ounce of craft and flavor is still intact. In fact at first sip you may question if this beer is really 12%, that is until you try and stand up.
This is what happens when you let people who drink lots of AleSmith Party Trips IPA who also love tropical Tiki drinks! A brand new tropical take on their staple IPA that will give you all the Island vibes. Huge notes of mango and pineapple mixed with the citrus flavors you'd expect from a San Diego IPA. This beer may only be seasonal now, expect to find this on shelves fulltime in 2025.
A Combination of new and old school IPAs, Party Tricks from AleSmith is a perfect easy drinking, Fridge-stocker IPA. With notes of grapefruit, strawberry and passion fruit, this beer can satisfy the palates of both seasoned Hop-heads and new comers to craft beer.
Crazy to think that AleSmith has been crafting .394 Pale Ale for 10 years now! Brewed in collaboration with Mr. Padre aka Tony Gwynn when he wanted a beer that was uniquely San Diego with bright citrus notes, yet enough backbone to enhance the beer and still leave it sessionable and crushable.
With the Pads in the post season it's a perfect time to get AleSmith in the studio since they have been so intertwined with Tony Gwynn and local SD sports. Its a perfect lead in for our Monday beer, State Ale brewed in collaboration with SDAU is a hoppy Blonde Ale that is very San Diego and VERY crushable. Perfect for concerts, tailgating or any sun-soaked activities you can do in SD.
Playing with hops is what Pizza Port does, so when they get the freedom to play with hops they go all out with their seasonal beers. Vibrant Views is one of their latest seasonals brewed by a notorious San Diego brewer (who will remain unnamed here) that as crafted an absolute masterpiece IPA perfect for an SD Fall.
It's was the second beer that Pizza Port brewed back in 1992, Swami's IPA now isn't the same as it was then but it's still carries the same spirit. Lean about it's inspiration and how its changed from Director of Brewery Operations Sean.
It's been a long time since the brewers from Pizza Port dropped in for a beer! This week we dig into what the San Diego brewing institution that is Pizza Port Brewing has been up to starting with a collaboration beer with our friends from Alpine, McIlhenny Brewing and a crushable, tropical and flora New Zealand Pilsner called Sunrise Valley.
Andrew from Mother Earth always likes to end the week with a BIG BIG treat! Today we dick back to a big Bourbon Barrel aged stout from 2019. A beer that has aged amazingly well, as the heat dropped off the and the chocolate notes have come sailing though! That's the fun part about big cellared beers, you just never know what it's going to taste like until you open it up!
A spook-tacular twist on an already amazing beer! Cali Creamin' has been a staple beer for Mother Earth since the start and over the years there have been different variations. This year we got a "pumpkin spice" version with a metric-ton of pumpkin flavor with hints of clove but still incredibly drinkable since it's base is the popular vanilla cream ale.
It's been a while since Mother Earth added a new core IPA to the line-up and today's beer is a work in progress to what will be a new beer from them in 2025. A taste of what is to come for today's beer.
It's Oktoberfest time and Mother Earth Brewing is rolling out (for the first time) a production version of their taphouse exclusive Oktoberfest Lager. All the Malty goodness you'd expect from a Oktoberfest beer but with a light crushable body and 5% AVB. This beer is ready for a giant glass stein and a tent with an Oom-Pa Band!
We've gone full-send on the hops for a Friday! Whatcha Say IPA focuses on the hop aroma and flavors for Mosaic, Citra and Nectaron without a lot of the bitterness. A true San Diego Style IPA masterpiece like the song it's named after.
Up to this point it's been light crushable beers that don't feature a lot of hops. Today the Roadies crew pops the top on a must-try San Diego style Pale Ale called Pocket Pale.
When you take your name from a song like Blondie's Rapture, you better bring your S+ game. If you're looking for spirit of their light lagers in a fuller bodied ale, Rapture delivers all that delicious biscuity-goodness and is still insanely crushable.
In true Roadie fashion light crushable lagers are a must have when you're working behind the scenes. Continuing to flex on crushable easy drinking beers Roadies Corazon Espinado is much like Uncle John's Lager with it's full body and drinkability but you get that subtle hint of influence from South of the border.
Please put your hands together and welcome The Roadies! The crew from Roadies Brewing in Vista has dropped by with beer as they countdown the days till their Grand Opening on Friday! They kicked things off with a perfect beer for the oppressive heat we've had all weekend with their take on an American Light Lager called Uncle John's Lager (no to be confused with Uncle John's Band).
A perfect beer to wrap up the 5th Anniversary prelude for Harland Brewing, Cryo Eyes is pure dank hop juice you just need to drink to appreciate.
A small flashback to the time of covid when Harland was throwing pounds marshmallow fluff into beers! Miami Fluff comes at the will and request from collaborators Trippin Animals out of Florida. Another off the wall, fruity beer that will leave you asking...is it beer or smoothie?
Another collaboration beer for the up coming 5th Anniversary celebration! This one named for the 400-ish miles between Harland Brewing and Pedal Haus, 400 Miles Ride showcases a new and little used New Zealand hop variety that might make this your new favorite beer.
Fun thing about an anniversary party is that you get to bring back some one-off beers like last years Tropical Popsicle. It's back again for anniversary 5 and honestly this years beer might be better than last years!
It's 5th Anniversary time for Harland Brewing AND this year they are throwing a huge party that combines their anniversary and their famed "ube day" This week we dig into some of the 13ish collabs you'll find on September 14th, We start with a beer perfect for the season, a Marzen collab with Florida's Trippin' Animals.
A surprise cocktail to wrap up the week! Cask & Coast has showed off their creativity with mixology all week adding a splash of Mescal to an Old Fashioned and a splash of red wine to a Bourbon and Ginger, it should be no surprise that they swapped out the gin in a Negroni and substituted their Bourbon, the results of which are unbelievable!
For bourbon drinkers the Old Fashioned is a passion and everyone does it a little different. For Cask and Coast the twist they like is a little splash of Mescal. Let's see how this goes over!
Taking two loves and mixing them together the guys from Cask & Coast mix up what they call a Coast Cocktail; essentially a bourbon and ginger with a splash of lime ALSO gets a splash of red wine to add even more flavor and depth.
Cask & Coast wanted to make a statement when they released their first anniversary single barrel bourbon last November. It had to be something that really emphasized the flavor profile they had already established and there was one barrel that really exemplified this palate. That one barrel made 100 bottles of the finest cask strength sipping bourbons you might ever have.
Back with another San Diego maker! This week we get to know Cask & Coast a small batch San Diego Bourbon that is rapidly getting a reputation for their insane quality. Today we jump in with both feet and see what to buzz is all about with their base bourbon.
I tribute to all the hard work put into the San Diego brewing scene over the years. Steeltoes IPA is a combination of both old school and new school San Diego IPAs.
The staff favorite! One of the most coveted IPAs among the My Yard Live staff and patrons, Flight of the Kiwi New Zealand IPA! Find out why this beer is so beloved.
Malty beer! IPAs are amazing but sometime your palate needs a break. Enter Red Rover Amber from My Yard Live! With as much depth of flavor and drinkability as humanly possible this brew makes a great addition with and to food, find out how!
Its almost a shame for his noted distain towards the style because head brewer Shaggy from My Yard Live, Shaggy makes this beer so dang well! A fantastic example of how Hazy IPAs should be, but no two version of Muddy Waters is ever the same because of one subtle twist.
They are back for another week! The crew from My Yard Live in San Marcos kicks off their 5th Anniversary on Friday so we're counting down the days with beers! We start the week off with another 4 Dudes collaboration beer that is crushable and perfect for when the weather is HOT, like it is now.
Billy brought the devil, literally a robust buckwheat honey still mead with tart cherry and a little pepper, called Jakel....lets see what it's all about.
Don't let the cabernet appearance fool you, this monster is a jammy beast! Manticore Tears is packed with fresh raspberries and blueberries but being a mead is a perfectly balanced drinking experience.
We've gone from drinking mead to sipping mead as Billy from Lost Cause brings their Tripping Islands still mead. Don't fear the lack of carbonation, this mean offers a huge explosion of flavor in every sip!
Strip mead down to it's most basic form, it just yeast, water and honey. But, honey can change flavor depending on what is flowering in the areas where the bees are. In San Diego Buckwheat honey is the most common, so Lost Cause offers the actual taste of San Diego with their Buck it All, all Buckwheat honey mead.
Kicking off our week of exploring Lost Cause Meadery, we couldn't have asked for a better start. A mead that takes its flavors roots right from our own backyard (in more ways then one) with Tepache Mode!
Have some beer with your coconut! That's actually an understatement when it comes to this Coconut O.D. Imperial Stout. Derek flexes again as we wrap up the week with a pastry stout that has no comparison, you just need to try it!
If we've learned anything about GOAL. Brewing so far this week is that all flavors are very deliberate, Dereck exercises his exacting process in this hugely fruity 7% ABV beer called Hard Nectar.
Taking art inspo from sneakers and taking flavor cues from one of his favorite hops, Dereck from GOAL. Brewing crafts a super complex but insanely drinkable Hazy IPA. Find out what makes Royal Ones so special.
It started as a collaboration and ended up becoming a staple. GOAL originally. brewing got together with Animae and Mostra for a beer dinner, it rapidly become a fan favorite for it's next level use of Nelson hops. AMG is a truly San Diego West Coast IPA
Dereck from GOAL. is crafting beers that accompany you while you "Get Out And Live." WE get our first taste of that with His Philippine style Rice Lager, Kampeon.
It's San Diego history in a glass, brewed in conjunction with Ballast Point. Barley and Sword crafted their West Coast IPA reflect how we've come from the English IPA and have crafted something truly out own.
Despite one of the most famous producers of this style of beer going out of business, The California Common was one of the first styles of beer that was uniquely Californian. Barley and Sword pay homage to that OG brewery and beer style with their Sawmill Steam beer.
Our history lesson in beer continues but today is special since we're tasting the style of beer that kicked off a cultural movement in San Diego, English IPA. This historic beer also has a very cool story behind the name that you should probably listen to!
Just as much history lesson as it is a refreshing beer! Today Mike introduces us into his Defence of the Realm Act London Brown Ale that has a crazy history he reflects in his modern day version.
