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DRINK AND BE MERRY! SAN DIEGO:


San Diego Beer Week Okay, it’s actually ten days, but who really cares, as long as San Diego’s featured craft beer brewers keep their ales flowing during this countywide festival. San Diego Beer Week promotes the region’s thriving craft brewers whose numbers continue to grow, right along with their brews. Taking place fromFriday, November 3 through Sunday, November 12, more than 60 breweries from across San Diego County come together to celebrate everything fermented, with more than 500 beer-centric events stretching over 10 days. The signature kickoff event for the week is theVIP Brewer Takeover at San Diego’s Broadway Pier,Friday, November 3, your chance to rub elbows with many of the city’s award-winning brewers. TheBrewers Guild Festival follows the next day onSaturday, November 4, featuring San Diego’s finest craft breweries along with food from local, craft-beer friendly restaurants and food trucks. To top all the fun off, there will be musical entertainment provided by some of San Diego’s most talented musicians! Finally, look for San Diego Beer Week’s closing event, the Beer Garden at the Lodge at Torrey PinesonSunday, November 12. For a full calendar of events, participating brewers or to purchase tickets, go tosdbw.org.


BBQ Fest 2017 What could be better than eating and drinking your way around San Diego’s Broadway Pier Pavilion? Eating tantaliz- ing BBQ and beer to your heart’s content, of course! OnSaturday, November 11, enjoy an almost unlimited supply of the best BBQ and sides you can possibly imagine! Pulled pork, cole slaw, baked beans, chicken wings, sliders, ribs, burnt ends, short ribs, corn, smoked sausage, mac n’ cheese and more, along with some of your favorite craft beer to sample, with the beautiful San Diego Bay as a backdrop! Could there be anything better? Well yes, in fact, do all-the-above while enjoying the best “old school and throwback music,” plus more entertain- ment TBA. Vendors include Smoken J’s BBQ, Seoul Man BBQ, Guana BBQ Grill, Scratch BBQ, DANG Brothers Pizza and Heather’s Confections, to name just a few… And we haven’t even mentioned the long list of lagers! For tickets and more information, go to eliteeventssd.com.


14th Annual Classic San Diego Bay


Wine & Food Festival The 14th Annual San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival has become one of the West Coast’s premiere wine, beer,


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along with some visiting masters, will be whipping up a vast variety of different ramen combinations for your edification and as they say, “Go ramen crazy as you slurp to your ramen delight!” Along with the incredible variety of ramen that will be there, you can also expect a totally ramen crazy ramen eating contest, ra- men inspired art by local artists, lots of fantastic live entertainment, arts and craft vendors, and a nice cold beer, sake (or sake bomb!) at the beer garden! For tickets and more information, go to sdramenfest.com.


We here atThe Rage Monthly know it’s not quite December yet, but


when aren’t we in the LGBTQ community ready for a good food, hearty beverages and a great party? This November’s issue is all about food, wine and them most fab cocktails…Here’s our “Must Do” list for places and parties to dine and sup at…And maybe have a little carouse on top of it!


spirit and gourmet food events, offering more than 60 epic luxury wine and food events. Held in multiple locations throughout San Diego fromSunday, November 12 through Sunday, November 19, the week-long festival celebrates our vibrant culinary commu- nity. Wine and cooking classes, celebrity chef dinners and multiple tasting events ranging from aGolf Classic with six culinary tasting holes to Flix Fermented, the opening party featuring celebrity chef Ed Lee’s documentary,Fermented. EnjoyExpedition Baja, an immersive Valle de Guadalupe wine and food experience,The Tasting At SommCon, theSDBWFF Grand Tasting main event, or theAfter Party With the Chefs, along with many other culinary events and several “package” options. Festival co-producer Michelle Metter says, “San Diego is home to some of the nation’s finest breweries, restaurants, chefs and sommeliers. We are thrilled to once again welcome eager enthusiasts to San Diego to indulge in the epicurean experience of a lifetime, all while taking in the city’s finest flavors, chefs, vistas and locales.” For tickets and more information, go to sandiegowineclassic.com.


Toast of Gaslamp This one’s a little passed November’s date and has a decidedly Ho-ho-holiday flavor but none-the-less it’s a fun foodie event taking place in the Gaslamp on Saturday, December 9. Toast of the Gaslamp offers delicious cocktail samples and yummy bites from 20 of the Gaslamp Quarter’s top restaurants for you to enjoy, as you shop the deals offered at 20 Gaslamp retailers during the event. Don your gayest, holiday apparel and toast your way through the Gaslamp as you get an early start on your holiday shopping, during this San Diego tradition savored by many. As organizers say, “Yule have a blast!” For tickets and more, go togaslamp.org.


San Diego Ramen Festival In what has been described as “An ode to the delicious soup art made with crafted noodles, savory broths, and perfectly melded toppings,” the San Diego Ramen Festival is taking place at the Port Pavilion on Broadway Pier,Thursday, November 16. To say that ramen has come a long way from those instant packets we all survived on in college is an understatement. Local San Diego chefs,


SommCon 2017 This one is for the wine professionals. SommCon is the leading conference and exposition for sommelier-level educa- tion and training for wine professionals and the super-serious enthusiast. Not for the faint of heart, this annual conference brings together industry professionals of all levels to discuss, develop and in the end, help lead the conversation on the business of wine. If you are a Master Sommelier, Master of Wine, Sommelier, Sommelier Candidate, WSET Certificate Holder / Candidate, Certified Specialist of Wine, Certified Wine Educator, Certified Specialist of Spirits, Beverage Director, Wine & Spirit Educator, educational institution, wine sales professional, winemaker, winery staff, front-of-house restaurant staff, chef, wine and spirit retailers, wine writers and journalists or a serious wine enthusiast, then this is the place for you. FromWednesday, November 15 through Friday, Novem- ber 17, look for classes, workshops and certification courses on everything from Champagnes to Proseccos, Albariños, Chardonnays Rosés, Beaujolais, Cabernets, Burgundys and Pinot Noirs, featuring wines of classic regions such as Italy, France and Bordeaux, along with newcomers from Oregon, California and Washington. The list is comprehensive and extremely impressive with over 50 sessions, 50 presenters and panelists, as well as over 500 wines available for tasting. For more information, go tosommconusa.com.


People’s Choice Wine Tasting


And Awards Join your fellow wine enthusiasts in SoCal’s wonderful Temecula Valley for the second annual People’s Choice Blind Tasting and Awards,Sunday, November 12 at Leoness Cellars, 38311 De Portola Road. Rub elbows with Temecula Valley Southern California’s Wine Country movers and shakers as your palate guides you through the valley’s most superb wines, during a five-course wine dinner and celebration. It’s a blind tasting and before you ask, no, it doesn’t involve a blindfold…It’s not that kind of


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