San Diego Brewing Co

These people are open till 12am


San Diego Brewing Company's name and tradition began long before this Linda Vista brewery was established. The original manufacturing facility with the same name opened in 1896 amid great fanfare by A.E. Horton, the father of San Diego. The San Diego Brewing Company of today has come a long way from the original brewery, which was powered then by a 25-horsepower engine that operated the elevator, barley mill and mash tun. The modern-day rendition of San Diego Brewing Company hopes to carry on the legacy of the original brewery by keeping artfully crafted brews flowing from its brewhouse. On tap are fifty house and guest brews, including some time-honored classics like the Grantville Gold, Old Town Nut Brown and Infinitude IPA. 

Brewery Insider - Interview No. 2

Helms Brewing Co

Last Monday we had the pleasure of meeting Tim and Matt (father and son). And we drank some amazing beer.

Brewery Insider - Interview No. 1

Rough Draft

Today we started an amazing project. We are attempting to interview all the breweries in San Diego County. This is probably an unending project seeing as there seems to be a new brewery opening every 5 seconds, but we are up to the challenge.

We started with Rough Draft. http://roughdraftbrew.com/ We had the pleasure to interview Jeff Silver, a modest man who humbly opened his doors to our crew. What a great guy! We learned a lot today and we can't wait to release the final video to the internet. Here are some photos of our morning:

$5 rides downtown on October 13th and October 26th

October 2012 Night & Day Street Fest  October 13th - Saturday 4pm to midnight Music * Beer * Food * Art Spanning several blocks in the East Village of San Diego -- adjacent to Petco Park / in front of Mission Brewery) -- Night & Day Street Fest (21+ up) is a full-service urban block party featuring music, art, food, and craft beer. Call to schedule a ride to and from the event, starting at $5 each way... or see us at the event for a ride home. Feast  October 26th - Friday 5pm to 9pm Port Pavilion on Broadway Pier - 1000 N Harbor Drive Join us and the San Diego Reader for Feast, an event featuring food and drinks from the city's best neighborhood eateries, wineries, breweries and food trucks. Call to schedule a ride to and from the event, starting at $5 each way... or see us at the event for a ride home. Halloween  October 31st - Wednesday If you have ever been dowontown on Halloween, you know how scary it is to find a taxi, so plan ahead and make your reservation with us in advance b/c we will fill up soon. Please be aware that we charge a non-refundable $30 premium to every one-way reservation ($60 round trip) on Halloween and New Years. Beer Tours  November 2012 Buy one Brewery Tour in November and get a voucher for 50% off another brewery tour to use within one year from the date of purchase. Contact: Breanna,  call  760-383-1717   or  email   info@thedrunkdriver.com www.thedrunkdriver.com

18th Annual San Diego Festival of Beer

The Drunk Driver will be supporting this event
…come see us and ask for a free t-shirt.

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A board game about brewing beer

BREWMASTER GAME
If you appreciate good beer, you'll love BrewMaster: The Craft Beer Game.

Using mechanics similar to rummy, players combine cards to brew six beer styles including ale, stout and Belgian. In doing so players will use some of the 90 cards representing real beer ingredients.

After brewing beer players place chips (representing crowds) onto the laminatedgame board. As the game continues players try to brew better beer and draw crowds away from other players. 

The game is influenced heavily by event cards, which players draw after brewing beer. The event deck represents some of the real triumphs and tragedies that have taken place in the microbrewery world. Watch out for the green scrubie card, which will cause you to lose a turn because you have to take apart your heat exchanger to find it. The event deck also contains beer festivals and the dreaded Big Breweries card.

The player with the most beer festival trophies and crowd markers wins the game. The game is great for two to five players and generally takes less than an hour to play.

No beer knowledge is necessary, as this is not a trivia or drinking game. Indeed it is the perfect game for settings involving beer and non-beer fans alike.

As brewers, beer fans and others have noted, the game captures the fun and excitement of brewing. It makes the perfect gift for yourself or the beer lover in your life!

COMPONENTS

* Official rulebook

* 75 ingredient cards

* 15 event cards

* One die

* An 11" x 17" laminated game board

* 40 crowd chips

* 7 beer festival trophies

-www.brewmastergame.com