Pacific Brew News

By Jeff Barber
On March 6th, a beer event was held at the Hop Hunter’s house that will long be remembered in local hop lovers’ minds. Christened the EPIC IPA tasting, this event only included truly great single, double and triple IPAs from California and in almost all cases, were poured from growlers. Everyone also brought [...]

By Jeff Barber
Sacramento Beer Week is off to a great start with lots of great beer being enjoyed. Unfortunately for those of us in the Roseville/Rocklin area, most of the events have been farther than many of us wanted to drive. Until last night (Wednesday). Thanks to Chef David Hill’s Chef’s Table Bistro, Roseville-ites had [...]

Posted by Jeff Barber
What do you do when you have to drive from Sacramento to San Mateo for your daughter’s dance competition and have two hours to kill because of how early she has to be there? In my case, my wife and I drove three exits up the freeway to visit Steelhead Brewing Company [...]

I’m a big fan of folk and bluegrass music, along with the old outlaw country and rock musicians like Waylon Jennings. It should come as no surprise then that I was among the first in my area to see Crazy Heart with Jeff Bridges in the theater when it came out last week – an [...]

What happens when a previously planned S.O.B.E.R Barley Wine Tasting event gets postponed at the 23rd hour? In this case, 6 of the available members (Mike, Jeff, Jose, Lisa , Bob and later Mike’s wife Teri) get together and taste a variety of other beers. Since the cellars of Big Mike and Bob Silva always [...]

If you live anywhere around Sacramento and have some time to kill over the holidays, might we suggest checking out Folsom’s newest beer joint, Samuel Horne’s Tavern? Opened just over a month, this place has everything you’d hope for in a local pub – great beer at a great price, complemented by a simple and [...]

On December 17th at 5PM, PBN friend, and brewer extraordinaire, Brian Ford will be holding a vertical tasting of his Old Prospector Barleywine at his brewery, the Auburn Alehouse. An 8oz snifter of each of the 07, 08 and just released 09 Barleywines will be available for $15. Old Prospector is always a treat and [...]

Guess what. It’s that time of year again. We’re staring down the barrel at Thanksgiving, followed by Christmas and the New Year. Each of these holidays carry with them a big and special meal, often complete with sweet, savory and flavorful dishes. Many families will gather ahead of dinner to watch the NFL games, catch [...]

Each year the fine folk at Rubicon Brewing Company, in Sacramento, put on an anniversary celebration that doubles as an IPA festival known as Hoptoberfest. This year represents the 22nd year in operation for the Capital’s longest-running brewery and comes on the heels of yet another major award in the country’s largest beer competition, the [...]

Long time readers know my love of all things HomeBrew Chef – the meals he puts on, his ability to pair dishes with obscure brews, the whole package that is Sean Paxton is very impressive. So it should come as no surprise that when it came to making our Thanksgiving turkey, I looked to him [...]