In the world of San Diego Craft Beer, IPAs are king, but there are other styles of beer that are just as good! Mike from Barley and Sword is a perfect example. Nestled comfortably on the corner of El Cajon Blvd and Ohio St in North Park Barley and Sword are cranking out some delicious historical brews that may have you reaching for something different next time your sitting down for a session, we start with their Beoir Dearg Irish Red.
It's better living through science! To end the week of fantastic beers that you can find at the SD Fair Experience, Tom Nickel brings a beer that you normally can't find outside of the hop harvest or "Wet/Fresh Hop" season. Using flash frozen wet hops from the harvest Tom has bought his Green Truck Wet Hop Double IPA back to existence!
Today's beer defines the San Diego IPA experience, so of course it has to be at the SD Fair Craft Beer Experience! Massive flavors with and aroma of bright citrus and tropical fruit balances with a substantial bitterness that reminds you that you are drinking a West Coast IPA.
Societe Brewing has made a name for themselves with their exacting science in crafting and it shows in how they created Bulbous Flower Hazy IPA. Floral, fresh with that stylistic mouthfeel. Bulbous Flowers makes a great Hazy to go with a Turkey Leg!
Not everything at the San Diego Fair Craft Beer Experience is beer, there are some other fantastic crafts represented like our local Cider makers. Today we explore a show favorite from Bivouac and their San Diego Jam Mixed Beery Cider.
This year when the SD Fair kicks off, it'll have a whole new revamped Craft Beer Experience! Tom Nickel from Nickel Beer Company and O'Brien's Pub has helped curate this years offerings so he joins us for Last Call all week! Tonight we start with a cool new brewery that is focusing on more traditional styles that will open your palate up beyond just West Coast IPAs, North Park's own Barley And Sword.
A surprising note to end what was a very hoppy week! Kelsey from North Park Beer Company flexing his over all skill at crafting any kind of beer with a 6% AVB stout that packs and immense amount chocolate called Molten Phenix. Come listen and wish him a happy early birthday!
Anchovies and IPAs don't necessarily sound like they make the best bedfellows (unless you're into salty/fish & hoppy, no kink-shame here) but when the anchovy in question is a name for a new experimental hop...we're talking about a match made in heaven. Kelsey from North Park Beer Company makes good work out of this new hop with a triple dry hopped double Hazy IPA called Extra Anchovies.
North Park Beer Company isn't afraid to use a few hops and their Triple Dry Hopped Art is Hard Hazy IPA is a perfect example of how fearless they are. A staple hazy in the core lineup with an un hinged amount of hops, yet somehow is still incredibly balanced and crushable!
One of the most storied and awarded beers in NPBC history, Hop Fu is THE staple IPA that has more accolades then most can even dream of. Find out why as we knock a few back on a Tuesday.
With multiple tap rooms open and one in development, it's easy to see why it's been forever since Kelsey from North Park Brewing appeared on the show, but we finally got him back! We kick off a week of beers with something very unexpected, a West Coast Pilsner called Simcoe Slammer. What is a West Coast Pilsner you ask? Listen and find out.
Getting a small taste of Winter to wrap up a week with McIlhenny Brewing! Every year they release one barrel aged beer and this last year with Molotov Special Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout. But, don't let this 13% ABV monster fool you or scare you, it's incredibly drinkable with amazing flavors and zero heat!
Come for the beer, stay for the story. The McIlhenny family provenance with New Zealand hops if unchallenged and for good reason, the Rye IPAs they've been making in San Diego are legendary. Muntz is no exception. Listen to why and how it all happened.
McIlhenny Brewing makes an IPA for just about every taste or flavor profile. In a world where the tropical IPAs are king, why not give the people something else to enjoy?! Wizards Wand IPA while fraught with hoppy goodness almost expresses a beeriness. Just try it.
Not a Gangster for life, but a Dankster for life. A throwback San Diego/West Cost IPA with some super choice PNW IPAs and a much more significant malt profile that isn't very common anymore.
It's been (almost) three years since McIlhenny opened their doors in Alpine and we're going to celebrate! Kicking off a week of beers Jamie and Sean have brought a Helles with a twist, some hops from the Pacific Northwest!
It's the staple that made me fall in love with Bivouac Cider, OMG. While POG has been a Hawaiian influenced treat many have done a take on, Lara from Bivouac likes to do things that no one else has done. That's why she put together a Orange, Mango and Guava cider that will have you saying OMG after every sip.
Another Cider from the Road Trip Series and inspired by the Oregon Coast, West Coastin' Blueberry Honey Lavender. Featuring fresh blueberries and lavender with honey from a small PNW farm, this cider has a rich complex nature with a subtle hint of honey.
Inspired by Arizona and our own desert, Prickly Perry get its name from the Prickly Pear fruit in this beverage. A bold flavor and a beautiful color will have you obsessing over this time and time again.
Helping San Diegans slow down and enjoy, Bivouac Cider opened the doors on their Adventure Lodge. Grab and stay coffee and food accompany all their wonderful ciders like their current "Road Trip" series cider, Locals Only Pear Citrus Cider. Featuring local Myers Lemons and Tangerines this cider evokes all the feels of San Diego's citrus bloom in the spring.
In their mission to prove that cider is as approachable as beer yet nuanced as wine, Bivouac Cider kicks off a week of Last Call with their Albright Dry Pear Cider. It's dry and crushable but also holds on to a very subtle sweetness thanks to Pear that will keep you coming back sip after sip!
Beware the unmarked bottle! Shaggy had put this bottle on hold for a celebratory toast, but instead brought it to share on a Friday. A beer he strictly brews for My Yard Live's barrel program, this monster stout spends a good portion of it's life in Bourbon barrels then gets inoculated with different flavor blends, this creation the Hawaiian Baba Yaga will haunt your dreams!
A welcomed Flight of the Concords reference, Flight of the Kiwi's is the New Zealand IPA from My Yard Live. Featuring all New Zealand hops to drive tropicality of flavor but balanced out enough to make it very satisfying for West Coast IPA fans. There is also a small secret about this beer that's brewing for the My Yard Live anniversary, listen to find out what.
There is nothing very sexy about a Brown Ale, especially in a hop obsessed town like San Diego. But the keepers of the Brown Ale flame like Shaggy from My Yard Live have been honing and perfecting their beers for decades (or just over a decade in this case). Don't fear the dark beer and experience what 14+ years of recipe perfecting can do in My Yard Live's Man Cub American Brown Ale.
Leave it to a brewer to set a "romantic date night" in the brewery to make a beer for their significant other. But, it seemed to work out for Shaggy from My Yard Live as the creation between him and his wife Basic Batch landed them an award in the World Beer Cup. Hear about how he'll never, ever live that moment down and what makes this beer so special.
The crew from My Yard Live has a lot of stories to tell and we start our week of beers with one that reflects both family and community, Quatro Amigos Mexican Lager, a beer that started its life as part of the 4DUDESBREW charity arm of the brewery. Listen to the story and you'll understand why this is such a beloved beer at the brewery.
Rounding out the week with a stein full of Bonzi Beach, the West Coast Double IPA from Pure. An insane experience in flavor as this 8.5% ABV DIPA hides all the alcohol in the Nelson, Citra and Simcoe hops giving it an unbelievably light body.
Taking advantage of their fresh crop of Citra hops, Pure Project has crafted a banger of an IPA using nothing but fresh Citra Cryo hops. Citra Spree is it a true experience in the flavor of this beloved hop, get it now!
Never afraid to take on something new and experiment, Pure Project took the burgeoning beer style of Hazy and crafted their own identity with their "Murky" beers. Proving at the time that Hazy doesn't mean lazy, Murklands was one of those iconic beers that blurred the lines between a West Coast flavor profiles and East Coast haze.
A Blonde Ale truly in it's own category. One sip of Tropical Mist Citrus Blonde and you'll be transported to Costa Rica, feeling the jungle mist on your face. Fresh Valencia oranges, California grown wheat and house murky IPA yeast combine to create flavors you'll want to come back to again and again.
A brand new been from Pure Project they just announced last week in collaboration with Patagonia Provisions. It uses a new grain called Kernza that not only adds an unforgettable flavor profile but also is a better more sustainable grain for the planet.
Tomme hinted at it earlier in the week that there was a Double IPA in their line up of new Lost Abbey beers...as we wrap up the week, he delivered!
This beer evokes it's name sake, drinking this IPA will bring you into the right side of happiness. Brewed with a currently experimental hop it blends the line between traditional West Coast IPAs and today's more tropical/hazy IPAs.
Being a fan of San Diego beers, if someone mentions the style Rye IPA there is one beer in specific many people think of, this is not that beer. In fact, this beer doesn't even resemble that, Unseen Things is it's own unique take on making a Tropical Rye IPA that is a must try beer.
With a new tasting room comes new beers and whole portfolio of different styles. Bingo Lady is a blonde for the sophisticated and some might even say eternally classy version of a Blonde Ale.
Lots to talk about with Tomme from The Lost Abbey! He's got a brand new tasting room in Vista along with a lot of new beers they are pumping out of it. Oddly enough we're starting off the week with not a new beer or hard seltzer, but hop water called Holy Water.
Rolling into the weekend with a masked double IPA known only as the Foam Ranger! Find out from Mike how this smooth drinking beer came into the world.
This IPA has nothing to prove because it's already proved it. The bronze medal winner in the West Coast IPA category in the San Diego Beer News Awards, please welcome to your glass, Incognito IPA.
We called down the thunder! Jacked Up brought a beer true to their name, an 11% IPA monster they call Dragonfruit IPA.
Taking a side road from another Jacked Up Beer, Feel My Rasp offers an amazing pale ale profile with a perfect balance of Raspberry on the backend!
it's been years (like pre-covid) since Jacked Up has dropped by the Alt 94/9 studios. This week we play catch up and talk about their beers starting with a Cream Ale called, Cream Ale!
Behold the power of the Burning Beard Cool Ship! Using the power of the wild yeast floating in the East County air Burning Beard is crank out some amazing Lambic and sour ales, Gueuza-a-palooza might be the best one e-v-e-r.
Bring me that West Coast IPA! Dank and dry, a perfect crusher for East County afternoons.
A Hazy IPA with more San Diego flair, substantial bitterness with enough soft umami mouthfeel to let you know you're drinking a hazy.
