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beer festivals around town keep up professional standards, offer food, and not promote drunk- fests by limiting hours and numbers of beers. I want people to experience the flavors and nu- ances of different beer styles and not just drink the strongest beer regardless of style or quality. I would like to see more beer & food pairing events so that the flavors of the beer are appreci- ated in concert with the food.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Letter from the Editor SD Brews in the News
Plates & Pints - Urge Gastropub
Into The Brew - Why Drink Local?
Q&A with Cerveceria Insurgente
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Beer and Now - Local Habit 10 The Nameless Beermaid
11 On The Trail of Belgian Ales 13
August Craft Beer Event Highlights
Directory Map
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New San Diego Brewers Guild President Marty Mendiola, with fiancée Virginia Morrison, at Karl Strauss’ Beach to Brewery Festival on May 14th
Meet The President Marty Mendiola Elected to Lead San Diego Brewers Guild Toward New Goals
By Ryan Lamb S
an Diego, meet Marty Mendiola, a Senior Brewmaster for Rock Bottom Brewery Restaurants and the incumbent San Diego Brewers Guild President. Elected in mid-July, Marty faces the first big test of his one- year term as San Diego Beer Week, a 10 day county wide festival celebrat- ing craft beer culture, returns Novem- ber 4-13. Despite the hectic schedule he has inherited from predecessor Adam Carbonell, Mendiola found time to talk with West Coaster about his new role within San Diego’s craft beer movement.
West Coaster: What was your first or- der of business as incoming San Diego Brewers Guild (SDBG) President?
Marty Mendiola: Organizing. We just created a Board of Directors this year and we are adding new Brewery Mem- bers at a high rate.
WC: What do you hope to accomplish during your term?
MM: I hope to take the Guild from a loosely run, grassroots organization to a professional non-profit guild. We are run by volunteers and we need the help and expertise of all of our members. I also hope to keep the beer standards high as new breweries come on line in San Diego. We are known for high quality beers and I don’t want to see a lot of breweries pop up that are riding the wave of San Diego Craft Beer for a quick buck. I would also like to see the
WC: By now we all know that Mayor Jerry Sanders is a big fan of craft beer. How does the city plan to help promote San Diego Beer Week (November 4-13,
sdbw.org), and craft beer in general?
MM: I think the mayor appreciates and em- braces the craft beer industry in San Diego, as he sees that we take it seriously as a business that generates jobs and has a positive economic im- pact on the region. We don’t get money directly from the city, but from the San Diego Tourism Marketing District, a non-profit organization with close ties to the city to develop tourism in San Diego. This year they have raised our amount to $75,000 to help promote and develop SDBW.
WC: The San Diego Brewers Guild isn’t just about San Diego Beer Week. What can San Diegans look forward to from the Guild after the sun sets on SDBW 2011?
MM: The Craft Brewers Conference and World Beer Cup will be held in San Diego next year, and the SDBG will once again have a strong presence through a SDBG pavilion with a large amount of beers. That is for the professional brewers coming into town from around the world. For the general public, I would look for SDBG-sponsored events and more beer & food pairings. We also have a new website on the way, and will be releasing that soon!
To keep up with all the San Diego Beer Week 2011 goings-on, visit
sdbw.org. For more infor- mation on the San Diego Brewers Guild, visit
sandiegobrewersguild.org
More on Marty Mendiola: born in Ohio, where many of his Italian uncles and cousins
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Coronado Collection To Debut At Hamilton’s The Purveyors of Idiot IPA to Release Limited Batches of Barrel Aged Beers
By Ryan Lamb
in a new line of beers from the peninsular brewpub, will debut late August at Hamilton’s Tavern in South Park. The exact date of the event wasn’t finalized at press time, but we’ll update our online event calendar (westcoastersd. com/event-calendar) as soon as we know.
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Brewed with brown sugar and orange blossom honey, batch #1 of this barley wine finishes at a hearty 11% ABV after aging in oak brandy barrels for roughly six months. Around 85% of the 20 barrel batch will be put into 22 oz. bottles with foil wrapping and the
Label for the upcoming Coronado Collection beer label reproduced below.
The remainder of this limited beer will be distributed in 5 gallon kegs to various accounts around the county; expect 2-3 beers
oronado Brewing Com- pany Brandy Barrel aged Barley Wine, the first
per year released under the Coronado Col- lection label. Updates on future releases will be published on our website (
westcoastersd.com).
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