BREWS IN THE NEWS
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operation, and Head Brewer and co-proprietor JC Hill says his 3 barrel system was one of the first sales of the newly-founded Portland Kettle Works in Oregon. Armed with two 7 barrel fermentors, Hill expects to fire up the kettle as soon as construction finishes; business partner Alex Pierson says that they’re hoping for a late February soft opening.
January 26th just west of the 805’s Sorrento Valley Road. The Explorer ESB tastes great pumped from the cask.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO... Karl Strauss Brewing Company (23) Karl Strauss is celebrating its 23rd Anniversary with the 2nd annual Changing of the Barrels event on their actual
11a.m.- 5p.m. More details are available on the PubCakes blog.
HAPPY (BELATED) BIRTHDAY TO... Blind Lady Ale House (3) Blind Lady Ale House celebrated its 3rd Anniversary with a predictably odd and awesome six days worth of events. Besides commemorating the first beer it ever poured, Hangar 24, and, uh, upping the speed of a beer bar “crawl” to “Craft Beer Run,” BLAH also raffled off a prize package that includes sweatshirts, t-shirts and more, plus the only growler fills available of Automatic Brew- ing Company’s celebratory release, Three Speed Brown. All raffle ticket proceeds benefit Seeds at the City, the urban farm at City College.
GETTING THEIR FOOTING
Local homebrewers crafting Stumblefoot Brewing Co. Bill Randolph and Pat Horton began as self-taught home- brewers about 10 years ago, and now they’re applying all the information they’ve learned over the years to open a new brewery in San Marcos. The Stumblefoot name “is a personification of the strides we have made in our brew- ing techniques,” according to their website, and Randolph said that “because we are building from scratch and scrap we are figuring out what else we need to pick up or make to improve the process (where application meets theory).” The brewers plan to craft some interesting beers, includ- ing “an original” Chipotle American Stout. When we know more about their tasting room opening, we’ll blog about it.
The AleSmith tasting room, minutes after its re-opening on January 19th TASTING ROOM BOOM
Miramar-Sorrento brewery tract sees big changes Moving from east to west: Ballast Point’s Scripps Ranch tasting room has undergone an extreme makeover, and a new tap tower is coming soon. AleSmith held a soft opening for their revamped Miramar tasting room on January 19th, and a grand opening party looks likely for late February. Rough Draft Brewing is hosting a soft opening some time in February at 8830 Rehco Road, and you must follow them on Facebook for a chance to score a ticket. New English Brewing Co.’s tasting room opened
anniversary, February 2nd. On that day, the 23rd Anniver- sary Old Ale goes on tap at all six Karl Strauss Brewery Restaurants and select beer bars in Southern California; 22oz bottles will be available early February.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO... PubCakes (1)
Although Misty Birchall began delivering her tasty beer-infused cupcakes to local bars in 2009, it wasn’t until February 2011 that she moved into a storefront with Treehouse Coffee Co. in La Mesa. One year later, she’s celebrating with a beer garden on February 18th from
BEER WEEK BOOM Data from San Diego beer’s biggest attraction Surveys targeting out-of-towners during San Diego Beer Week showed a remarkable jump in hotel room stays over 2010’s figures. 1435 room nights, or $179,734 in ad- ditional hotel revenue was recorded in 2010, while 2011 saw 3612 room nights equalling $469,307 in additional revenue. VisionQuest, a professional survey company, compiled this data. Also, both the opening and closing events of Beer Week sold out, with 500 VIP tickets and more than 2,800 general admission tickets sold for the Guild Festival; 450 tickets were sold for the Beer Garden closing event at The Lodge at Torrey Pines.
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