This week we celebrate their upcoming 8th anniversary! Burning Beard drops by all week for Last Call and what's this?! We're starting the week with a Hard Seltzer!? Learn how Thin Fizzy came into the world.
Brewed as a happy accident, Circle of Hops is San Diego style Pale Ale that's hoppy, easy drinking with a low ABV and the mouthfeel of a much bigger beer. One sip and it's easy to see why this is the number one beer among the Burning Beard Family.
A double IPA with some "gusto" inspired by Ween and their show in SD the crew from Homebrew Mart made this beer "rock."
Another Ballast Point beer that got an instant reaction when it came off the market, Pineapple Sculpin is back and it might be the best version of the beer to date!
Inspired by impromptu car bombs with yesterday's beer and the amazing work Ballast Homebrew Mart has been brewing up. Today Uncle J has provided his Irish Red for us to sample, let's discover "the malt show!"
We the people demanded it's return and Ballast Point finally heard us! The ever popular little brother (or sister) to Victory at Sea is back and on nitro. Come and rediscover this Coffee Cream Ale with us.
Don't let the name Zwicklbier scare you, it's just an unfiltered Pilsner! If you ask Jeff from Ballast Point all the "turbidity" it where the flavor is at...find out for yourself and what San Diego spot in Balboa Park this beer was named after is all about.
We end a fantastic week of celebration with a celebration beer! Originally created for the 25th Anniversary of O'Brien's we pop the cork on this Lost Abbey monster and toast to 30 years of O'Brien's and their standing as The best beer bar in America.
Another day, another reason why O'Brien's managed to take the top spot in USA Today's Best Beer Bar in America! Today we get into the respect and reverence this San Diego institution has had for Belgian Style beers.
Half way thru this week and neither Tyson or Tom from Brien's is slowing down! We continue the celebration of O'Brien's taking the top spot in USA Today's best beer bar in America with a bold citrus forward Blood Orange IPA from Nickel Beer and a mind blowing plate of Ahi Nachos to go along with it.
Continuing our celebration of O'Brien's taking the #1 spot as Best Beer Bar in the USA we sample a local IPA from storied brewers McIlhenny with their new Parallel Paradise IPA and O'Brien's famous wings with a sauce dedicated to a well loved craft beer ambassador and foodie, Nate Soroko.
Last week O'Brien's Pub got named best bar in the country by USA today and became of that that all week we celebrate this awesome San Diego institution! We kick off a Monday with a beer that has just a proud place in IPA culture as O'Brien's it's self, Russian River Pliny the Elder and an amazing Hummas place from the kitchen.
Another benefit to having their Vista tasting room open is that you can now dip into the archives of past special releases like the big barrel aged monsters that are 4 Seasons beers. We end this week with the 2021 edition of Coconut Cake Imperial Stout.
Another tasting room only creation! Playing with beers and blending styles together is truly what makes a happy brewer. Now that Mother Earth Brewing has their tasting room open you can share in these experimental creations like todays very aggressive West Coast IPA called Hop Syndicate.
The whole premise of the Rock & Roll Happy Hour was to pair amazing craft beers with amazing tunes. Mother Earth does a similar version of this with their Project X series, except they pair amazing craft beers with amazing artists for the labels. This Hazy IPA called Urban Solace is their latest edition of the series.
Originally brewed when the Treefort Music Festival tapped Mother Earth Brewing now available outside the music festival. Timber Giant is a crushable low ABV Pale Ale with an aggressive dry hop putting it perfectly right between a Pale Ale and IPA that you can easily drink all day.
Mother Earth has re-opened their Vista tasting room! That means all the creative beers the talented brew team comes up with, you can now enjoy! As we kick of the week, Andrew from Mother Earth brings one of those beers for us to try their German Lager."
Why ask why? Drink Duck Dry! Could possibly be one of the lightest beers in San Diego, this is what happens when a metric boat-load of rice in a beer and let the lager yeast do it's work.
Born from the concept of brewing a homage to a Leucadia crossing guard. The Crossing Wizard was made real thanks to the miracle of science! Now delivering 500-times the tropicality of hops alone, this beer cast prestidigitation on your tongue and no other IPA will ever measure up again.
Tonight a tribute to a long standing beer style with a nod to Anchor brewing and their beloved steam beer!
Taking another beer out of the "not an IPA" category, Duckfoot Brewing's Aviator Glasses Belgian Blonde. All the smooth easy drinking flavors of banana, clove and a hint of bubble gum, rounded out by a subtle hop bite.
Duckfoot Brewing makes amazing IPAs but if you swing by their tasting rooms you'll notice they are not just about San Diego's favorite hoppy brew. You'll find a lot of beer varieties including Belgians. We kick the week off with a small 4% Belgian Table beer called Friar Duck.
Weekend Vibes just got a big brother. The newest edition to the Weekend family, Big Weekend Double IPA. Similar dank, tropical flavors and crushable drinkability but at weekend kickstarting 8.5% ABV.
Two long time San Diego IPA troublemakers join together for a modern nod to the IPA's of old. Come experience what Coronado Brewing and Pizza Port call El Rollo IPA.
A mid-week change up! Taking a break from beer, Coronado Brewing has started to dabble in hard cider. The product is incredibly surprising...find out why!
Huge dank and tropical flavors in this rotating hazy series from Coronado Brewing. Rocky Point might be a current favorite, but drink it while it's around because the next edition is coming soon.
Getting a light start to the week! While lots of breweries in town focus on Blonde Ales and Mexican Style Lagers, Coronado brewing takes a small left turn with their Japanese Style Lager called Nado.
Wrapping up the week with not a beer, but a hard seltzer! After the initial push back from the "craft crowd" may discovered the amazingness that is the 3 Punk Ales Grape Soda.
Spicy and memorable! This seasonal Rye IPA is a beer that will have you obsessing about the next time that Kevin from 3 Punk Ales brews it again.
Something very charming about this low ABV oatmeal stout. It's got all the roasty, dark chocolate flavors and full mouthfeel that you'd expect from a stout but at an easy crushable 4%.
You're never the same once you drink this beer and this beer is never the same when it's made. Every time the 3 Punk Ales crew brews Kill the Pour they change the hop profile so every batch is a limited edition.
Directly from the mad lab that is Troy from Belching Beaver's pilot tanks! West Coast Terps picks up where Tropical Terps left off!
Inspired by the bowling greatness that is Bill Murray's Big Ern comb over, this Imperial Hazy IPA is thiccccccccccccccccccc.
Getting all those coffeehouse vibes from a beer and a golden colored beer at that! The Beaver crew is warping your brain with all those robust stout flavors with out a dark beer.
Any more dankness in this hazy IPA and you might think you've found yourself in your favorite local dispensatory and that's just the way Troy likes it! Today we get into his favorite brewing project Tropical Terps Hazy IPA.
Dry January is over any just like every year Troy from Belching Beaver has dropped by for a week of beers! We start things off with a beer they make in collaboration with the Seal Lacrosse team, Salty's Escape Mexican Style Lager.
The theme from Pure Project's 8th Anniversary is National Parks so it only makes sense to give the crown jewel beer the SMORES treatment. Obsidian Cliffs is a big Barrel Aged 13% ABV Imperial Stout bomb, but surprisingly very crushable!
It's a doubt arch, what does it mean!? Continuing to head closer to the weekend celebration of Pure Projects 8th Anniversary, today we open up another beer made just for the party, a West Coast Could IPA called Double Arch.
For the love of hoppy beers and Rock'n'Roll a fusion of Fall Brewing and Pure Project is born, Electric Warrior Cold IPA! What exactly is a Cold IPA? Listen and find out
Murk is back, back again...To wrap up today, Devin has brought what Pure is truly known for Murky beers and this one ties neatly in with the National Parks theme to this weekend's 8th Anniversary Party, Angel's Landing Single Murky Pale Ale.
Pure Project, I choose yoooooooooou! OK, enough of the Pokémon memes, let's get down to it! This week Devin from Pure Project drops by to talk about what they have in store for their 8th anniversary this weekend AND some of the beers to go along with it. Today we kick things off with the staff created, I Choose Yuzu Javanese Style Rice Lager.
In a world of IPAs the XPA is king! Another beer to celebrate their anniversary tomorrow Burgeon, Seven Wonders is an eXtra Pale Ale that showcases what this brewery can do with their mastery of hops and a very light malt bill.
Flexing on what Burgeon can do when they work with others, Grow House is a fantastic example of how they combined their expertise with hops another with other ideas like hazy IPAs.
We knew that we would get to this staple San Diego IPA at some point! Treevana has become a San Diego IPA that you know even with it was handed to you in a blind taste test.
The #pushforpales continues with this rotating series from Burgeon! This latest edition in their Hand Selected rotating series is a crispy hop bomb that demands to be crushed!
Big things happening for Burgeon Beer! Not only are they kicking off a huge party this weekend but they also have a huge announcement on some earth friendly partnerships they have have forged for 2024! You'll find how they all tire together for a beer you can experience this weekend called "Nature Calls
A beer that was soo good that the only way Mason Ale Works could make it better was to stick it in a rye bourbon barrel and forget about it for 4 years! This edition of Barrel Aged Flat Black is so rare that there is only one keg to be found and it'll be at Urge Gastropub's Black Out event at the end of the month.
Breaking from traditional norms of beer, iPop explores the concept of making a beer inspired by cocktails that doesn't taste like beer...this edition takes its inspiration from a Painkiller.
The hops and crushablity of this double dry hopped hazy IPA called Bangarang may not help you fly but it may make you crow like "the pan."
Bringing all the hops with this hazy IPA from Mason Ale Works, Crowns Hammers & Zombies is crafted to pound your taste buds with lupulin power!
Rekindling a friendship forged in beer and hazy memories, Grant from Mason Ale Works joins Jeremy in studio for the first time since before the Pandemic! Kicking off a week of beers as the new stewards of the Gulls Blue Line Blonde Ale.
The crowning achievement of a weeks worth of cocktails from Gareth and Layback Vodka! We send the week out with a truly decadent desert drink riff off a Golden Cadillac.
With the wind and the rain and the cold there is one winter beverage that is guaranteed to fend of sickness and bad vibes. The hot toddy had been a long standing staple in the arsenal of modern medicine since the dawn age of man, Gareth explains how he creates this miracle elixir.
