Following the trail of bottle caps I found myself at Churchills.  First pint was Full Sail’s Wreck the Halls IPA. Before heading home I enjoyed a Jubelale from Deschutes…mmm

Something yummy after a long and hard-ass day

The boys at Port Brewing got a couple of new fermenters today, but getting them into the brewhouse turned out to be more of an engineering challenge than originally anticipated. This is a picture of the first one which is stuck in the loading bay door.

After a busy weekend we ended it with a quick bite, and some sips, at Pizza Port Carlsbad.  Yeah..we had food, blah, blah, blah… My first beer was The Warrior Black IPA brewed at the San Clemente Pizza Port and imported to San Diego County. When the pizza arrived my warrior was almost gone, so […]

Appreciating an Arrogant Bastard

Mickey’s Ice in exchange for Red Poppy. Sounds like a good trade to me.

Tim and Gail down for a visit from Santa Rosa

St-Feuillien Cuvee de Noel on left and Victory St. Victorious Dopplebock on right. Both are very nice beers.

Well not so much ‘found’ as ‘spotted’. It’s waiting to go to O’Briens next week for RR night.

Be careful of low rise jeans.

Apparently if you walk into a bar in El Cajon you need to know this.

Pub crawl stop one. Main Tap in El Cajon, CA. Great tap list.

We’re starting off with breakfast and beer at Churchills before heading out.

Brian from Baltimore (check his blog) is hanging out and having a few pints.

Damian & I having a pint of Alpine Nelson, courtesy of a care package from Jason & Ruth. We are so HOPPY:)

The tree is out by the curb, the Christmas crap is 98% packed up and I felt it was a good time for a beverage. It’s good, but I enjoyed it more on tap for the short time it was available at Churchill’s.

The proper way to celebrate a Charger victory!

The new cashier

New Year Day

XXX Warlock Double Imperial Stout

The Big Dipa Blue Frog

We had snow flurries today. Kids loved it. This particular bottle of beer hasn’t lost a thing. It’s still just as tart as it was when it was fresh.

Sydney bellying up to the bar with daddy Tomme

At Hamilton’s in San Diego having hop sausage and beers from Stone, Ballast Point and Backstreet. Life here is awesome!

Chocolate Indulgence. True Belgian-Style Chocolate Stout. Very creamy with lots of chocolate (obviously) but not overpowering. Very nice beer.

Double Simcoe IPA This beer is 100% Simcoe hops from our understanding and is absolutely fantastic. Considering how little they use hops on the East Coast, the Heavens opened up when we first sipped this beer. Next road trip…..Easton PA.

08 Ichabod with Christmas dinner.

this is a blegian inspired imperial stout that weighs in at a whopping 13.6%, but doesnt taste that big. i would give it 8 outta 10

Kevin brought some beers for Christmas. Scarecrow from Wychwood, blueberry ale from Buffalo Bill and a Bear Republic black stout. Thanks Kev!

Bourbon barrel aged Black Marlin porter from Ballast Point. A lot of bourbon in the nose but not much in the finish. Still delicious.

Matt and Kevin (I like to call him Todd — ask him why) are over at Churchill’s getting ready to drink some Lost Abbey beers. They asked us to join them, but it’s Christmas Eve and we’re home with the kids so they’ll just have to make due without us.

Winter Ale. This beer is more of a Bock Beer. It’s dark and malty and finishes clean. A very good beer.

Old Man Winter Ale. A winter ale with lots of spices and even more hops. Not a bad beer.

Ruben & The Jets. It’s another Frank Zappa Tribute beer. This one is similar to a porter with a lot of bitter coffee. It’s very tasty. Then again, it’s Lagunitas so we expect that

Black Chocolate Stout. Insert whatever pun you feel necessary. As for the beer, it has 6 varieties of black, chocolate, and roasted malts. It’s got some bitter chocolate notes, however it’s a little light on mouthfeel. Which could be dangerous considering it’s 10% abv.

