The San Diego area thread

[Tyrsis]

ISO

Been looking hard locally - they dont exist. Beam does make a version, but I've never seen it.

Cant find a place online that will ship.

 

[reidjoshua1]

It really makes me miss all the canned highballs in Japan. Those ****** things are so refreshing, and you can get them in different strengths. They're like, four bucks.

Yea they're all over the place here .. Guess I should pick some up... FT

 

[Tyrsis]

Yea they're all over the place here .. Guess I should pick some up... FT

ISO a case

 

[rcubed1]

ISO a case

But is that enough for you? Just sounds like a good weekend....

 

[Tyrsis]

But is that enough for you? Just sounds like a good weekend....

not even close, I plow through a bottle of Toki monthly. Glad I bought that Sodastream

 

[LSUPT]

I think it's been talked about in this thread before, but I'm having trouble finding it in search:

Anyone know where to buy crushed ice in San Diego? Did someone say Sonic will sell bags or am I just imagining that? Not a big deal, but I'm having a few people over tomorrow and want to utilize my tiki mugs without physically crushing it myself. Close to North Park would be ideal.

 

[golden1]

I think it's been talked about in this thread before, but I'm having trouble finding it in search:

Anyone know where to buy crushed ice in San Diego? Did someone say Sonic will sell bags or am I just imagining that? Not a big deal, but I'm having a few people over tomorrow and want to utilize my tiki mugs without physically crushing it myself. Close to North Park would be ideal.

I bought a bag at Sonic.

 

[LSUPT]

I bought a bag at Sonic.

Nice, thank you!

 

[Tyrsis]

I think it's been talked about in this thread before, but I'm having trouble finding it in search:

Anyone know where to buy crushed ice in San Diego? Did someone say Sonic will sell bags or am I just imagining that? Not a big deal, but I'm having a few people over tomorrow and want to utilize my tiki mugs without physically crushing it myself. Close to North Park would be ideal.

I always buy it at Sonic for my tiki parties. To be clear, its bubble ice.

 

[LSUPT]

I always buy it at Sonic for my tiki parties. To be clear, its bubble ice.

Ah, right. I never knew the proper term for it. Thank you!

 

[jan63]

I always buy it at Sonic for my tiki parties. To be clear, its bubble ice.

You sure? Thought it was called nugget ice.

 

[Tyrsis]

You sure? Thought it was called nugget ice.

actually, I've heard that too

edit: a quick google says nugget is the preferred name! derp

 

[cquiroga]

I thought it was called rabbit turd ice.

 

[sdreaper]

Urge in RB put Death and Taxes on draft. Haven't seen that beer down here in quite some time. Or I just happen to miss it each time.

 

[arren]

Ha! Just noticed I typed Small Ball instead of Small Bar. Tyrsis also told me Kairoa isn't great. Guess I'll skip that place for awhile. Bahn Thai has looked good when passing by, worth checking out?

Kairoa beer was bad, food was good.
Bahn Thai is good - I get the yellow curry.

Yep, the food looked really good, but the beer was very mediocre. Their house IPA tasted like Two Hearted aged next to a warm radiator for six months. No fragrant hops on nose or flavor, and even the malt backbone was stale on the palate.

The pilsner was passable, but there was some crazy bitterness on the end that made drinkability suffer. The Belgian Blonde was, again, passable, but it kind of tasted like something out of a Bevmo homebrew kit.

I also overheard the owner or manager mentioning that one of the guest beers they tapped tasted really bitter out of the tap, and guessed it was probably because the brut IPA they previously tapped was still in the lines. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought you were supposed to use new, clean lines when you tap new beer - especially if it's a guest tap.

Whatever, I'll give them another chance in a few months.

Bahn Thai is very good, my favorite Thai in town. Everything I've had is good, but I adore the Bai Gaprow, especially with a friend egg on top.

 

[stawn]

I also overheard the owner or manager mentioning that one of the guest beers they tapped tasted really bitter out of the tap, and guessed it was probably because the brut IPA they previously tapped was still in the lines. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought you were supposed to use new, clean lines when you tap new beer - especially if it's a guest tap

You don’t replace the line every beer (unless you run a sour), but you 100% clean the line between beers. That place has a top of the line draft system with CIP (clean in place) built in. No excuses.

 

[anvindr]

You don’t replace the line every beer (unless you run a sour), but you 100% clean the line between beers. That place has a top of the line draft system with CIP (clean in place) built in. No excuses.

never heard of people cleaning the line between every keg.

also never heard of a Clean In Place system. no idea what that means. Maybe I am just a pleb

 

[Sebowski1]

Urge in RB put Death and Taxes on draft. Haven't seen that beer down here in quite some time. Or I just happen to miss it each time.

It started getting around when Lagunitas bought in. Had some at Small Bar a couple months ago.

 

[stawn]

never heard of people cleaning the line between every keg.

also never heard of a Clean In Place system. no idea what that means. Maybe I am just a pleb

Here you go, more than anyone ever wanted to know about draft maintenance, with the standards set by the Brewers Association. I think Cleaning starts on page 55.
http://www.draughtquality.org/wp-content/uploads/DBQM17.pdf

Basically, if you're not cleaning your lines & faucets when switching between beers (or every 2 weeks!), you're doing your customers and the brewers who work hard to make delicious beers a disservice. #themoreyouknow

 

[reidjoshua1]

Plenty of highballs to choose from Tyrsis

 

[Tyrsis]

Plenty of highballs to choose from Tyrsis

I miss Japan. Especially 7-11s

 

[Sebowski1]

I miss Japan. Especially 7-11s

#TShirtIdea

 

[arren]

So uh, what?

 

[Xul1]

So uh, what?

Reading between the lines, it sounds like the old staff isn't being kept on when they reopen. I'm assuming a more complete story will come out but I'm guessing Karen is a minority partner now and the other partners decided to re-staff to better fit the new concept.

 

[pugsandsuds]

It’s really sounding like a disaster. Now there’s just another place on park to get $8 Pupils and fried food that isn’t quite fried long enough. Worst of all, that’s probably the end of WTFish Wednesday, which might’ve been my favorite regular meal out in San Diego, sorry Cantina molé nights

 

[arren]

Reading between the lines, it sounds like the old staff isn't being kept on when they reopen. I'm assuming a more complete story will come out but I'm guessing Karen is a minority partner now and the other partners decided to re-staff to better fit the new concept.

The new concept sounded like a disaster once they mentioned the new paint job would be significantly lighter and brighter.

Either way, a damned bummer. Back when I was fully remote I'd work from Small Bar in the mornings at least twice a week - more when they started doing brunch every day.

 

[Tyrsis]

Yeah, according to FB the entire staff is gone. Bummer. RIP Small Bar.

 

[rcubed1]

The times they are a-changing

 

[quetzalcoatl]

A damn shame. Really loved going there then live wire or red fox or lancers or some combination of all. The new concept is basically just gentrification:the bar.

 

[Sage1]

wait wat