Gareth from Layback vodka share a "House of debauchery" aka distillery with Henebery so for today's beverage he's brought a bottle of Rye and some homemade egg nog.
Time to kick back and enjoy this last week before Christmas! No better time to have Gareth from Vista's Layback Vodka join us in studio for some fantastic holiday cocktails. Night one, the Layback Espresso Martini.
We've spent the whole week talking food and beer, if you think that's gonna change on a Friday...you're wrong! We close the week out with one of my personal favorite food pairing beers an Amber Ale called Walker Lake.
These Gose Berries taste like Gose Berries! Norther Pine brewing outlines what makes their Gose style beer truly unique.
Crafted for one of Northern Pine Brewing's more energetic patrons it a true to form Czech Style Pilsner that will leave you uplifted and for some reason wanting to listen to EDM.
Roam here a whole summer, if you can. OK, maybe that's not exactly what John Muir said but if he had a hazy IPA like this maybe he'd wanted to take it with him on all his explorations.
Big things are happening at Northern Pine Brewing! They've got a new brewer, new beers and a new restaurant! This week we play catch up and talk beer and food, but first we start with the first beer new Head Brewer Danny brought to Northern Pine Brewing.
Happy belated birthday to Fall Brewing as they just celebrated turning 9 with an anniversary Mexican Dark Lager that leave you asking, if their 8th Anniversary lager got them a bronze at GABF, could their 9th take gold?
It's good to have rockstars as friends, Rocket From the Crypt tapped Fall to brew a Collab beer that goes well with hard fist pumping, burning calf jumping San Diego rock & roll...I think they succeeded.
Originally brewed for Fall's 8th Anniversary last year, it became such a fan favorite that they had to add it to the fulltime lineup. Discover why...
Something crisp and crushable to start the week with Fall Brewing. Brewed in collaboration with Italy's own Alder Beer. This pilsner boasts notes of lemongrass, yuzu and Orange Blossom.
All week Kerin and Delaney have been teasing this amazing flavor combination, so as the coup de grâce for a Friday we finally get to taste the Espresso Martini!
I was extremally hesitant when it came to the thought of Sweet Vermouth and Peanut Butter Tequila, BUT the combo was actually rather impressive!
While we experiment with what Maniball Peanut Butter Tequila can do, today's cocktail is the most exciting because it's my personal favorite style of cocktail.
Maniball, while awesome straight up is also an amazing spirit base for your favorite cocktails! Tonight Kerin and Delaney flex on how Maniball can add depth to a tropical drink like a Peanut Colada
If peanut butter works in whiskey, why not tequila! Maniball is a locally produced Peanut Butter Tequila that offers a flavor profile that is a truly unique experience that must be tried!
We're all better when we're together! Collaboration is at the heart of all good ideas, be it food or beer. This beer takes in consideration Shoots Hawaiian origin and Seaborn Cocktails POG margarita to make a POG Hazy IPA.
Everyone in a while you have to do something that completely goes against convention. For Shoots all their beers have been very complimentary to the food they serve...this DIPA is unapologetically diametrically opposed to all those other beers.
Keeping with their theme of food friendly beers, Shoots has crafted an IPA that focuses on all the floral and tropical notes from hops with our the bitterness.
It's growing in popularity, the "Trashy American" beers. More and more craft breweries are cranking out well made versions of these macro beers. Today we shotgun...err, sample Shoots re-creation as their Blonde Ale.
Shoots in North County San Diego has two focuses fish and beer, both should compliment each other and not dominate your palate. This week we dig into their culinary beers starting with one that was designed and brewed with the crew from AleSmith, a Japanese Lager.
As always MEB likes to push the envelop when it comes to their barrel aged beers and for Autumn 2023 they leaned on a New Orleans favorite cocktail, Sazerac.
Brewed specifically for San Diego Beer Week this IPA pulls together all the things we're loving in new world IPAs; light bodied and crisp along with all the tropical hop aromas and piney dankness.
On the heels of Halloween the latest installment of the Mother Earth Project X beer (combines Beer and Art) is their Hop Monster...it's a hazy graveyard smash!
Fresh hop season is wrapping up but there are still a few of these left floating around San Diego, but if you see it grab it and drink it because when it comes to hops you want to drink it as Fresh As It Gets.
It's Beer Week in San Diego and Andrew from Mother Earth is pulling all the stops! Starting our week with the Gold Medal Winning IPA from the San Diego International Beer Festival...so it's kinda of a big deal.
Happy SD Beer Week! Remy from Hopnonymous grew up drinking fantastic Belgian beer, so we he established a brewery of his own bringing a pint of home to SD was very important. That is where Hunter stepped in and help "Californicate" a classic Belgian beer now known as The Dorsty Lion.
As Wet Hop season wraps up there are still amazing beers to be found in tasting rooms all over San Diego...two of those can be found at Hoponoymous both using the same Amarillo wet hop, one is your standard West Coast IPA, the other a Hazy Double IPA.
Brewing a beer with purpose if one of the coolest thing you can do as a brewery. Hunter from Hopnonymous has someone in his life who has been battling and is now in remission. But, the hospital bills are stacking up and she needs help. Every pint of this beer helps out with that issue.
Hoponoymous Brewing loves to take cues from their personal experience and the neighborhood that the brewery is a part of, today's beer takes a nod from the amazing cuisine you'll find up and down Convoy.
Its the countdown to San Diego Beer Week on Friday! Our neighbors Hopnonymous Brewing join us all week as we prepare for the festivities! We start the week of with what Hunter lovingly refers to as his version of a "trashy" American Lager.
I try not to pick favorites during the week but hands down, from the first sip I had of Malahat's Spied Rum, I wanted to get Ken in for a show. At the end of the week he doesn't disappoint.
Another one of Ken from Malahat trips inspired another spirit, this time how to took wild black tea and crafted a rum around it.
It's always a cool treat to hear how life's journey can inspire everything even down to what we drink. Tonight Ken from Malahat takes us on a motorcycle trip that help shape his Mekong River Gin
Yesterday Ken spoke about how he crafted his Rye before his Bourbon, today we get into his bourbon and he approaches the flavors he wants to express.
Ken from Malahat Spirits starts this week strong with one of his favorites, a self described "Rye-Guy" who crafts one mean 100% Rye Whiskey
Today it kicks off! The Wet Hop Fest is underway at O'Brien's with wet hop beers from all over! One of the shining achievements is this beer we end the week with, a tribute to Tom's favorite truck, an all Amarillo fresh hop DOUBLE IPA.
A tribute to the man who saved the Centennial hop! Tom tells a great story about how Mr. Olsen went rogue and kept alive what he believed was a fantastic hop.
I didn't sign up for a beer called "Death Tongue" but Tom didn't let me down when he brought me Jalapeno Gold. It's surprisingly more balanced than a beer with habanero should be, plus the addition of fresh Oregon Chinook hops...the hops really tie the room together.
Fresh hop season day 2! Another creation from Nickel Beer using fresh Strada hops from Oregon. This hop gives off similar vibes to Mosaic but with a tad more earthiness and the way Tom uses it makes this a crushingly good IPA made "his way."
All this week we countdown the days to O'Brien's Wet Hop Festival with Nickel Beer brews made for Wet Hop season. What exactly is "wet hop season" listen and find out!
Geoff decided to end the week with the same grand finale he provides at this tasting room, a shot of his Banana Rum and a little of his Rum Barrel Aged Maple Syrup. Each on their own a marvel of craft and flavor but a combination of the two together is something you need to witness to understand!
No surprise when Beach Boy Mike Love stopped by the Seven Caves tasting room to create the next line of Club Kokomo Cocktails his better half picked this rum cocktail as her favorite. Made with the out of this world Jasmine Tea Rum with Guava and Lychee, one sip and you'll understand the supernatural power behind Mystique.
Huge shout out to Amy Truong from Paru Tea Bar for supplying the next level Jasmine tea that Geoff from Seven Caves puts in his Jasmine Tea Rum! This rum provides you with all the subtle and delicate Jasmine and green tea.
You never know what might happen when Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Mike Love pops into your tasting room. For Seven Caves it was the beginning of an epic collaboration of spirts and flavors starting with today's beverage, Excitation.
Geoff from Seven Caves tossing out surprises on day one! Not your normal Juniper / Pine Tree punch in the face gin, Seven Caves Tropical Gin is a treat for anyone who likes a tiki drink or something with an umbrella coming out of it.
A traditional weisn style lager- more complex in aroma and flavor than a standard pilsner but not as malty or sweet as a marzen. A great year-round lager perfect for crisp sunny days, it’s a San Diego favorite!
Experience Eppig's Mexican-style Vienna (amber) lager. Fermented clean and cold with a kiss of sweet summer corn and caramel in the aroma. A crisp, refreshing & light lager that will help you beat the summer heat.
Wrapping up the week of great beers from Ballast Point and Home Brew Mart, Jeff brings the icing on the cake! A beer that reflects the identity of Ballast Point as well as it's origins, Grunion Pale Ale.
A new beer to the Ballast Point lineup and much to the theme of this week, it's a San Diego Twist on a classic take. Speedboat is a blonde ale that borrows from brewers south of the border with the additional of sea salt and lime.
Jeff is back with another Ballas Point Home Brew Mart creation! Just like yesterday where the HBM brewers put a San Diego spin on a Fest beer, today get their SD take on a Pilsner loaded with New Zealand's most tropical hops.
It's Oktoberfest Season and Ballast Point is kicking theirs off right now! Jeff From Ballast Point comes bearing the gifts of Ballast Point Homebrew Mart and their Califonication of a traditional Fest Bier!
Anthony was teasing us since Wednesday that there was another "secret" beer he was about to unleash on us, today...Friday...the day before Ube Day 2024 he decides to whip out his Tropical Popsicle
The hop is in the name, Nelson! This bad by is hopped with nothing but Nelson hops from "down under." The flavor of this beer is more along the lines of a fine wine but you don't want to age this before enjoy it! Enjoy it fresh and enjoy it now.
Anthony drops some details about this weekends Ube Day 2023 and we get around to drinking what Harland Brewing is known for, their Hazy IPA
It's really amazing what you can do when you just change one "thing" in a beer. Taking a page from their India Pale Whale Harland brewers do one thing different with Tropical Whale that makes it a whole new beer, find out what!
