Rock & Roll Happy Hour

We wrap up the week with Culture Brewing and a truly one of a kind collab with Coastal Roots Farm in Encinitas. A Spring seasonal beer that features handpicked elderflower from Coastal Roots creating a fruity and floral IPA. Best part, a portion of the proceeds from each beer goes to support Coast Roots efforts.

Taking a break from the hops for a truly South of the border inspired beverage. Jason and Larry from Culture Brewing show off their Hispanic flare with La Cerveza Mexican stytle lager.

A hazy Wednesday needs a hazy beer and Jason and Larry from Culture Brewing brough Coastal Haze! A hazy not like some of the other tropical bombs out there, there is something distinctly more dank about this beer and it just might be because of current head brewer Jasons' past.

You might have heard the phrase "a little bit country and a little bit rock & roll." Today's beer follows that being a little bit old school and a little bit new school. Culture Brewing's Mosaic IPA has all that upfront flora aroma you'd expect with a beer with Mosaic hops but also hides a subtle bitterness that dries the beer up on the backend like an OG West Coast IPA.

There has been a lot brewing at Culture and it's more then just the beer! It's been forever since we've had anyone from the brewrey swing by and we're fixing that this week as Jason and Larry drop by all week to talk about what's happening in their tasting rooms and their brew house. We start light and crisp with their interperation of a Blonde ale called Solana Blonde.

Closing the week with Chris and Ryan from SouthNorte with a drink that has become more and more popular as more premium tequilas hit the market. With tequila, lime and grapefruit soda the Paloma is a refreshing and less sweet alternative to a margarita. IMO it's a perfect way to kick off a weekend with your friends.

Chris and Ryan from SouthNorte might have brought my new favorite go-to spirit and soda beverage. After the introduction of the Hibiscus Lime yestrday, today's Tequila Soda with Orange has no right being this good! Subtle tequila flavor with a hint of orange essence that it's more akin to expressing orange peel over an old Fashioned then drinking tequila and orange juice and that's just the way I...

With a warm weekend on the horizon Chris and Ryan from SouthNorte brought the ultimate refreshing cocktail a Hibiscus Lime Tequila soda. If a vodka soda is your go to this is a beverage you need to try, like a carbonated glass of agua de Jamaica with a suble hint of tequila...this might just become you new summertime cocktail.

It's Cinco De Mayo! Time to celebrate with a drink that draws its origins back to Ensenada Mexico! Ryan from SouthNorte who once lived there bring all the inspirations of a freshsly made South of the border margarita to a can near you!

It's Cinco De Mayo week! That means we're going to explore some of the locally made RTD cocktials with a South of the border flair. SouthNorte joins us all week to show off their popular line of beverages. We start with the Matador, big on pineapple flavor with a surprising lack of boozyness given the 7% AVB.

Our final pepper beer of the week, designed not be punishing but almost like a desert. Nickel Beer Co's Serrano Stout features both roasted and raw Serrano peppers aged in a bourbon barrel. Dark complex with a subtle pepper flavor and almost no heat, this is the kind of beer you want to let warm up just a little to experince all the flavors it has to offer.

This is gonna be the one that hurts! Tom alluded all week that there was going to be one beer that would light me up and today he's brought Nickel Beer Co's Death Tongue IPA. Made from locally grown Devi's Tongue peppers, this IPA is very curious because it drinks very much like what you would expect from an IPA and then you get hit with the heat. It's a wild ride that will have you coming back fo...

Not a San Diego beer, but a former San Diego brewer and now medal winner, 603 Where There Is Smoke There Is Fire is Tom's atempt to get me to enjoy a pepper AND smoke beer. I'm notoriously not a fan of smoked any beer, we'll see if this beer and some O'Brien's wings can sway my opinion.

It was a beer we had last year, but this year it has some gold hanging around it. As Tom Nickel continutes to torture me with pepper beers, he's brought OB Brewery's Couples Therapy. An odd duck at first glance being a Belgian Saison with roasted and green jalapeno peppers but once you taste it, you understand it's subtle complexity and how amazing it goes with food....like Fish Tacos from O'Brien...

What first started as a way to tortue me, I've come to look forward to the time around Cino De Mayo and Tom Nickel's Pepper Beer Challenge. All week Tom tries to burn out my tast buds with a variety of pepper beers from around San Diego. We start light with a cult classic from Nicke Beer Company, Jalapeno Gold.

An 11% ABV stout has no right to be this smooth but as Tomme Arthur from The Lost Abbey puts it, they release the beer when it's ready and it's guaranteed to only get better as it ages. As we wrap up our Friday, we pour out one more beer, the deceptivly dangerous Serpent's Stout.

It's a beer that's almost as old as The Lost Abbey and as Tomme Arthur proves it's a style that stands the test of time. Carnevale Brett Saison is a Spring seasonal offering from the soon to be 20 year old brewery that is as good now as it will be years from now.

In true Tomme Arthur style we've skipped IPA and went right to Double IPA. Moral Codes takes Tomme's 30 years of brewing experience and 20 years of running The Lost Abbey and put it into liquid form. Strong, hoppy, with a gentle kiss of malt.

While San Diego is a hop driven city, it can't always be super floral and tropical...sometime you just need an easy drinking light beer. For the Lost Abbey, Noble Tendencies wasn't even a beer on the board in the tap room, it was a beer on tap for the brewer's to have a shifty. But good beers never stay hidden for long and soon it became a must-have tap room offering. One sip and you'll know why.

Another San Diego Brewery celebrating a landmark anniversary, The Lost Abbey turns 20 with a big party on May 9th! All this week we catch up with the man who's direction and vision has helmed the project from the start, Mr. Tomme Arthur. Our first beer an Italian Style Pilsner called Mopeds in Milan. Why that name? Tomme has a great story about that.

This beer should come with a warning label. Bay City's Jucci Gang Hazy Double IPA is a very deceptive drink because up front it's jucy and tropical with hints of candied oranges that drinks super smooth. Then you try and stand up after downing a pint only to realized that this beer is hiding 8.5% ABV among all that haze.

Sour beers can be an aquired taste and a little daunting for someone getting into craft beer. Where a lot of sour beers focus on the acidity, Bay City takes a different approach and hones in on the fruit for a more balaced sip. Ziggy Sourdust Passion Fruit Sour is a beer that has been in the tasting room for a while, it's now making its way into cans around San Diego just in time for Spring!

When you want an IPA that somewhere between an Non-Alcoholic version and the standard 6% faire, Bay City has you covered! Getaway Day IPA is a 3% ABV beer that deleivers on all the taste, aromas and expectations you have for a standard San Diego IPA but with half the alcohol.

Austin and Rob from Bay City Brewing brought a treat to wrap up a Tuesday! A beer that has been around but is now been dialed in and canned up, Peninsula Lager is an Amber Lager that pays homage to our neighbours to the South. Smooth, roasty and easy drinking this beer belongs next to tacos and some San Diego sunshine.

Baseball season is back and Bay City Brewing has one of the top spots in East Village to be at before a game! All week Austin and Rob stop in to talk about what fantastic liquid they'll be serving at the Faithfull prepare for another winning year. We start with a beer that for the first time ever is being poured at games, Fiesta Island Pilsner.