Pacific Brew News

Tuesday last a few of us PBN types got together and ventured forth to Chico to enjoy the sounds of Dave Alvin’s latest musical variation Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women. It was our first time in the Sierra Nevada Brewing’s The Big Room and it certain lived up to it’s name. Due to some clever maneuvering [...]

A Hop Hunter report
This past Wednesday the misses and I took a much desired midweek vacation day and decided an excursion to Western Pacific Brewing in Oroville was in order. Located at 2191 High Street the brewery occupies Oroville’s original Western Pacific Rail Station which was in continuous service from 1906 to 1966.
In 2008 Brewer Jim Gowan teamed up with owners David [...]

Written by Jeff Barber

So after a pretty relaxing few days in Spokane, it was time to start the long drive back to Roseville. Leaving at 7:30AM, we figured our best bet for another beer stop was going to be dinner in Klamath Falls, OR (home of Klamath Basin Brewing). Klamath Basin won several awards at [...]

Written by Jeff Barber

NW Beer Adventure Part 2
After getting family stuff out of the way, and attending my niece’s high school graduation, my brother, my son in law and I drove over to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho to enjoy the lake and see how the town has changed since my last visit 10-12 years ago. Once [...]

Written by Jeff Barber
Well better late than never. I took several good pictures at Deschutes that I will add alter so I can get this posted.
I recently drove to Spokane, Washington, with my daughter LeeAnn, her husband Ray and my two year old granddaughter Kaylee for 5 days. While that may sound like hell, my [...]

Posted by The Hop Hunter
If you happen to live in or around the greater San Diego area and are a fan of hops then you’ll want to pay close attention to the date of July 3rd 2009. That is reportedly the day when Alpine Beer Company, located at  2351 Alpine Blvd, Alpine CA 91901, will release [...]

If you’ve followed us for any amount of time, you’ll know that we’re fans of good cheese to go along with our good beer. With that in mind we thought we’d take a brief departure from beer to highlight some of the big winners from this year’s California State Fair Cheese Competition. Our hope, of [...]

Just a quick follow up on Jeff’s post regarding the Sacramento area’s newest food destination, The Chef’s Table, located in Rocklin just off Hwy 65 (Blue Oaks exit). To begin, the place was everything Jeff said it was, and more. The menu apparently changes weekly, so much of what Jeff enjoyed was no longer available. [...]

The results are in for the California State Fair commercial beer competition, and there are a lot of good things to celebrate all over the state. To see the official results, click here.
Seems the big winners of the year were Mammoth Brewing, Faultline  Brewing and Sacramento Brewing, who each brought home SEVEN awards! Additionally, Moylan’s [...]

Many of you have already heard about Firestone Walker’s upcoming hop-bomb, but in case you haven’t we figured we’d share. Double Union Jack is coming out very soon, but will only be available in select markets (Sacramento will have some available at Sacramento Brewing at the end of July). To best explain the beer, we [...]