We know a lot of folks are coming down to San Diego for the upcoming Independence Day weekend (and who wouldn’t? Have you seen our weather forecast?), so we just wanted to give you a quick update on extended our tasting room hours for the holiday weekend. Independence Day Weekend Hours:
Friday (July 1): 3pm – 9pm
Saturday (July 2): 12pm – 7pm
Sunday (July 3): 12pm – 6pm
Monday (July 4): 12pm – 4pm
We’ll have both the front and back tasting room bars open and the bottle shelves will be fully stocked. Ten Commandments is also back in bottles this week. If you’d like to see what’s on tap for your tasting & growler filling pleasure, as well as what’s available in bottles, make sure to check our what’s on tap page (updated every Friday at 2pm).
Oh, and if you’re looking for an easy way to travel between the beach and brewery, check out the Sprinter train. It runs every 30 minutes and costs just a couple of bucks. It’s a great way to avoid traffic and the crowds! More info on how to get to us via the train (as well as your car) is in our Visit Us section here.
As you may have heard via the social media channels, we did okay at the 2011 San Diego International Beer Festival last week.
Okay, we’re being modest. We did really well, pulling down six ribbons in all — 3 Gold, 1 Silver and 2 Bronze — which was more than any other brewery.
Our winners were:
GOLD
Red Poppy (Sour Ale)
Shark Attack (Imperial Red Ale)
Veritas 008 (Specialty Beer)
SILVER
Hot Rocks (American Style Brown Ale)
BRONZE
Amazing Grace (Sour Ale)
Inferno (Belgian Style Pale Strong Ale)
Our cousins over at the Pizza Ports didn’t do too shabby either, grabbing seven ribbons — 4 for Carlsbad, 2 for Ocean Beach and 1 for Solana Beach — as well as Best of Show for Poor Man’s IPA, making this the third consecutive year a Pizza Port has owned Best of Show.
The SD Beer Festival is kind of a big deal for us, not just because of its size (150 breweries, 350+ beers), but because it’s judged by our fellows in the San Diego brewing community — none of whom are exactly slouches when it comes to great beer. When your peers here in the world capitol of craft beer heap awards on you, you know you must be doing something right. (One day we’ll find out what that is.)
All of the 2011 winners have been posted on the San Diego County Fair website in PDF format. You’ll find them here:
By now you probably know that we brewed a special beer for the National Homebrewer’s Conference going on here in San Diego. A couple of days ago we posted a little bit on the story behind the beer and the homebrew version of the recipe. Today we’re pleased to present the video on the making of the beer.
Run time is just a little under 8 minutes. Hope you all enjoy it!