This weekend Harland Brewing celebrates Ube Day 2023! As we count off the days of the week headed towards Saturday, we'll hear more about what festivities are in the works. But, first we need to start with a beer, Harland's Japanese Lager
Updating a Karl Strauss classic IPA that pays homage to where the brewery has come from and where it's going next. We wrap a Friday with a beer named after a very familiar San Diego Lifeguard tower.
One of the best IPAs in the world according to the world beer cup! Brewed with Simcoe, Mosaic, Amarillo, and Citra hops. Robust flavors and aromas of tropical fruit, pine, and tangerine linger through a dry, crisp finish.
Bring on the malts! Yesterday we got into Karl Strauss' Oktoberfest today we toast the day with a beer that was originally brewed as their first holiday ale. It's a beer as iconic as the San Diego public transporation it's named after, Red Trolley.
It's THAT time of year, no not PSL season, OKTOBERFEST! Paying homage to the worlds biggest party Karl Strauss has been brewing this Marzen style lager with the same recipe year after year just like the festival in Munich.
You gotta use your hands when you said it, "Affogato." We end the week with a amazing variation on AleSmith's Speedway Stout!
The perfect San Diego cooler IPA that is ready to bring a crushable West Coast style IPA to any party.
A German classic amber lager that's recipe goes back for hundreds of years, made famous for being served at Munich's Oktoberfest since 1872. The AleSchmidt take is clean, elegant and perfectly toasty.
Clean crisp and light bodied, a collaboration with San Diego State University this is the prefect beer to pair with a show, a game or anything you can do in the sun.
We wrap up the week with a real force of hoppiness. The second colab beer to be featured at the dinner a cold IPA juiced with hoppy goodness called DuoIPA.
Now it's time for something brand new! Abnormal has been consistently making amazing New Zealand inspired IPAs and Secret Paradise is the latest in that line.
As we get closer to the beer dinner on Sunday, we're starting to get into some of the collaboration between these two breweries. First a collab that was brewed at Mother Earth called Uncommon Ground.
Abnormal pouring one out for us on a Tuesday. From their core lineup we get to sample how Abnormal does their blonde.
This week, two titans of the San Diego brewing community have joined force to host on epic beer dinner. This week both Abnormal Beer Co and Mother Earth Brewing come together the Alt studio to showcase some of the beers you'll find being shown off at the beer dinner, we start with Mother Earth's Tierra Madre.
We end this week with how it started for SouthNorte, with a beer! This Fall seasonal was inspired by a story about Saint Diego. Listen to find out how Pan A Flores got it's name.
It was only a matter of time before we got into Margarita territory. Let's see how SouthNorte measures up!
It was a dink I had never heard of before, but after one whiff was eager to try, think of it as like a margarita with pineapple, A LOT of pineapple and SouthNorte calls it the Matador.
Everyone loves a Mule, so SouthNorte turned it up a bit by swapping the vodka for tequila for their Mexican Mule. Ideal for floating around in the pool on the weekend.
When last we saw SouthNorte they were only making beer, now they have a whole line of amazing tequila based craft cocktails! This week Ryan from SouthNorte drops in to tell us all about the amazing drinks he's crafting all inspired by his time south of the border. We start with a Paloma!
Sometime you feel like playing from the tips. Just like in golf you better mean business if you roll up to the black tees, Longball means business with this 10% double Hard Lemon Iced Tea
The base that started it all. Simple and easy to drink it's 23.5% alcohol with Lemon and Black Tea. You can shoot it, mix it or drop an ice cube in it and enjoy.
Longball started with the base spirit of their Lemon Iced Tea "Shooter" so today we craft a beverage named after one of the best shooters out there...The Arnold Palmer.
Unless you spend time around a golf course bar, you might not have ever heard of a Transfusion. Join us as we discover what this blue canned beverage is from Longball
Kicking off the week with something new! Longball is a new Hard Lemon Iced Tea to come out of San Diego. This week we'll try everything this golf and goodtime themed brewery has to offer starting with the White Can.
All week we've been enjoying Bivouac's San Diego ciders, we end the week with something that is very transitionally English. Made from Dabinett Heritage cider apples this is the perfect way to wrap up a Friday.
Part of their core lineup at Bivouac (and also named after another knot) Marlin Spike Pineapple Pear Cider is a true experience that has to be tasted or experienced like Brooke's story...you'll understand once you listen.
Tonight we try the new-new. You've more than likely tried POG, but unless you've been to Bivouac you've never had OMG.
Yesterday Lara from Bivouac was explaining the difference different types of cider, tonight we'll flirt with something that is almost a perry but not exactly with Albright pear cider.
Nestled in the heart of North Park, Bivouac Ciderworks offers a uniquely San Diego perspective on cider. Life is an Adventure and you deserve a cider that fits into whatever you're doing. We start the week with a vibrant mixed berry cider that takes it's name from where it was created.
Adventure is out there and this beer is for the adventurous. We end this week of amazing Embolden Beer with a big, yet very easy to drink double IPA
This was the beer that sold me on Embolden Beer the first time Andy joined me for Last Call. Today we re-visit one of my favorite hazy IPA's.
Half way through the week and Andy brings the hops in a brand new West Coast/San Diego Style IPA called Broken Record, so named because it's something you'll come back to enjoy again, and again, and again, and again...like a broken record.
Another hot day, deserves another amazing beer that you could enjoy with your toes in the sand. BUT, since you can't drink on the beach in San Diego, Litehouse is a perfect "sand adjacent" crusher.
Embolden Beer is back for another week of Last Call! This time around Andy is showcasing some of their newest creations like their #1 seller for when it's a hot one!
Bamboozled! At no point in this week was there mention of a HOT rye whiskey but that's what we're ending the week on, Henebery Carolina Reaper Rye.
Its two-fer Thursday! After sampling the Henebery Celebrated Series we finally get to the base Rye Whiskey annnnnnd their Dublin Mercantile Irish Whiskey
Last of Celebrated Series and in my opinion the one I'm most excited about! An Old Fashioned Rye Whiskey that allows me to pour and add ice for the perfect cocktail.
Dipping into the celebrated series from Henebery yet again! This time a bottle that was the solution to the problem of having too many drink orders for a Chai cocktail.
Starting off a week of Henebery Rye Whiskey by dipping into their "Celebrated Series." First up a tasty salted caramel treat.
We wrap the week with another 5yr spirit from Storyhouse (this one happens to be my own personal obsession). Nothing says "Rock & Roll Happy Hour" like a Straight Rye on a Friday night!
Now we get into the "good stuff" whiskey and bourbon that was laid down before even the doors to story house were flung open. Aged 5 years in virgin barrels, with a distinctive malt bill that focuses on rounding out the corn flavors in whiskey, this is a straight bourbon, no chaser.
Yesterday Steve introduced us to one of his two different types of gin. Today Steve shows off his dry gin with a very classy and classic cocktail.
Do you like yacht music? No, not Steely Dan, Loggins and Messina and Toto. The cocktail that has been on the menu since day one of Storyhouse Spirts. It's a truly magical experience that perfectly showcases their California Costal Gin!
Storyhouse Spirits in downtown has been around for 5 years and this week they make their debut on the Rock & Roll Happy Hour. Steve joins Jeremy all week for cocktails, spirts and stories...prepare yourself!
Tomorrow is the big 5th anniversary for Ketch Brewing and for this very auspicious occasion they've brewed the biggest beer they have ever dared to undertake. It's a full bore citrus bomb of 12% triple IPA called Anchor Down...get some!
Part of the fun in brewing is being able to create things that are seasonally relevant, like a lemon IPA at the beginning of summer! Yellow submarine is a ridiculously bright IPA that your last chance to try will be this weekend.
So fresh and so clean! Ketch's Celestial Navigation is a perfect example of a West Coast style IPA, that is bright, flora and very easy to drink!
With a name like Billheimer you'd image he'd be rather adept in crafting something that takes its roots back to Cologne Germany. As we continue our countdown to Ketch Brewing's 5th Anniversary on Saturday, today we tip a glass to the Ketch Kolsch.
It's been a blistering 5 years for Ketch Brewing! This week we're setting up for the party happening on Sunday. For Tyler and Sam this is their first chance to bring the entire Ketch friends and family together for a party since the pandemic started. We kick off the week with a beer that bears the name of the good Dr. with Dr. Billheimer's Magic Pilsner with a sloooooooooow headdy pour.
Yesterday Justin from Mate Make casually dropped that the guys behind Rufus Du Sol are co-founders of Mate Maker. Today we get to the bottom of that story over a hard kombucha cocktail.
Inspired by co-founders Rufus Du Sol and the Sundream festival. Mate Maker brewers wanted to craft a beverage that payed homage to the South of the border roots of the festival with a tepache inspired hard kombucha.
Give the Aussies a POG and watch them mix it up, in the best way possible! Keep the Passion Fruit, keep the Guava, ditch the Orange and use a Blood Orange instead.
Born in Australia, made in San Diego. Mate Maker is a group of Aussies that wanted a delicious alternative to drinking beer that also fit into their active lifestyle. Fruit forward delicious hard kombucha that will keep you sitting around a fire telling stories and making mates.
This week all started with Sean dropping off a bottle of Shadow Ridge Distilling's new Gin, so it's only fitting we wrap up the week making a delicious Gin & Tonic.
The bottle bears the last name of the boss, Hallman Cask Strength Bourbon. This is something Sean teased us with last year and delivered on this week, was it worth the wait? Find out.
Technically it's not tequila if it's not made in Jalisco, but it doesn't stop Shadow Ridge Distilling from playing with some fermented agave. This special release was "forgotten" and lucky for us became SRD's first Agave Anejo.
Always listen to your chief! A tribute to the year Navy Chief Petty Officer was established, Sean from SRD created a Navy Strength Rum that is worth of the rank.
Sean at Shadow Ridge Distilling thought he was just dropping off a bottle of his new gin today, little did he know that he was getting talked into a whole week of Last Call! Like the true purveyor of fine spirits that he is, we opened a bottle of Gin and toasted the day.
Wrapping up an amazing week of beverages from modbom with a very special cocktails that is very sentimental to founder Aubree.
The roots of modbom go deep down to where it started in the basement of the little speakeasy known as the Acid Vault. Tonight we pay homage to that SD cocktail mainstay with a drink from Anna's recipe book, Existential Detective.
