EVENTS
These are just a few of June’s craft beer events in San Diego. Visit our constantly-updated Event Calendar @
westcoastersd.com/event-calendar to view many more!
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Green Flash Tasting @ Press Box Sports Lounge Thursday, June 9th @ 7pm 2990 Jamacha Rd, Suite 120 Located in Rancho San Diego, Press Box Sports Lounge hosts monthly tastings. 5+ hearty pours from a featured brewery (this month it’s Green Flash, whose new tasting room opens June 1st) accompany unlimited, gourmet finger food courtesy of Chef Jesus Frias (formerly of La Valencia Hotel fame). Great seating and television visibility makes this one of West Coaster’s favorite sports bars. All this for $25.
San Diego Beer Weekend: Beer Hall / San Diego Beer Week 2011 Preview Friday, June 10 @ 7-9pm The Lodge at Torrey Pines - 11480 North Torrey Pines Road This event is designed to create buzz about SDBW 2011 in November by showing off the talents of San Diegan
cooks combined with San Diegan beer. Eight local chefs and eight local beers will create eight excellent pairings. Tyson Blake (O’Brien’s) w/ Green Flash beer, Kyle Bergman (Grill @ Torrey Pines) w/ AleSmith beer, Nate Soroko (Toronado) w/ The Lost Abbey/Port beer, Brandon Brooks (Ritual Tavern) w/ Stone beer, Brian Hicks (Small Bar/Hamilton’s) w/ Lightning beer, Aaron La Monica (Blind Lady) w/ Coronado beer, AG Warfield (Churchill’s) w/ Karl Strauss Beer, Barbara White (High Dive) w/ Ballast Point beer. Cost: $65. Info:
sdbw.org
2nd Saturday w/ Coronado Saturday, June 11th @ 4pm Hamilton’s Tavern - 1521 30th Street Every second Saturday of the month, South Park staple Hamilton’s features a brewery alongside a complimentary feast for patrons. This month’s dueling casks are Dry-hopped Idiot IPA and Blue Bridge Coffee Stout w/ vanilla bean and cocoa; as of press time, 21
Coronado beers will be put on tap. Free food: a Baja Fish Fest! Campechana cocktails, smoked fish, Baja-style langostino bites, chorizo and beans w/ rice, Mexican cocoa dusted cheesecake bites. Get there early.
Mission Brewery Grand Opening / Anniversary Party Saturday, June 18th @ 1pm 1441 L Street Mission Brewery is celebrating 4 years of brewing great beer as well as a cool new downtown location right next to the ballpark. “Enjoy all our beers on draft and a couple very special, ultra small batch, prototype beers from our brewmaster John Egan. Five of our favorite restaurants and their Chefs (The Blind Lady, Cafe Chloe, Hamilton’s, The Handlery and Neighborhood) will be serving up some of their signature small plate dishes to take care of your appetite as well.” $15 tickets from
missionbrewery.com or $20 at the door.
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CityBeat’s 3rd Anniversary Beer Tasting Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 7-11pm Blind Lady Ale House - 3416 Adams Avenue
Our friends at CityBeat will celebrate their 3rd with a beer/pizza tasting at Blind Lady Ale House. Two flights of six 5 oz tasters (or 4 single beers) and a buffet of BLAH’s pizzas. This will be a CityBeat Beer Club exclusive event and is limited to 150 people. $35 Tickets are on sale @
brownpapertickets.com/ event/178941. Don’t forget to sign up to CityBeat’s Beer Club @
sdcitybeat.com (look on the middle right of the webpage for the link).
5th Annual San Diego International Beer Festival Friday, June 24th @ 5-9pm; Saturday, June 25th @ 11am-3pm, 4-8pm; Sunday, June 26th @ 1-5pm Del Mar Fairgrounds Veteran beer festival planner Tom Nickel
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(of O’Brien’s) has been busy planning the SDIBF. 350+ beers offered by 150 breweries from 20 different countries will be poured. $45 includes unlimited 1 oz tasters, San Diego Fair entrance, and a souvenir tasting cup (while supplies last). Over 10,000 are expected to attend what is being described as a San Diego version of the Great American Beer Festival (with the added benefit of international beers as well). For info, visit
sdfair.com/beerfestival
Stone Sour Fest Sunday, June 26th @ 10am Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens - 1999 Citracado Parkway Direct from Stone: “‘Dr.’ Bill Sysak is busily hunting down the best sour beers the world has to offer in order to bring you one of the biggest festivals ever to feature these special brews.” $45 includes a commemorative glass and fifteen 3 oz tasters. For more info, visit
stoneworldbistro.com/sourfest
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