Pacific Brew News

I predicted, before the 2007/2008 NFL season began, who I thought had the best chance of making the playoffs for each division. To refresh your memory, I’ll start with the good news – the AFC.
My Preseason Predictions
AFC Division Champs
* NE Patriots * Baltimore Ravens [...]

Well, here’s some news for you all to enjoy. DRAFT Magazine has a new Beer Director, and its me!

DRAFT Publishing is pleased to announce that Rick Sellers will take on the role of Beer Director for its flagship publication, DRAFT Magazine. Rick has worked in the beer industry for several years as a homebrewer, [...]

By Mike Sober
In the early planning stages of yet another round of Brewery fact finding missions to San Diego the reoccurring theme in my head was that I needed to start my journey with a stop at the Pizza Port site in San Clemente. I’d been to the original Port site in Solano Beach [...]

So, a friend emails me a story about the new European IPA by Greene King, called St Edmunds. The story was obviously structured from a press release, talking about the cool new ’system’ that would let consumer choose if their beer would be “Northern” (with head) or “Southern” (without head). OK… that’s odd. [...]

Just a quick and minor update regarding this weekend’s festivities in Sacramento. I just received the updated and final list of IPAs on tap at Rubicon Brewing this weekend, from Rubicon’s owner, Glynn Phillips. If you’re not familiar with the brewery, it is located at 2004 Capital in Sacramento’s downtown area (20th and [...]

I’ve been asked to sample a few barleywines this week for a piece I’m working on, and I can’t even begin to tell you how much that doesn’t suck. Tonight I’m drinking the Old Foghorn by Anchor Brewing, in San Francisco, a classic barleywine for certain. Knowing I’d be enjoying the beer tonight, [...]

If you live in Northern California and you love good craft beer, then this weekend will be a tough one for you. Here’s what’s on tap:

Toronado Wet Hopped Beer Festival
Rubicon’s 20th Anniversary / Hoptoberfest

Need more information? Well, let’s take a look at the details for each event. First up, the Toronado lineup.

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Greg Koch, Head Brewer/Honcho at Stone Brewing Company, has put together a nice video blog, showing his drive into the brewery, the walls of smoke and some of the damage in the area. It appears that he and his family fared OK through this, as did the brewery. You can see, however, that [...]

I don’t have a lot of info, but a couple of pictures to show how close the fire is to some of our favorite brewers.
The first image is from BeerMapping.com. Along the 78, the red dots represent (from left to right) Green Flash, Lost Abbey and Stone Brewing. Take a look at the [...]

Obviously, if you love good American Craft Beer, you know that much of the country’s best comes from the San Diego region. I haven’t heard anything, nor would I claim to report anything, but I did want to wish our friends in the industry, along with their family and friends, the best in this [...]