Hump Day cocktail and this is one of the most Instagramable you'll find anywhere. Cactus & Velvet. A desert inspired milk punch made with Old Harbor gin, falernum, lemon, prickly pear and a cactus fruit ice cube.
Sipping on my gin and house made tonic! modbom's G+T is a Spanish style Gin & tonic with house made tonic and bergamot. Light bight and citrusy, the most mind-blowing element is the house made tonic with all locally sourced ingredients.
Wrapping up a Memorial weekend with a bang! One of the newest spots in East Village is a coffee bar, cocktail bar, BBQ joint and speak easy. Learn who and what .modbom. is with our first beverage the Lush Bom Latte.
Kick off of the big two year anniversary weekend with the release of their triple IPA, Mcilhenny Brewing is also dropping some think slightly more sessionable (then a IIIPA), bitter and tropical. You and this beer may become "Best Buds"
This is the beer I've been waiting all week for! A New Zealand IPA that is truly mind blowing from first sip to last.
Mcilhenny Brewing isn't bashful when it comes to big hoppy beer. They have already flexed their lupulin prowess earlier this week, now they step it up to a double and Wild Child.
Its a dry Irish Stout for any occasion! No frills, no BS, just a malty easy drinking alternative when you need a break from the hops.
In all my years of promoting San Diego's Craft Beer Scene on the radio I've only had this week's guest on once! This week we get 5 nights of Shawn and Jamie Mcilhenny of Alpine's Mcilhenny Brewing Company. We start things off light, with a 6.5% IPA called Wizards Wand.
End of the week as we celebrate the 13the anniversary of Mother Earth Brewing Company! Tonight we dine in rarity as Andrew has pulled out a can of 4 Seasons Winter '22.
This is the beer we've been leading up to all week! To celebrate their 13 years Mother Earth has unleashed an almost 11% AVB hop-bomb that is their anniversary triple IPA, Big Mother!
While we like to combine beer and music together, Mother Earth likes combine beer and art. Their Project X series beers does that exact thing! Their latest offering isn't here for a long time, but its here for a good time.
There's a new addition to the Cali family at MEBC and if you love the soft, pillowy mouthfeel of a nitro beer from your favorite pub you need to listen to this.
Mother Earth opened up May of 2010, so all week we're celebrating their anniversary and the release of their IIIPA. But, it's Monday and we need to start with something a little on the lighter side of life with Tierra Madre.
This is it! End of the week! We're going BIG! Topping what we did yesterday with the Cheat Sheet IPA, say "hello" to Cheat Machine DIPA and a smokey Yamwich
This Nickel Beer Company IPA is my not so secret obsession. Equal parts "new school" tropical and "old school" bitterness. It's also a beer that tells a story about San Diego, listen and find out what it is.
The studio smells like jalapeños and I'm in total fear of what is about to happen in my mouth (and insides). But, Tom promises that this isn't going to burn...right.
Pork belly! Two big tributes for a Tuesday! One, a beer that pays homage to Tom's Great Grandfather C.C. O'Neill and two, a sandwich that tips it's cap to one of the great pillars of San Diego Beer Big Nate.
Tom is back! Our good friend from up on the mountain has descended from Julian to join us all week for delicious Nickel Beer Company Beers (and some choice food pairings)! We start off the week nice and easy with Lake Cuyamaca Lager and some Beer Cheese.
South O has taken a lot of influence from their surrounding area, today's beer is no exception as their IPA pays tribute to one of the more legendary homes in Oceanside.
What is a "Bogan" exactly? South O has dedicated a rather fantastic Pale Ale to this Australian term for the kind of person who blasts Kid Rock and only gets to see his kids on the weekend, but doesn't show up.
Cinco de Mayo happens on Friday and here's a local Oceanside Mexican style lager you should consider adding to your fridge.
A few weeks ago I got my first taste of South O Brewing and I wanted more! This week they join me all week for Last Call. We start things off on the lighters side with their version of Czech Style Pilsner named after O-side's very exclusive St Malo.
We end the week by taking the hazy IPAs to 11! Only brewed seasonaly this beer is Bussin' (no literally, that's what it's called).
Browns aren't the most popular style of beer. So, to brew one you need to be very passionate about the style and very good a brewing it. Hodad's has both! Brewing an American Brown Ale that is more dry then it's sweeter nut-brown counterparts. Throwback Brown is a perfect malty offering that pairs out of this world good with food.
A perfect Tuesday for a Baja Style lager. There are a lot of Mexican Style Lagers in San Diego these days, Hodad's takes their inspirations from that Baja attitude.
Letdown. honed his craft during the pandemic and created an album that is very much a audio diary of his pains and struggles. While he's in town playing the Casbah tonight we sat down to catch up over beverages.
Hodad's, known for amazing food also has their own award winning brewery right in the heart of Kearny Mesa. This week the Hodad's crew joins us in the studio to showcase their brews starting with a nice easy Blonde Ale.
Cinco Party! We end the week with something special, a very buzzworthy taco Senor Grubby's is only pulling out for Cinco De Mayo and we're paring it along with the Mexican Style Lager that they collabed on with South O Brewing.
Nite Cap - Time to slow things down a little. When you need to wind down from a crazy Cinco De Mayo, grab a glass of local CalFino tequila and the freshly prepared Senor Grubby's Ceviche...then all you need to do is enjoy.
Dinner - Cinco De Mayo dinner requires a cocktail and that HAS to be a margarita! Senior Grubby's Cadillac margarita is a handmade masterpiece that starts with fresh squeeze juices and local tequila from Calfino. Pair that up with a signature Al Pastor torta and you'll want to make sure that you've got someone to share this with.
Lunch Time! Senior Grubby's loves our Padres so every year for the baseball season they roll out Pad Dogs inspired by our favorite players. Today we've got the Joe Musgrove inspired Cali Kid (think California burrito on a TJ hot dog) paired with a Press IPA from DogLeg Brewing.
It's never too early to start planning Cinco De Mayo in San Diego! Our friends at Senior Grubby's are cooking up a huge day long celebration that start in the morning, so that's how we're going to talk about it this week on Last Call. Today we start with breakfast!
End of the week and we wrap things up with a San Diego OG beer and tribute to the hosts of the San Diego Beer News Awards.
When it comes to a San Diego Belgian Ale Societe brewing knows where it's at. This isn't The Harlote's first time at the top of the podium, listen and find out why.
There's nothing that I can say about this beer that Melody from Burgeon hasn't said in past episodes. But, if you're looking for a beer that is light, refreshing, but still hoppy and flavorful, there is a reason this beer won gold
Finally we've got Brandon in studio for a beer! He walks us through on of the medal winning beers from Pure Project called Rain.
Big things happening in San Diego! Aztec Men's basketball, Padres Home opener and last week's San Diego Beer Awards. This week we'll be joined by Brandon Hernandez who helms the awards but first we'll start with a story and some good luck.
It's like Jason knows the inner workings of my soul. We need the our week of Abnormal beers with an IPA! Not just any IPA, he's already given us examples of how he makes San Diego IPAs now he's taking us to a land down under with a New Zealand style IPA.
Yesterday Jason from Abnormal introduced us to the breweries Pie Series, while 3 of these are Imperial Weiss beers one is a barrel aged monster. This year at monster is Mud Pie, find out what it's about!
Even though we're about to wrap up March we can still celebrate the nerd holiday of Pie (3.14~) Day! Jason from Abnormal brought one of the pie creations he put together for this years celebration.
There are a lot of IPA "types" out there; Imperial, West Coast, Hazy, Cold, San Diego. Yes, San Diego has a subtype of its own and Abnormal Boss Pour IPA is a perfect example of that style!
It's always a blast to check in on Abnormal Beer Co. In addition to a solid core line up of beers like Boss Pour, Brewer Jason Martin is also pushing the envelope and trying different twists on core styles. Tonight we try thier take on a German Pilsner called 3-DPO.
It's the most awarded beer in modern Great American Beer Fest history! Tabula Rasa Porter from Second Chance Brewing. Listen to find out why!
T'was the day before St. Patrick's Day and we're drinking the local craft beer that you should be drinking to celebrate the holiday, Second Chance Brewing's Mulligan Irish Red (Amber Ale)
Every dog has it's day and Second Chance brewing believes that should be a beautiful New Day (IPA). A great example of where San Diego IPAs have been and where they are going, balanced between tropical aromas and substantial bitterness.
Take an award winning sour beer and then throw some gummy candies in it. What could go wrong?!...nothing! Brain child of Virginia from Second Chance its a beer that just about anyone can agree that its delicious.
It's been three years since we last saw Second Chance Brewing in the Alt studios! A lot has been going on with this local brewery and some of it starts with this beer we're enjoying on a Monday, a collab with the San Diego Gulls - Blue Line Blonde Ale
All week Dylan from Burning Beard has share old favorites and created a few new favorite beers. So, it's fitting that we end the week with a beer that harkens back to the taste and style that got a lot of us hop-heads in to craft beer in the first place.
If you're gonna make a beer referencing the God Father of Punk then you better bring the liquid! Burning Beard does exactly that with their take on an East Coast Hazy Beer called Iggy Hops.
San Diego has LOTS of IPAs but what about ESBs? Banksy ESB was the beer that turned me on to what makes Burning Beard such a cool brewery.
Lots of breweries collaborate with bands, but it takes a truly punk rock brewery to collab with a museum!
Burning Beard Brewing is preparing for their 7th Anniversary celebrations of beer, music and community. To prepare for that Dylan from Burning Bear Brewing joins Jeremy for a week of beer for our Last Call and today we start out with a beer so Normal it's cool.
We're ending the week BIG! Say "hello" to my 14% ABV friend Branded & Barreled Banana Pancakes. Don't attempt to down this 19.2 oz monster by yourself, this is a crack it and share with friends kind of beverage.
Fall of Troy - Orange Vanilla Imperial IPA - Big ABV double IPA with notes of orange and vanilla like a bold beery version of your favorite childhood ice cream treat.
What happens when you let Troy loose in the brewery? You get a new style IPA that derives it's tropical flavor and dank aroma from terps and so Tropical Terps is born!
Belching Beaver knows how to make IPAs and their hazy IPA Hazers Gonna Haze it a literal liquid reference to the style!
