At Pizza Port Solana Beach. Hot AF in here…but good beer makes it tolerable. Without the beer it’s like a weight-loss program.
The Juice
A beer from Maine’s Peak Organic Brewing Company I actually like. An enjoyable dry-hopped pale ale with citrus and floral hop notes and pleasent mild bitterness over a pale malt body. Hmm…no ABV on the can.
Little Freak
Found in the fridge behind some forgotten condomints. I’m guessing 7 to 9 years old. It’s held up surprisingly well.
Coronado Beer Stop
35 miles into today’s bike ride and a stop to fuel was necessary. 5.8% ABV Strawberry Shores for the lady and 8% ABV Joocy Jay IIPA for me. Should be enough for the approx 11 miles home.
Bend the Knee
Very happy with this Belgian-style strong golden ale. Mildly sweet up front and nice pale malt and Belgian yeast flavors hide the 9% ABV. Finish has the same light sweetness, which quickly disappates.
10.7% Root Beer to Go
Klokke Roeland
11% ABV Belgian strong ale currently on draft at Westside Tap Room, Point Loma. Always a good choice.
When it’s 111, Longboard Lager works just fine
Apocalypse IPA
At 10 Barrel’s OG West brew pub in Bend, OR enjoying my go to IPA here, Apocalypse.
North Rim Blast Cap IRA
Hanging out in Bend, OR this week. Currently enjoying a Blast Cap IRA from #northrimbrewing
Black Plague Brewing 1347
Tasty west coast IPA from new O’side brewery.
Doree
Via the mouth, and using proper glassware, Dorée is now in me. Very nice flavor; thirst quenching on this warm So Cal day.
Yeeewwww IPA
When you say the name of this one you need to make the Shaka sign with your fingers. Lots of mosaic in this Backstreet Brew.
AleSmith Double IPA
Not to long ago, it was released as their summer Yulesmith. Tasty, and has that 8.5% ABV thing going for it.
Electrocution IPA
Recently made available is 16oz 4-paks, so you don’t have to drink the whole 64oz growler or 32oz crowler in a single sitting. Not that I won’t drink all 4 now, I may…it’s just an option.
Same Hops Different IPA
Very tasty, made with Mosaic and Citra. At Pizza Port OB, but made at PP Carlsbad.
Check Your Hops
A freshly kegged juicy and delicious 7% ABV IPA from the fine folks at Amplified Ale Works. Get it while you can, because it won’t last.
Thousands of Money
A very refreshing 100% mosaic hopped IPA. Nice citrus flavors with a bit of underlying melon, and pleasant mild bitterness. It’s also got that 7.1% ABV thing going for it. Works well with the 90+ degree weather. At Pure Project.
Enjoy By 07-04-17
I done did it…Happy 4th.
Crystal IPA
Just in time for summer….the Amplified / Karl Strauss Pathway collaboration ale is just what the day needed. Pleasant lingering bitterness over a pale malt body with dry finish.
Accumulated Knowledge
In pool-safe plastic-wear. “I can handle things! I’m smart! Not like everybody says… like dumb… I’m smart and I want respect!”
La fin du monde
It’s a Belgian, it’s a triple at 9%, it tastes awesome. Not much more to say…
Maiden the Shade
A cool beverage after a warm day. Ninkasi summer seasonal IPA is working nicely.
Maiden the Shade by Ninkasa
Seasonal release IPA. Like all summer IPAs I like mine extra cold but didn’t have the patience to put it in the freezer, so yes that’s ice. It’s a full bodied IPA, not a session one so even with the ice it doesn’t have that watered down taste–as it shouldn’t as it’s 6.8% by volume […]
Fox Fur Hazy IPA
Very refreshing. Light body with juicy hop flavors. At Unsung Brewing Company.
Acoustic Ales Willow Wolves IPA
Hoppy and sweet like juicy fruit gum.
Kilowatt Brewing OB Tasting Room
We made a stop at the recently opened satellite tasting room in OB and we were pleasently surprised with the beer. We had been to their Clairmont location when they first opened and weren’t to impressed. Definitely a step in the right direction. Favs were a single hop American IPA named Galaxy Hoptastic Voyage, a […]
Child of the Sun
Pleasantly tart with a nice finish is more reminiscent of a wild ale, and different from most grisette ales we’ve tried. From Idle Hands Craft Ales, from Malden, MA, it clocks in at 5.5% ABV.
