2016 Recap: San Diego's Best New Breweries West Coaster, Dec. 13, 2016 By Brandon Hernández It’s the final month of the year, and time to reflect on the year nearly gone-by. For me, that means assessing San Diego County’s brewery landscape. That’s what I’ll be doing in a three-part series of posts this week, starting with a look at the plethora of new brewing operations that...
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Hank Watson's Garage Hour Presents: Ahhhh, so yum. The Garage Hour trips out of its home base at Helix Brewing in La Mesa, KA, to visit with another Circle of Hops brewer of note, Burning Beard. 'Beard primaries Jeff "Get a Haircut" Wiederkehr and Mike "Tape Deck" Maass join Chef Jeff and Hostus Maximus Justin Fort for an hour of beers, music, guns, and something about...
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Behind the scenes of our Sexy Calendar shoot at Burning Beard. Come pick one up Nov 9th at 5pm! #sdbeer #mashtun #shannonsboobs #hashtag A video posted by What's On Draft? (@whatsondraft) on Nov 8, 2016 at 9:42am PST ...
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It’s hard to believe, but the Beard’s inaugural San Diego Beer Week experience is nigh! We’ve got a handful of events planned—both in-house and around town—and would love to see you at one, a few, or all of them! Saturday, 11/5 – Guild Fest @ Broadway Pier, 2:00 PM Monday, 11/7 – QUAFFers Turned Pro @ North Park Beer Co., 6:00 PM Tuesday, 11/8 – Make El Cajon Cake...
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Highlights from San Diego Beer Week So Far Hundreds of events, thousands of beers San Diego Magazine, November 10, 2016 By Bruce Glassman San Diego Beer Week 2016 | Photos: Bruce Glassman Raise your glass! Last Friday, San Diego Beer Week officially got underway with festivities downtown at Broadway Pier. Friday night was the VIP Brewers Takeover, which filled the indoor space with nearly 70 brewers pouring more than 140...
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A list of San Diego beers brewed with fresh hops ...
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Hank Watson’s Garage Hour Presents: Now that's a Garage Hour – all beer, all the time (well, there was some rock & roll too, but we know you like it). Hostus Maximus Justin Fort brings beer friends (and fine brewers in their own right) Mike "Underinsured" Maass and Jeff "Flex" Wiederkehr of Burning Beard Brewing (burningbeardbrewing.com) to Helix Brewing in lovely, scenic, unmolested industrial La Mesa, where they're joined by the...
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Kensington & Burning Beard West Coaster Magazine, Aug. 2016 By Ian Cheesman View the original article here: https://issuu.com/awodigitaledition/docs/west_coaster_august_2016/34 [caption id="attachment_349616" align="alignleft" width="1024"] Kensington & Burning Beard. West Coaster Magazine, Aug. 2016[/caption]...
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Do Me a Flavor New Beers to Cheers Pacificsandiego.com, July 21, 2016 By Brandon Hernández RYE THE LIGHTNING Session ales — beers that are big on flavor but low enough in alcohol that they can be enjoyed in great quantity over the course of, say, a ballgame, pub-crawl or 2-year-old’s birthday party — are all the rage. Many are simple takes on pale ales and IPAs. So is this one,...
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Summer’s here. Weather’s warm. Days are long. It’s the season of the beer fest. The Beard will be out in full force this beer fest season, filling taster glasses, sampling beer, and making new friends. Come and join us, here’s where we'll be! 7/30 - Hessfest, North Park SD 8/4-7 - Mammoth Festival of Beers & Bluespalooza, Mammoth Lakes, CA 8/13 - Festival of Dankness, Waterfront Park, SD 8/19 - Stone Brewing 20th Anniversary Invitational...
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