Troy and Mark from Belching Beaver wondered into the studio with promises of new beer creations but that was just a tease of things to come this week. We start off the week with an instant classic a beer that as much of the Belching Beaver core as any IPA, their collaboration with Deftones, Phantom Bride.
It's the weekend and the vibes are appropriate! Weekend Vibes IPA from CBC is liquid San Diego sunshine and the perfect way to kick off a weekend no matter what the weather.
Hops are fun and when you give brewers the chance to explore with them you get really cool beers. Coronado is rolling out a rotating IPA series themed after famous surf breaks, today we discover what makes Rocky Point
A San Diego classic! As iconic as the landscape, we re-discover what makes Orange Ave so SD.
What started as a one time collaboration ended up being a match made in paradise. When Salty Crew came to Coronado Brewing for a movie premier and suggested a beer to go along with it, what came out was magic!
New things are brewing on Coronado island! Aidan from Coronado Brewing Co joins us all week to showcase what magical liquid they have been working on. We start things off with a brand new beer they just launched called Nado (pronounced like coro-NADO).
We're ending the week huger! Plus we've also got a huge duckin' announcement from one of the quacks in charge!
Behold the mighty Sasquack! A Belgian style Tripel that after one sip will instantly whisk you away to a grand platz in Bruges Belgium drinking with a group of grandmothers at 10am after church...at least that's how Matt from Duck Foot sees it.
Jumping off what the gang at Duck Foot learned while making Hazy McBeer Face, Cluck Buddies a collaboration with The Crack Shack turns the tropicality of hazy IPAs to 11!
You don't learn anything if you don't try something new! That's exactly what Duck Foot Brewing did with this brand new Hazy IPA Hazy McBeer Face. Listen to find out what made this hazy so much different.
It's always a blast when the Duck Foot gang stomp in the studio doors! This week for last call they are brining back one of my personal favorites that is my go-to when I'm not drinking and IPA.
We're ending the week BIG, REAL BIG! Big cans and big ABV as we dive into Green Flash Imperial West Coast IPA in a 19.2oz can!
Hazy beers are here to stay so why not have some fun with them. Green Flash takes their flagship West Coast IPA and turns it into a hazy beer.
It was the creation that forged a style and it started right here in San Diego with Green Flash West Coast IPA.
Andy called me and said he had something "big" to show me, I had no idea he was bringing one of San Diego's top 5 selling IPAs in a 19.2oz can! Share in our beautiful duet..
Athletic Lite - You know from the label it's a standard Lite beer, but unlike other Lite beers this bad boy is a "I'm gonna slam the whole can in one gulp" crushable 25 calories and 5 carbs amazingness.
Upside Dawn Golden - Classic Golden Ale style; refreshing, clean, balanced, Light-bodied with subtle floral notes. If you're scared to put your toe in the water of a NA Craft Beer, make this one your first.
Run Wild IPA - A true take on a classic IPA with more caramel malts and a blend of five Northwest Hops making this IPA a balance between bitterness and malt body.
Free Wave Hazy IPA - Crushable at any time, Free Wave is a refreshing combo of hops and that fuller mouthfeel you expect from a hazy IPA.
For those who participate in Dry January it can be hard to fight the urge to grab a delicious beer. But what if you can have all the beer flavor without the alcohol? Athletic Brewing is your answer and today we start off with a West IPA that takes it name from the local brewer who created it.
We end our week with Five Suits Brewing coming full circle. Nick started Five Suits after winning multiple awards as a home brewer, our Friday beer is lift to home brewers!
Its about time we got an IPA from Five Suits Brewing! This hazy IPA features a very in demand hop that is a cousin to Nelson hops, but once you meet Nectaron you're not going to want much else!
A midweek twist on yesterday's Pit Bos Hef from Five Suits Brewing...what if you threw a bunch of mango in the beer? We find out.
From home brewer to pro brewer, Nick from Five Suits Brewing has taken his passion to new levels. Some beers root back to the beginning like his very traditional take on a Hef. Find out why this one is the B.O.S. (Best in Show)
A brewery that dared to open it's doors during the pandemic is still going strong in 2023! Meet the two behind Five Suits Brewing in Vista and our first beer with them that was brewed out of necessity during the pandemic.
It's been a great week of beers with himself (aka Tomme Arthur) tonight with finish off our Christmas cheer with a big, BIG beer.
It's a beer known by many names, but this cuvee is 3 years away from getting it's drivers license. Think about that!
A Christmas miracle wrapped in a red cup....errr can! Learn the wonders of this holiday inspired IPA from The Hop Concept
It's bad form to leave milk and cookies out for Santa Tomme, his preferred beverage is a double IPA named Mongo.
It's time for Santa Tomme's Holiday Extravaganza! The master of all Tomme Arthur joins us in studio this week to enjoy the holiday spirit and talk about Santa's Village happening right now at The Lost Abbey
We end this amazing week of hoppy beers with what Burgeon Beer calls THE San Diego IPA, a little be old school and a little bit new...say "hello" to Treevana IPA.
IF you don't like Citra then we can't be friends...this beer is jammed full of not one, not two, but three different variations of Citra Hops!
This mirage only appears once a year and this 6th Mirage manifests itself as a West Coast IPA loaded with huge hop flavors of Nelson, Citra and Simcoe.
Nothing beats amazing synergy during a beer collaboration. There is no doubt that Burgeon Beer and Kern River Brewing have that perfect chemistry with their new beer Floatville IPA.
Burgeon is back with plenty of hops and a retro themed birthday party to talk about! We kick off the week with a beer for a cause as we drink to support Ales for ALS and Kelvin Strong.
It's Victory at Sea day! (technically 12/18) But, this is the day that Jeff has brought me my very favorite version of the beer, Barrel Aged Victory At Sea.
It's purple! Leave it to the crew at the OG Home Brewmart to come up with the concept of making a Ube purple Hazy IPA!
Ohh help me, Jeff brought me a pepper beer. Normally I'd be afraid, but honestly this Serrano Kolsch not something be scared of.
Reunited and it feels so good! I get to hang out with one of my favorite local beer people for the firs time since COVID lockdowns. Jeff from Ballast Point is starting us off with something light for a Monday, something the bridges the gap between a Vienna Lager and a Mexican Lager.
He knows if you've been bad or good, so be good and maybe you can be his little helper. Port Brewing's Santa's Little helper is as O.G. a San Diego Holiday beer as it comes. Unchanged by the decades this big 10% ABV Imperial Stout sings with flavors of dark Cocoa and roasted coffee.
Here is a big boozy Christmas Belgian! One of the first beers I was introduced to when I started to get into craft beer, it's a favorite to pick up every year.
Tonight we travel to Belgium for a 9.8% abv Belgian strong ale that sings "it's Christmas Time"
Today we kick off a weeks worth of Christmas beers you should be able to find at your local liquor store or bottle shop. First beer up, one of the OG holiday IPAs Sierra Nevada Celebration.
A Melograno canned cocktail that comes full circle to it's fermented agave roots, Melon Margarita.
Be prepared to be amazed at the flavors Melograno brings to this Orange Blossom Martini. Not the citrus crush that you might expect, this cocktail in a can has a distinctive floral note from the orange blossom that will keep your palate coming back for more.
Think of this as 5% ABV "spa water," Cucumber Mojito has all the refreshing flavors of cucumber with a subtle hint of sweet mint.
The drink that set the name for one of San Diego's newest cocktail companies, say "hello" to Melograno and their Pomegranate Cosmopolitan.
It's the last Friday of beer week and we wrap things with Thorn Brewing on a beer that defines what the spirit of San Diego's beer scene is about, an IPA collaboration.
Inspired by a trip to Mexico and a stop along the side of the road for a beverage, Tepache!
Something about a single hop hazy IPA that really sets Midnight apart from any of the other hazy beers out there right now, listen and find out why.
A riff off last night's Barrio Lager, Thorn Brewing thought, "What if we took our house Michelada and put it in a can?" They did it and it's amazing!
Beer Week in San Diego and we're easing into the week with a brewers special, Barrio Lager. First brewed at the founding of Thorn Brewing Barrio Logan. This 4.5% ABV baja-style lager is light, crisp and incredibly crushable!
Tonight we celebrate Amplified and 10 years of making beer in San Diego! Tonight's beer is truly a high note as we share a bottle of Rare Form.
Scared of a little black magic? Ritual Magic is an intimidating cocktail to look out but a delight to sip.
I can't imagine a more beautiful thing, it's corn! In a drink! Tonight we dive in to Amplified Ale Works East Village Acid Vault with a custom cocktail from mixologist Anna called Elote y los Dinos and yes, it's got corn in it.
It's criminal that a 5% IPA should have this much flavor and depth. Discover what is Squire IPA.
Happy Halloween! Tonight's celebrations are marked by a reunion and an anniversary! Tonight we not only drink to the first time this group of friends has been in a room together since 2019 but it also marks the start of Amplified Ale Works 10th Anniversary celebration!
How yo do end a week of delicious IPAs with Mother Earth Brewing? With a big damn bourbon barrel aged Imperial Stout with Maple and Pecans!
Wet hop beer season is here! Farm to kettle beers with lupulins so expressive it'll have you dreaming of next years harvest. Truer words were never spoken for this single wet hop IPA Fresh As It Gets from Mother Earth.
A great blend of East Coast hazy and West Coast bitterness! The taste of this rotating IPA is just about as psychedelic as the can art and the name.
Here it is! A sneak peek at what Mother Earth is planning for San Diego Beer Week! Listen as we get the very first taste of Cali-Peaches!
No surprise that Wild Barrel slays with their Vice Beers because the base Vice Sans Fruit just stacked up another GABF Medal.
GABF Session IPA for the 3rd year in a row, Societe Brewing puts another medal on the wall for this easy drinking IPA.
The Great American Beer Festival is over and the awards have come home! This week, we drink San Diego's Champs! First up the Gold Medal winning My Blood Nightmare from BNS Brewing and Distilling in Santee
We're ending this week with a Bourbon AND a mixed drink. Sean from Shadow Ridge Spirits shows us what happens when a brewer uses his background to craft an incredibly drinkable spirit.
Learning new things about Sean from Shadow Ridge Spirits everyday! Today's knowledge bomb goes along with the spirit we'll enjoy.
