A couple of weekends ago, to celebrate my birthday I went on a brewery tour with some friends. We chartered a bus through sdbeerbus.com and they drove us to three different local breweries of our choosing. We chose Stone, Port/ Lost Abby, and Alesmith. We loaded up the bus at my friends house and made [...]

Recently I toured the Stone brewery in Escondido, and boy is it pretty. Anyone who lives in the area should take a spin in that direction. But this isn’t about the building, this is about the beer they make in it. I’ll be the first to admit, hoppy beers aren’t my normal drink of choice. [...]

There has only been one other beer that has ever received “Never Again” status. That would be Blue Moon from Coors, and its really a Radiohead concert review post. Now the normal Arrogant Bastard is around 8% of pure skull-crushing madness. Once you get past the intial tastebuds-into-oblivion stage, you can really enjoy the bitterness [...]