Leo vs Ursus: Fortem
A tasty 8.2% unfiltered imperial IPA. Piney and resinous hop nose, with strong but pleasant hop bitterness over a pale malt body with no residual sweetness. Bitterness lingers only slightly after swallowing.
Belching Beaver Blonde
After a 60 minute dogfish, it tastes like water with a drop of honey.
Modern Times Centaur Gardens
6.6% ABV IPA in the hazy-style. The light body with nice citrus hop flavors and pleasant crisp bitterness complements my man-salad well. It also complements other things…like air.
Enjoy By Memorial Day 2017
Possibly not as devistatingly fresh as it could have been had I drank the day I got it, but still pretty darn tasty. Plus it’s got that 9.4% ABV thing going for it.
Jambi and Cash from Mason Ale Works
Having a few brews at the new Urge on San Marcos. Great beer, but the bowlers are really bad.
Majordomo and Woolsey Wit
R to L – Gunwhale Ales – Majordomo and Arizona Wilderness Woolsey Wit. Damn fine beverages.
Reel Big Kölsch
The picture worth 22 words.
Piña Agria
Idahome IPA from Sawtooth Brewery
Had a nice big handle of this classic American IPA from @sawtoothbrewery while steak and potatoing it at Jakers in Pocatello, ID. Crisp, delicious and modest 6.7% ABV, the next time I’m up in the Sawtooth area I am definitely go to swing by and have a few tasters.
Long Swim
A fine 8.2% ABV double IPA from Kern River Brewing. Hope to find it a good fuel for tomorrow’s early morning swim.
The Calling IPA
Back in KCMO at Boulevard Brewing. This time I am tippling a “The Calling” IPA. Bright, hoppy and 8.5%. Better limit myself to just one. And a cheddarwurst to wash it down.
Temple of Dank
Dank doesn’t even begin to reveal the hop profile of this. Hoppy sweatsocks. Delicious.
Lost Coast Raspberry Brown
Dark color, light taste. Only a small taste of raspberry but it balances out well. It’s got a rich brown malt finish.
Ballast Tart Peach Kolsch
Complex and taste differs how you drink it. It’s either tart, sour, or rich and complex. It had a lot of dry peach. It’s different but surprisingly good–even for someone who really doesn’t like fruity beers.
Ballast CA Kolsch
Rich golden hops and malts. Not sure why it’s California other than it’s fun to drink at the beach while watching the surf.
Wiretapped IPA
A new double IPA from backstreet brewing
Orange Curtain IPA sixer
Barley Forge has made a nice home for itself in Orange County. This is one of my favorite easy drinking India Pale Ales as it goes for flavorful versus bitter. Some claim hints of orange and pear, but it doesn’t taste fruity to me at all. Don’t let its mild manner fool you though as […]
Beachwood Udder Love
Best stout and best milk stout I’ve ever tasted. Toasty, smooth, creamy all at the same time. Even though it came in a bottle, it tastes like it’s straight out of a tap.
Belgian Sour
Duchesse de Bourgonne Sour Belgian. Imagine a Diet Coke mixed with dry vermouth and cherry pop rocks. My first, second, and third reactions were that I absolutely hated it. After an hour and if you take a small sip, you might be able to appreciate some of the craftsmanship that went into it, but it’s […]
Crux Fermentation Project
A couple of experimental IPAs – Barbe Rouge, which uses French Hops, and Triumph, which uses a combination of 7 hops.
Code 24 and Small Girl
At 10 Barrel in Bend, OR having a few fresh-brewed beers along with lunch.
Citra Vic IPA
With a look that is a bit more cloudy than fresh squeezed grapefruit juice, I’m doing OK with this 6.6% ABV IPA from San Diego’s own Resident Brewing Company.
Icy Bay IPA
Say what you want about flying, but at least Alaska Air serves decent beer from Alaska.
Knee Deep Citra Pale Ale
Works for me at the moment.