Trust your Chief! Trust that this 1893 Navy Strength Rum is ready for business. At 114 proof it's a smooth easy drinking rum that expresses all the flavors you would expect from a high proof rum but incredibly drinkable thanks to it's rich and sweet finish enhanced by coffee and vanilla flavors from being aged in an ex-bourbon barrel.
Sean has flexed hard on how he separates himself from other distillers by using his brewing background to craft spirits with depth of flavor. Today we get his twist on an American Single Malt Whiskey.
I found Sean from Shadow Ridge on Instagram by complete accident and in the words of Bob Ross it was a "happy accident." Today we kick off our week of spirits with one of my personal favorites, rye whiskey.
Earlier in the week we spoke with BattleMage about the beer that started the brewery by winning the Rhythm & Brews contest, tonight we drink that beer! Annnnnd since it's Friday we're going to do a "bonus beer" where I get to read the BattleMage story just for you.
Its origins date back to before Hazy IPAs were a "thing" So it was a little more experimental than what defines the current trend. One thing is for sure, this hazy is flora, delicious and crushable!
Got to love a little word play! A Perception Check is the most common ability check in D&D. A Czech Pilsner is just a as straight up and down the most common type of Ale you can brew. So this Perception Czech from BattleMage is wordplay at it's finest and most drinkable.
Caution, this week will be full of delicious nerdiness! As two passions of mine San Diego Craft Beer AND Dungeons and Dragons come together! Join us as it all starts in a tavern and we bask in the Divine Light.
End of a big week with Setting Sun Sake and Niuhi Brewing as we roll into the start of Sake Week in San Diego we're gonna lift our pinkies with something to make you feel classy.
Thirsty Thursday and Josh from Setting Sun Sake brings another cocktail with a dark comedic twist like only Josh can deliver.
A sake cocktail inspired by Setting Sun Sake's Metal Swap Meet. Just don't be like me and drink half to cocktail BEFORE you eat the garnish...WTF is a buzz button anyway!?
It might be 90 degrees out but it's still Fall in San Diego and nothing says Fall like a roasty bold brown ale with a pinch of spice. What spice? Listen and find out.
We've had Josh from Setting Sun Sake on the show a lot. Now he's convinced Rhett from Niuhi Brewing Co. to let him brew beer! We start this week with an IPA (huzzah!). This hoppy 7% ABV brew is a fresh take on a O.G. San Diego IPA.
We end the week with another big flavor! Serpentine Ciders take on a Hazy IPA in cider form. Traditional apple cider that's hopped like a beer then fruited with apricot to simulate that fruity tropical yeast found in many NE style Hazy beers.
It's all about bold flavors! Up until this point it's been bold flavors to the tune of 7% ABV. But what if you lower the ABV, can you keep all the flavor? Hell yes! This Strawberry Lemon Basil cider is the proof!
Hump Day and we're going back to the cider that started it all for Serpentine Cider, Guava. Originally brewed because of the guava tree in Sean's backyard and continues to be a mainstay because of it's big bold flavor.
When is a cider more than a cider? When it's a Salted Margarita cider. Yep, you heard that right...This drink is so good you'll forget it's a cider!
A science nerd creates a cidery and uses his knowledge of fermentation to make one of the best ciders in San Diego. Today we kick off a week of hanging out with Sean Harris from Serpentine Cider and pick his brain about not only what he makes but also what he's listening to.
All week we've been drinking with Chris Banker from Barrel and Stave and it took me till Friday to remember why I know his name! Chris was the homebrewer that created the O.G. recipe for Xocoveza. He's brought it back to it's homebrewing roots as we enjoy it tonight.
Single hop session hazy IPA. If that's not enough to convince you to enjoy this beer from Barrel and Stave, it also uses a hop called Vista! Made in Vista, with a hop called Vista...magic is at work here.
Did you know there are "secret" beers on the menu? Today Chis Banker tells us how that secret menu influenced his take on and Alt Bier.
Does ESB scare you? Don't be afraid. An ESB is only bitter by British standards, I'm pretty sure San Diego water has more IBUs than this beer.
Born in Fullerton from a San Diego brewer, Barrel and Stave has found it's forever home in Vista making a variety of styles from the well known West Coast IPAs to lesser known Alt Bier. Today we start our journey with Chris Banker and California Crushin' Kolsch.
It's Friday and it's raining! Perfect Oktoberfest weather for a 5.5% ABV marzen lager from AleSmith
In a quest to showcase the Oktoberfest beers I found at my local liquor store, today it's the lightest of local Oktoberfest Lagers, Societe Brewing's Fest Bier. Discover what makes this beer different.
OKTOBER FEST! Today's beer right from my local liquor store in a beautiful 6 pack of bottles Karl Strauss Oktoberfest. A more traditional marzen style beer that always taste good when it's hot out, or cold
It's Oktoberfest season! This week we celebrate one of the biggest parties on the planet and the local beers influenced by that party. Today Clayton from Eppig walks us through their weisen style fest beer, festbeir!
This has been a week of big, bitter and delicious beers. Odd that Moe and Charles from Viewpoint Brewing in Del Mar decided to end the week with at tart beer. Better find out why...
Nothing like coming out of a pandemic with your 5th anniversary and a 11% abv triple IPA! But, don't be deceived this is not a booze bomb, it's incredibly drinkable.
Remember when San Diego IPA's were bitter, balanced and dry? This beer does! Created for Matt Horan and Dead Bronco around their song "Penitent Man." This IPA pays penance to the old God's of SD IPAs for all of our hazy and tropical sins.
Today we drink a beer that bears the brewmaster's name, say "hello" topo Moesaic Pale Ale
Viewpoint Brewing from Del Mar is in the hotseat this week as Jeremy explores more San Diego breweries that haven't been in the Alt 94/9 studios. First taste is a surprisingly hoppy Amber Ale called Del Martian.
Inspired by their Tiki themed speakeasy Pineapple Coconut Blonde is a beer truly unique to Kilowatt and once you try it, will keep you coming back.
Ohh baby! An O.G. beer the Kilowatt crew has been serving since day one takes centerstage for Last Call, say "hello" to Chocolate Macadamia Stout.
Hump day is IPA day and this IPA comes packed with more white guava then is legal in 48 states!
Today we tip our hats to the People Republic of O.B. with Kilowatt's O.B. Bubble Dubbel.
We're back! A week off to fish and drink beer in far away mountains find us starting the week off with Kilowatt Brewing and a beer that is equal parts sweet to smokey, Maple Smoked Maibock
Remy from Hopnonymous picked a big baddie of a beer to end the week, a 10% ABV Winter Warmer Monster that's been hibernating in Whiskey and Rum barrels since last Christmas.
If you couldn't tell from the accent, Remy is not from San Diego. Tonight we drink a beer that pays homage to his homeland and one of his favorite types of beers, Belgians.
This beer from Hopnonymous pays homage to our San Diego home team, the Padres with a huge hazy hop-bomb worthy of knocking one outta Petco Park.
There has been a lot of noise about this "new" style of IPA called a Cold IPA. Today Jeremy and Remy from Hopnonymous get into exactly what this style is all about.
New week, new brewery! This week Jeremy gets to know Remy and Hopnonymous Brewing. Monday starts with something light and crushable...can you hear that? The Mountains Are Calling.
This week is over and we wrap up with a beer that gets it's name from the difference in footwear between the Northeast and the Southwest.
Tapping into the an amazing fleet of brewers from their brewpubs, Aurora Hoppalis IPA came from an in house brewing competition and quicky became a company staple.
Time for something new! Its been in the Karl Strauss restaurants and taprooms for less then a year but had a whole year of R&D before it even got there. Come see what Tangible IPA is all about
Discover an old friend for a Tuesday. It's a beer that started its life off as a Christmas Ale and quickly be came one of the most iconic beers in San Diego's history. Say "Hello" again to Red Trolley.
Reunited and it feels so good! Jeremy kicks off the week with Karl Strauss Brewmaster Paul Segura. First beer of the week is the incredibly sessionable Mosaic IPA
We end the week with something really special, a beer made not only to celebrate the 1 years anniversary of The Arbor in Little Italy but also benefit Sea Trees.
So far we've tasted a Pale Ale and a Pilsner that shared a lot with IPAs in terms of hops. Today we see exactly what Burgeon Beer does with a Hazy IPA.
It's hot and humid, time for a truly thirst quenching beer. Matt and Mackenzie bring their take on a crushable pilsner with San Diego sensibility, Clever Kiwi.
The Summer is citrus! We end the week with Dr. Billheimer's most zesty creation Citrus Wave IPA.
It's been a week of Pilsners and Lagers (Oh, My!), today we finally get a piece of that hoppy goodness that is Ketch Brewing's Hazy Conditions Hazy IPA.
New beer hype! Kamakura Rice Lager has been available in the Kearny Mesa tasting room at Ketch for a while, as of yesterday you can now pick it up in cans.
It's Taco Tuesday a a beer from Ketch Brewing that is very fitting for the day, Alta Mar Mexican-Style Amber Lager.
Back at it and a warm week on the horizon, good thing Jeremy has Tyler and Dr. Sam Billheimer from Ketch Brewing to save the day! Kicking off the week with a brew that is just as refreshing as it is delicious, Dr. Billheimer's Magic Pilsner.
Happy 4th of July! This week's featured brewery is a double, Julian, Ca's own Nickel Beer Co and The Pub at Lake Cuyamaca. Tom Nickel, proprietor of both establishment joins Jeremy in the studio to introduce him to his Lake Cuyamaca Lager and a bit of Smoked Trout Drip
Some times a collaboration can create a beer beer. Tom Nickel talks to Jeremy about how Take a Hike Pale Ale came into existence along with an "impossibly" good Chili from the Pub at Lake Cuyamaca
Tom Nickel joins Jeremy in the studio for two tributes; one to a local legend who lived a few blocks away from Tom, the other a pillar of the brewing and foodie communities in San Diego.
San Diego IPAs once measured themselves by IBUs, then it became how "tropical" it tasted. Nickel Beer Company married both the IBUs and the tropical in Cheat Sheet IPA.
Going out with a tribute to Tom's grandfather with a beer that was only supposed to be a once a year brew, but it was too damn good. Check out C.C. O'Neil's Irish Red and a smoked Tri Tip that might make you see your deity.