Culture Brewing

Having been opened since only February 2013, Culture is certainly cranking out some high quality beer with many styles available, most notably their limited sours and nitro offerings. An oaked imperial stout, coffee IPA, and milk stout ALL on nitro? Oh hell yes, maybe there actually is a god.

Like their original location, which is itself expanding, this brewery -- still in its infancy -- has just opened a satellite tasting room in Ocean Beach earlier this month. Both locations currently have rustic, minimalist atmospheres without kitschy advertising or anything beyond the core essentials for craft brewery authenticity: instead of chairs, you sit on kegs; instead of tables, you rest your brews on barrels.

Staff there is knowledgeable, laid back, yet attentive and friendly as any other brewery I've visited. While they don't bottle (yet), 32 oz and 64 oz growlers are available for off-premise consumption at very reasonable price points.

Tyler says get your ass over to Culture ASAP, and that's a command.

Helm's 2nd Anniversary this Saturday, the 15th - Tickets Limited!

26 available beers. Unlimited tasters 12:30-9:00 PM for $35. Lots of unique rarities, plus bacon-wrapped hot dogs, Killer Street Tacos, Amore Cheesecake, and raffles for Helm's merchandise. 

UPDATE 11/15/14: THE DRUNK DRIVER IS OFFERING AN AWESOME RAFFLE PRIZE AT THE ANNIVERSARY PARTY, AN OFFER SO RIDICULOUSLY SWEET THAT THE LUCKY WINNER WILL RECEIVE THREE HOURS OF FREE  BREWERY/EVENT TRANSPORTATION IN ONE OF OUR VANS ALONG WITH NINE OF HIS/HER FRIENDS. (UPDATE 11/15: the raffle was won by an exuberant lady who we look forward to giving her and her friends an exciting tour not to be forgotten).

TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE BREWERY. DON'T FORGET YOUR ID, AND PLEASE USE SOUND JUDGMENT BY SECURING A DESIGNATED DRIVER. 

Tentative, scheduled list subject to unforeseeable alterations (UPDATE 11/5: We succeeded in having everything available, as listed below):

*Captain's Pale Ale                           *Wicked as Sin IPA

*Hop the RIPA                                   *Summer Equinox Session IPA

*The Black Pearl Black IPA              *Batten Down Brown

*The Black Pearl on Hop Rocket     *Beeruccino

*Goosefoot Ginger                            *Samuin Harvest

*OG Wheat                                         *Black Rye Double IPA

*Decimation Triple IPA                      *Messin' With Saazquatch

*En Garde (Bier de Garde)                *The Shinning (Scottish Ale)

*Chocolate Night Stout                      *Barrel-Aged Chocolate Night

*Barrel-Aged Beeruccino                   *Raspberry Chocolate Stout

*Peanut Butter Cup Stout                  *PB & J Stout

*Honey Nut Brown Cask                         *Jalapeño Wicked as Sin Cask

*Hickory Cranberry RIPA Cask            *Coffee Samuin Harvest Cask

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!

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