BREWS IN THE NEWS


July At-A-Glance Last Month’s News From Around the San Diego Craft Beer Community


our Twitter feed (twitter.com/westcoast- ersd), we strive to bring you an array of San Diego Beer News. Here are some of July’s top stories.


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The behemoth, three-day beer and music event America’s Finest Beer Festival was canceled 24 hours before its sched- uled starting date, July 22nd. Although months in the making, the Rancho San Diego Jamul Chamber of Commerce (the organizers behind the event) claim that financial backing dropped at the last min- ute. At time of printing, the fallout from this cancellation was still landing. Any new updates will be posted online, simply go to our website, westcoatersd.com and in the search bar to the right, type in “AFBF” for the latest.


Openings/Anniversaries - In Hillcrest, restaurant Local Habit opened its doors in July. Embracing the


etween our website (westcoast- ersd.com), our Facebook page (facebook.com/westcoastersd) and


farm to table movement, the restaurant competently serves beer and food from all over California with a strong local em- phasis. WC Staffers report that the food is delicious and well proportioned without being outrageously priced.


- Green Flash has officially opened the doors for their new location located in Mira Mesa. If you have not seen this expertly-designed and expansive brewery, get to it. Tasting room hours: Wednesdays and Thursdays 3 - 9 p.m., Fridays 3 - 10 p.m., Saturdays 12 - 9 p.m., Sundays 12 - 6 p.m.


- Best Damn Beer Shop celebrated its 2nd anniversary last month with a July 9th tasting event at The Tipsy Crow (who celebrated their “Firstish” anniversary on July 14th).


- Rancho Bernardo gastropub URGE celebrated their 1-Year Anniversary, U+1, July 29th and 30th. The two-day extrava- ganza featured an anniversary beer from Mother Earth Brew Co. dubbed “Very Bad Things.”


- In East County, Manzanita Brewing Co. celebrated one year of being open for business on July 16th while beer bar Main Tap Tavern turned three on July 2nd.


Announcements


Following our report last month, the own- ers of Blind Lady Ale House announced the name of their new bar, restaurant and eventual brewpub: Tiger! Tiger!. Slated to open sometime this fall on El Cajon Boulevard in North Park, the space also boasts a 20-person patio.


Event Highlights


- San Diego County Fair Homebrew Competition winners were announced in July. The Best of Show award went to local homebrewer Bob MacKay with an English Dark Mild. Read Judge Ronnie Das’ account of the day by logging on to westcoastersd.com/author/ronnie-das/


- The recently relocated Mission Brewery held two events titled Pints for Pups on July 9th and 23rd. Packed with panting dogs and their beer-drinking owners, the


first installation of this event’s proceeds benefited the New Leash on Life Puppy Club, and the second to the Coastal German Shepherd Rescue Group. The expansive warehouse brewery and bar makes for an ideal event venue. Interested in hosting yours there? Go to mission- brewery.com for more info.


Two for Two: Bottle Releases San Diego staples Karl Strauss Brewing Company and Stone Brewing Co. have been busy in the special releases depart- ment. Off The Rails by Karl Strauss is a hopped-up version of award-hogger Red Trolley Ale, and was released in 22 oz. bottles in early July, and look out for their Boardwalk Black Rye, “a spicy black rye ale with a robust West Coast hop profile,” that hits shelves August 1st. Stone Brew- ing Company released two great 12oz. collaboration beers in July: first, the Baird / Ishii / Stone Japanese Green Tea IPA, a spicy, herbal IPA coming in at 9.2%, is


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