SDBW BEER & FOOD


Grub & Grog on a Budget Your guide to some cheap SDBW eats By Amy T. Granite


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f there’s one thing I realized after barely surviving Beer Week 2010, it’s that money drained from my bank account as fast as the beers set in front of me. It’s not cheap to drink and eat during our county’s grandest celebration, and my fellow SDBW veterans can attest to the al- mighty demands of the drunk-munchies. This year, I’m not planning on eating or drinking less – but I am busting out the piggy bank and partying on a budget. Here’s my picks for the best of SDBW eats for the thrifty grog-and-grub enthusiasts out there. With $10-$20 bucks in your pocket, you’ll leave these haunts stuffed and quenched.


MIHO Behind the Brewery @ Ballast Point Scripps Ranch Thurs 11/10 5-8pm


Farm-fresh street food is what San Diego’s original gastro-truck does best, and this Beer Week a not- so-secret ingredient is making its way into dishes like the Sour Wench Reuben. This sandwich with its grass fed beef cured to pastrami perfection meets Sour Wench-fermented cabbage and 1000 island dressing in between two slices of rye—a tasty excuse to check out Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits. A continuation of the truck’s Behind the Brewery series, if you can’t make it Thursday,


enjoy MIHO’s Victory at Sea braised duck tacos at BP’s original Linda Vista location on 11/8 from 4-7pm.


Street food pairings with Beertails, Green Flash or Lightning brews @ Alchemy All week from 5pm-close


South Park’s gastronomic-gem is conveniently located just two doors down from Hamilton’s Tav- ern, so before the real beer drinking games begin, start your night off with a gussied-up street food pairing at Alchemy. Taro root tacos are stuffed with braised pork belly, spicy cucumbers, bacon salt and cilantro, and are paired with the Folsom Blues Beertail for just $10. Give your Beer Week- wrecked palate a break with this original cocktail; Mitcher’s Small Batch Bourbon is infused with Su- zie’s Farm organic tobacco leaves, then combined with vermouth, bitters, Stevia leaves for sweetness and of course, topped with Dead Guy Ale.


Growler Happy Hour @ URBN Coal Fired Pizza/Bar


Mon-Fri 4-7pm


URBN takes its craft beer and pies equally seri- ous, so come taste for yourself in the midst of the bar’s packed Beer Week schedule for its regularly


featured Growler Happy Hour. The purchase of a meant-for-sharing-jug scores you a free small coal- fired pizza with up to three toppings, and there’s a rotating selection of beers from the likes of Great Divide, Victory Brewing Company, New English and more to quench your thirst. The only thing that goes better with beer than pizza are wings, so loosen your belt buckles and throw back an order of those, too.


Beer and Grilled Cheese Flight Night @ KnB Friday 11/11 6-10pm


Karl Strauss is brewing something special for SDBW and it’ll be enjoyed alongside a selection of artisan grilled cheese sandwiches at the popular Del Cerro hide-out, bottle shop and pub – KnB Wine Cellars. Stilton blue cheese and mango chut- ney grilled between buttery-soft King’s Hawaiian Rolls pair with SDBW Heavy Petti Double IPA. Originally brewed on IPA Day, the beer’s back and can also be enjoyed in a flight with Windansea Hefe, Off The Rails Imperial Red and 2011 Great American Beer Festival bronze medal winner, Two Tortugas Belgian Quad. The Quad’s recommended pairing is the Bucherondin, fig jam and brioche grilled cheese. YUM!


Mmmmm, street tacos and Beertails @ Alchemy. Photo: Chad Thompson


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