San Diego Beer Week 2014

The second week of November, running from the 7th through the 16th, is a very special and celebratory time to be a beer enthusiast. Currently we are just shy of one hundred craft breweries in San Diego, meaning that for you and your beer-loving friends there is no better time or place to experience and indulge in our local craft beer scene. With so many beer-centric events, you'd be wise to take advantage and responsibly explore what this great industry and city have to offer.

For more info, please click here for an extensive SDBW schedule, and here for the San Diego Brewers Guild list/map of breweries.

If you're interested in putting together a custom brewery event tour, do not hesitate to contact us at jsbsandiego@gmail.com. We'd love to be a part of your beer adventures! 8)

Thanks for the Brews Cruise!

"Walk up to the club like, "What up? I got a big..."

Yesterday's San Diego Benefit Brews Cruise on the Hornblower Adventure Yacht was a fantastically amusing and carefree event. With eight (or was it nine?) breweries' brews represented, the beer flowed freely. This became increasingly evident as the party progressed, as more and more people (see Steve above) drunkenly danced/stumbled around to the likes of the Ass Pocket Whiskey Fellas on the top deck and the rave music blasting from the lower level. 

One thing that was pleasantly surprising to me was the demographic -- it wasn't a total sausage-fest. So many beautiful women! 

The man in the middle enthusiastically kept the top deck updated on the Chargers-Raiders game; that's Breanna on the far left; and I believe the guy with the outstretched arms in the back is the organizer of Bacon Fest.

If anyone would like to share their photos, experience, or provide feedback about the cruise, please feel free to share on social media or through email at jsbsandiego@gmail.com.

email from Tyler regarding working for The Drunk Driver

BELOW IS AN EMAIL SENT TO THE DRUNK DRIVER FROM POTENTIAL NEW DRIVER, I THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY ENOUGH TO SHARE:

My resume is missing The Drunk Driver under the Professional Experience headline, plus it could use some revision to make me sound more professional and shit. I'm really tempted to ask for your help with that first part. 

I am actually putting serious thought into driving drunk people around and making those baller ass fat stacks of cash (by my current standards, anyway). Could be fun, and the 'adventure' of it to me seems exciting.

Anyway, I'm gonna shower, not comb my hair, then head to beer skool fer sum lernin.

-Tyler (the main guy at Helm's)

(resume was attached, but not shown on this blog for Tyler's privacy)

Stay tuned for more blog posts from Tyler.

One more question.

Everyone knows that IPA is the acronym for Indian Pale Ale. But do you know why this most popular style of beer came to be? and in what century?

Brews Cruise!! Round 2!

Buy Tickets  GO to event website

Riddle me this, Beerman. . .

Beer trivia question numero uno.

In what prominent San Diego county craft brewery will you find the words,

"IN ILLA BRETTANOMYCES, NOS FIDES", posted above a barrel aging room?

Second question:

What does it mean?

Answer correctly and you will receipt a VIP Cooler upgrade to use on your next brewery tour.

"Please, Ballast Point, may I have another. . ." Location that is.

Wow! This just in. Ballast Point, the people who produce Sculpin, arguably the best IPA known to humankind, is in the process of opening a 4th Brewery very soon. It will be located at 9045 Carrol Way, in the Miramar area. This location will increase potential production by 3 times! There will be a tasting room and even a restaurant! Slated to open the last part of this year, I can hardly wait.