Tropical Blonde
I found Dogfish Head’s Beer to Drink Music to 2017 just OK. Not bad enough to pour out, but not likely to buy again. It’s got that 6.8% ABV going for it.
Electrocution IPA
..and a back up.
Trestles IPA
At Mr. Petes’ in San Clemente enjoying a Le Left Coast trestles IPA just north of trestles the beach.
1-800-Tropics IPA
Very tasty…it’s been a while since my last visit to Vista’s Booze Brothers Brewing. A light malt body showcases great fruity/citrus hop flavors. Bitterness seems mild and quickly disappates once out of the mouth. I chose to swallow, though some may choose to spit. With many to choose, I also tried Crow Jane, […]
Jack Rose
I’m not sure what I think of Perennial Artisan Ales 8% ABV ale made with apple juice, as well as pomegranate and key lime juice. Kinda like I opened a beer and opened a cider then pour a little of each intro the same glass. Mostly sweet cider and other fruit flavors up front, […]
Rip Current Tasters
Approx 17 miles into today’s bike ride it was decided that liquid refreshments would be a good idea. So many good options on the North Park route. We found 25 house beers on draft today in North Park. Limited it to 5 plus 1
Super Tasty IPA
An apt name for a damn fine collaboration beer from Pizza Port okBrewing and Revision Brewing. I found at Solana Beach Pizza Port.
Modern Times Dymaxion
Mmmm….
Sex Panther
Not bad, but not really my style. An abundance of malty sweetness. 6.9% ABV.
Golden IPA
I liked it. The pale malt body with no malty sweetness makes it different from most Sierra Nevada IPA category offerings. Pleasant hop flavors.
Are You Gellin IPA
A very nice collaboration beer from Burgeon Brewing and Artifex Brewing at Small Bar.
South Park Brewing Tasters
Tongue of Angels and For Duty and Humanity were my favs.
Fremont Lush IPA
A delicious 7%:ABV IPA from Seattle, WA, Fremont Brewing, enjoyed in improper glassware. “For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.”
Trois Cabrones
Doing homework and drinking from da can.
Alesmith IPA with Mosaic
Is been a while since our last visit to Alesmith. The cask of the Mosaic wet hopped IPA is quite nice.
Megawheat Double IPA
Very happy with this 8.4%ABV collaboration beer from Stone, Odell and Marble.
Gouden Carolus Tripel
Our last time enjoying this beer it was on draft Brabant. Miss Brabant.
Two Tortugas
I don’t recall enjoying Karl Strauss 11.1% ABV Belgian-style Quad quite as much when I tried when originally released in 2011…but I’m enjoying now. Deceptively smooth with slightly sweet malt flavors with notes of dark fruit and caramel.
Stone Liberty Station Tasters
L to R My fav was the Didgeridoom!!!
3-Degrees of Celebration
The snifter of 10.5% triple IPA for me, and the big-boy glass of G.F.B. blonde ale for the lady.
The Miser for the Mizer
The 10.5% ABV IPA for me and the Debutante, 6.8% Belgian-style amber, for the lady.
Mosaic Single Hop IPA
Really quite good.
Strawberry Shortcake
Funky Buddha’s 9% ABV wheat wine is better than I imagined. I expected something overly sweet and it’s not. Not bitter or too dry, it has pleasant malt flavors with vanilla notes, giving it a hint of dessert sweetness, over the fruit.
Dymaxion
A 6.2% ABV New Zealand hopped session IPA from Modern Times Beer. Yummy
Trois Cabrones…again
The name loosely translated is Three (in french) Bastards (in spanish). An homage to the band The Melvins by the three friends that made it, this 8.5% hazy double IPA is as good as the draft versions enjoyed multiple times before…juicy and delicious.
San Diego IPA
A tasty IPA at one of the original San Diego brewpubs, now soon-to-be closing. Broken Yolk, which is expected to take over the space, can’t come close to being the oasis of craft beer, in the suburban desert of Mira Mesa, that Callahan’s has been. Lucky us we can find their fresh offerings at San […]
Heavy Lifting and Rye on Rye on Rye
While in KCMO I stopped into Boulevard Brewing’s HQ for a few tasters with and old friend. Heavy Lifting is an IPA, which at 6.2% isn’t heavy at all. And Rye on Rye on Rye a stout aged in rye barrels. It’s got a boozy kick but a nice, clean finish.
