Jonny and I came up with an insane idea a year ago, to celebrate our 11th Anniversary of existence in the beer world by embarking on an 11 beer collab tour, which would involve 22 trips in and out of California. We were burned out by planning our usually small rare beer festival, and thought […]
This year’s list is limited to all-new recipes that debuted from November 2017 to November 2018. Enjoy! 10. Firestone Walker Lager This year, Firestone Walker (Paso Robles, CA) resurrected their pale lager from 2000 that was discontinued in 2007. This year’s reincarnation is an updated recipe, though, and really impressed in the details. Firestone Lager […]
The Full Pint is breaking away from it’s usual format of holding an intimate rare beer festival so that we can go on tour. The Full Pint 11th Anniversary Tour. We are making 11 stops from July to December, where we team up with some of our favorite brewing friends to hold a party. […]
Belgium has always been the gold standard for sour ales, fruited sour ales, spontaneously fermented ales and Lambics. For many years, it has been thought that Belgium makes far superior sour ales than the United States. In the last 10-15 years, the United States has rapidly improved the quality of their sour beers and it’s […]
We are back from vacation and are joined by our friend Scott Wood, Founder/Brewer at Courtyard Brewing in New Orleans, Louisiana. We talk about many topics including: – Scott’s start in the alcohol business. – Scott’s late start into craft beer. – Leaving San Diego for New Orleans. – Filling the void of IPAs. – […]
The past few years have been very tense between defined craft breweries and mega beer corporation, AB-InBev. With a dozen or so established breweries acquired and sports stadiums decorated with fake craft brands, craft beer rallied together to launch a campaign to fight back. Along with the Independent Brewery Seal, they launched a ‘Take Craft […]
Today, I wanted to switch gears and do a write-up of one of the various blind panel tests that we do from time to time. My regular reviews allow for comments on price, distribution, label design, format, and an evaluation of the beer vs. what it claims to be on the packaging. That’s great, but […]
It is hard to believe how many powerhouse collaborations John Wakefield of J. Wakefield Brewing and Kyle Harrop of Horus Aged Ales did in 2017. The two brewers are the collaboration juggernauts of the craft beer industry with everything they touch turning to liquid gold, especially stouts. It is amazing to see their versatility as […]
We have little over a week to go for The Full Pint 10th Anniversary Celebration on August 5th at Toronado San Diego. Each year, many of our friends from breweries we have worked with over the years make a special commemorative beer for the occasion. Because this is our milestone 10th anniversary, we were blessed […]
(Paso Robles, CA) – Firestone Walker today announced the 2024 edition of its Brewmaster’s Collective beer club, encompassing a Welcome Kit and 21 small-batch barrel-aged beers as well as numerous exclusive membership benefits. Highlights of the 2024 beer club include limited collaboration beers made with WeldWerks, FrauGruber, Omnipollo and Revolution. Open enrollment in the 2024 Brewmaster’s […]
We are joined by Co-Host Andy and discuss many fun topical items about our life in beer, including: – Pilsner Urquell influencing? – Sierra Nevada Celebration – Bottles or Cans? – Bell’s Oberon franchise talk continues. – Might Oberon be the next Voodoo Ranger (we talked about this before the sale lol) – The big […]
We are back with the latest edition of Can Release Daily. Every day, around the world, small breweries are offering some of the freshest, most innovative beers right out of their tasting rooms. With so many breweries releasing so many brightly labeled beers, it’s hard to keep track of it all. Because we love centralized […]
Here is the latest edition of Can Release Daily! We’ve always appreciated centralized information, and here we have some of the hottest can release drops around the country bundled in one post. We understand that these cans might be long gone by the time you read this, we hope this also serves a purpose by […]