Sam Adams Hallertau Imperial Pilsner. An Intense Hop Experience. The label doesn’t lie. It has immense hop aroma like a double IPA, yet finishes clean like a Pilsner should. We would reccomend this beer to anyone.

fordham (Dover, DE) dopplebock lager 8% decent but nothing spectacular bought at a place called “beers & cheers” owner was awesome singing xmas carols the whole time

Yuengling Traditional Lager Original Amber Beer is a favorite beer of a beer drinking colleague of mine.  She was heading back to Pottsville, PA for a visit, and since it is not available out here I gave her some advice on how to pack it and get some back in her luggage.  With creative packing […]

Molly knocking back a Walker’s Reserve barrel-aged porter.

Lona’s having Dogfish Head Chicory Stout and I’m having the Baltic Porter

Old Dominion Baltic Porter Winter Brew

One for me, one for Tomme Arthur. I had to drive in ice rain to get it. How fitting.

a little for my homies

celebrating a charger victory w/troegs mad elf

Yummy

i am drinking double dog & D has the wild dog schwarz beer

Annie her brother Davis and Colin

flying dog motorhome

flying dog

outside of flying dog

Amarillo is ringing people up

Give a Stone guy a tiny sheriff ls hat and all of a sudden he’s ‘The Law’

ok. now we’ve moved on from Vertical Epic to Firestone Walker. 12 is first

I was immediately excited and then disappointed when I found out the the Bar Trail that we were going to do is actually a trail and not a row of bars. After the walk we headed home. We opened a couple of beers and then it we decided to sample some of the beers I […]

We concluded the evening with some beers they had bought for me, in anticipation of my arrival. Stone IPA and a Stone Pale Ale. Then it was time for a little shut-eye. Today we are planning on going on a hike and then visit some local brew pubs.

Next was Odell’s winter brew called Isolation Ale. It was by far the best beer of the night. Well balanced…yummy. We each polished off three of those.

Bristol’s Winter Warlock Oatmeal Stout. The liquor store had a bottle of XXX Winter Warlock for $15.00 for 12oz listed at 18% alcohol. That might be worth a try.

Next was Bristol’s Red Rocket Pale Ale.

After the beer run, while loading the fridge my brother opened a Levity for his wife and she wanted wine, so I got it. Beer number 5 was Rocky Mountain IPA from Fort Collins Brewery. Not near the big IPAs we have in California, it was closer to the IPA’s from the east coast. Much […]

Last night was my first night in Colorado. Since I am unable to post from my phone (stupid sprint/ nextel) I am doing it now. The first one for the night was Levity Amber Ale by Odell Brewing Co. It was a nice start to the evening. It was not sweet like many ambers taste […]

Ashley from Wingnuts says goodbye to BeerSage

Juanita’s not much of a beer drinker, but you give her a shot glass full of butterscotch schnapps, Irish cream and whipped cream, as she’ll down it like a python swallowing a whole chicken.

Celebrating end of one era and the beginning of another

I can not believe I am still only in the C’s in loading the I-Pod. I have Cracker, then Cramps, then Creedence, Jim Croce, Sheryl Crow…it goes on and on.

Trying to make the best of loading music onto the new I-Pod. It has been > hours and I am only in the C’s. A couple of beers will help.

Trying to make the best of loading music onto the new I-Pod. It has been hours and I am only in the C’s. A couple of beers will help.

It’s 80 degrees in mid-November and I’m not feeling autumn. Decided to have a Hop Trip fresh hopped IPA from Deschutes. I like the mild, grassier flavor of fresh hops over the pellet stuff on hot days.

At Sin City storefront in Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. Beer isn’t exactly stellar, just four basic lagers, but it’s a good place to stop, have a pint and watch people go by.

Dunkels und pretzels at der Hofbrauhaus. Ser gut!

Rolled in here on Wednesday morning for a couple of liters of Dunkel and some wurst.

A little work at home is tolerable with a Ballast Point – Sculpin IPA in hand, (sip) aahhhhhhh.

Cleve isn’t much of a beer drinker, but when he hits the hard stuff, he hits it hard.