SR76 Beerworks Tasters
Located at Harrahs Rincon in Valley Center. 6 drafts today. L to R are per the board (L to R, top to bottom). Last two (L to R) are a red IPA and a blueberry saison. Our fav was the Paradise Creek.
Invasion Pale Ale
Arrh….right from da can.
Tangerine Express IPA
I’ve not been a big fan of a good IPA but with added fruit. Sometimes interested in tasting it, but nothing I see more than just trying…and maybe that’s their marketing plan. If everyone buys just one once…. Pleasantly surprised that I’m enjoying this one. A 6.4% ABV beverage with a sweet fruit/citrus nose, nice […]
Gose Gone Wild
A nice 4.3% ABV gose brewed and bottled for Stillwater Artisanal by Crazy Mountain Brewing Company, in Denver, Colorado. A lot of grapefruit flavor/notes. Some coming from the tartness of the style, but likely more intense from the Citra and Amarillo dry hopping.
Pariah Brewing Tasters
The light one is the wit and the dark ones are stouts. The others are beer too. IMO..Dank Drank over the Drupe Fruit, and Uni over the Dorcha. Happy with both Exotic and Wit.
Windows Up
A delish IPA from the fine folks at Alpine Beer Company.
E11EVEN
Piney n resinous, and a bit more sessionable at 8.5% ABV, compared to the first batch at 13+%ABV.
Ninkasi Beer Run
Grabbed this recently at an out of town small mom and pop market, that had an OK beer selection. Now home it appears to be about a year old. It poured ok, though carbination was a bit low. Smells similar to dried marijuana, which I’ve also experianced with beers made with Neomexicanus hops. Bitterness was […]
Trois Cabrones
Very happy, and a bit surprised, to find this 8% ABV double IPA, collaboration beer from Amplified Ale Works and Alvarado Street Brewery, still on draft in Amplified PB. Really quite good.
The Calling IPA and Collaboration #6
Wet Hop Dreams ID7
Idaho 7 wet hop IPA at Mother Earth Brew on Main Street. 6.7% ABV.
Barley Forge The Patsy
Enjoying a coconut porter by our friend Kevin Buckley @barleyforge. Seem to remember this one in an ealier iteration when it was PB Tap house Toasted Coconuts on Rye. Nice and balanced without too much on the coconut end.
Hop Shovel IPA
Very happy with this 7.5% ABV IPA brewed with Mosaic, Meridian and Denali hops. Fruit, melon and pine hop flavors with clean dry finish, and not malty sweetness.
Bell’s Hopslam
I interpreted “enjoy as fresh as possible”, as in best before noon. Greatly enjoying this classic 10% ABV double IPA after breakfast.
Just Outstanding IPA
I chose to pour into the glass from the previous beverage, and not drink directly from the decanter. Now I fear the glassware/beverage police will be handing our citations.
Bootlegger’s Far Out IPA
Bootlegger’s Brewing makes some great beer. Surprised, but glad, to find it at Bubba Gump, as Bubba Gump was not even on my list of places to eat. “I’m Forrest Gump. People call me Forrest Gump.”
Blvd Tank 7
At Wheat & Water
2015 Blushing Monk
9.2% ABV hidden in sweet liquid raspberry yumminess…like dessert.
Smooth Criminal IPA
A delish 6.7% ABV beverage at Pizza Port Solana Beach. It’s been a while…I really need to make an effort to stop by more often.
Pathway with Raspberries
A tasty 7.3% ABV collaboration IPA from Karl Strauss Brewing and Amplified Ale Works. I’m not tasting raspberries.
Uuuuge and Naturia
In Anaheim for a few hours and thought we’d check it out. 8+% ABV double IPAs seemed like a good place to start. Both clean and good, but preferred the Naturia made with Mosaic and Simcoe. Between Michele and I we tried…hmm..8..maybe 10. All were clean and well made. Good stop and likely […]
