The San Diego area thread

[SDBeerInsider]

Imma let you finnish, but I just wanna say that Modern Times Oneida might be the most underrated MT beer of all time.

i'll go with Phalanx (seasonal year1 IPA with prominent Summer (australian) hops) for an archival pick and City of the Dead (amazing texture and flavor) for an active (year-round!) beer.

 

[Xul1]

it was decidedly more Applebee's-esque than I remember.

My friends and I called it Chili's with a decent taplist last time we went, so that seems to be a not-uncommon reaction. There are worse places to go, but it's a hell of a lot harder to justify a trip up to Alpine (yeah, yeah, only 20 to 30 min each way) to eat mediocre food and drink GF-brewed beer. Too many other good choices.

 

[wuntrikpony]

Food was okay when I went, but it was decidedly more Applebee's-esque than I remember.

Fried green beens tho?

 

[richiesd]

Fried green beens tho?

that's been off the menu since the restaurant opened. occasionally they'd do it on special request, but i doubt they will anymore.

 

[DannyFullpint]

i'll go with Phalanx (seasonal year1 IPA with prominent Summer (australian) hops) for an archival pick and City of the Dead (amazing texture and flavor) for an active (year-round!) beer.

I LOVE City of the Dead. Needs to go to cans.

 

[arren]

My friends and I called it Chili's with a decent taplist last time we went, so that seems to be a not-uncommon reaction. There are worse places to go, but it's a hell of a lot harder to justify a trip up to Alpine (yeah, yeah, only 20 to 30 min each way) to eat mediocre food and drink GF-brewed beer. Too many other good choices.

Member when Alpine used to be our only real "destination" brewery that was worth traveling to? Member?

 

[Xul1]

I LOVE City of the Dead. Needs to go to cans.

I'd be a bit surprised if they made 4 packs part of their core lineup, both because of the barrel aged coffee aspect as well as not wanting to have two coffee stouts in their canned core lineup (one canned and one in bombers seems like a better way of positioning the beers). However, I'm still hopeful that they'll do rotating nitro stouts in cans - three or four per year - and that nitro CotD w/ Vanilla will be one of them. Nitro Black House w/ Coconut, nitro CotD w/ Vanilla, and one other nitro stout would make a formidable rotating can lineup.

 

[SanDiegoJoe2011]

I'd be a bit surprised if they made 4 packs part of their core lineup, both because of the barrel aged coffee aspect as well as not wanting to have two coffee stouts in their canned core lineup (one canned and one in bombers seems like a better way of positioning the beers). However, I'm still hopeful that they'll do rotating nitro stouts in cans - three or four per year - and that nitro CotD w/ Vanilla will be one of them. Nitro Black House w/ Coconut, nitro CotD w/ Vanilla, and one other nitro stout would make a formidable rotating can lineup.

BA DT w/almond, cocoa, and vanilla cans would be awesome. For a seasonal release, non BA DT with coffee and coconut would be awesome too!

 

[rcubed1]

Member when Alpine used to be our only real "destination" brewery that was worth traveling to? Member?

I think my record time was 50 minutes from Vista.

 

[arren]

I think my record time was 50 minutes from Vista.

I remember working in Carlsbad and taking a "lunch break" to Alpine to pick up Nelson bottles and Hoppy Birthday fills.

Member when Hoppy Birthday was the best pale ale in town, without a doubt?

 

[Sage1]

I LOVE City of the Dead. Needs to go to cans.

I still very distinctly remember going to MT when that beer first came out, and when I read the description I thought “Okay this sounds a bit gimmicky, but I’ll get a taster.” Holy **** was I blown away. I’ve still never had a stout that has tasted anything quite like that, and I love that they managed to get production up enough to lower the price by a couple bucks.

 

[StonedRaider]

Member when Alpine used to be our only real "destination" brewery that was worth traveling to? Member?

I member #neverforget

 

[jermy]

Insta-buy. Resident makes some damn fine beer right now.

opened the prestige nectarine last weekend. super quality stuff. will be in san diego at the end of the month and plan on banging out Resident each night

 

[rcubed1]

I remember working in Carlsbad and taking a "lunch break" to Alpine to pick up Nelson bottles and Hoppy Birthday fills.

Member when Hoppy Birthday was the best pale ale in town, without a doubt?

Best pale ale on the planet.

 

[Tyrsis]

Best pale ale on the planet.

Was*

 

[drbenzo1]

Best pale ale on the planet.

Wrong. I've tasted Pale Ales you've made that are better

 

[nanobrew1]

Maybe I should take this to the "Unpopular Beliefs Thread"... I never really enjoyed Hoppy Birthday.

 

[drbenzo1]

Maybe I should take this to the "Unpopular Beliefs Thread"... I never really enjoyed Hoppy Birthday.

 

[evilc]

Go drink some GF Nelson you ******* codgers.

I need a keg for June 17 - Nelson is out - B's said none are going retail. This batch of Oneida is good I am hearing?

 

[stawn]

tfw you want bottles of BA Black Lagoon but it's on-premise only

Decent amount of Vanilla Storm available though. Would be interesting to do that with the Vanilla System of a Stout side by side.

We have Single Barrel Black Lagoon on tap right meow (and BA Coffee Vanilla Rescue Buoy, BA Rescue Buoy & BA Dangerous Undertow).

 

[Sebowski1]

Maybe I should take this to the "Unpopular Beliefs Thread"... I never really enjoyed Hoppy Birthday.

Samsies. And a I'm an alpine fanboy.

 

[smithj21541]

So who do I get to blame for my leaving Carlsbad and going to Mexico (I mean Mira Mesa) and getting a Nelson fill today? Thinking it'll go great with a Pens win tomorrow night. amirite drbenzo ??

 

[SDBeerInsider]

Woah, these Eppig lagers are game-changing.... Zwickel is mind-blowing and they just put on a delicious Japanese style dry lager today that is superb! Feel dumb for having waited this long, get here if you haven't done so yet....

 

[Sebowski1]

So who do I get to blame for my leaving Carlsbad and going to Mexico (I mean Mira Mesa) and getting a Nelson fill today? Thinking it'll go great with a Pens win tomorrow night. amirite drbenzo ??

**** the Pens

 

[SDBeerInsider]

We have Single Barrel Black Lagoon on tap right meow (and BA Coffee Vanilla Rescue Buoy, BA Rescue Buoy & BA Dangerous Undertow).

I'm here now, but you are not.... Psyched to get Black Lagoon on draft but sad I can't get a bottle to go #allthefeels

 

[Sage1]

The last time I was at GB I had no idea about what good beer meant. Now that my lager enlightenment has happened must revisit.

Woah, these Eppig lagers are game-changing...

 

[AndresR]

Up Texas, on a bike. Brave, brave soul.

 

[quetzalcoatl]

Oh man Sapporo is my **** and eppig wants my crowler money. In other news the nitro monsters park cans are amazing

 

[SDBeerInsider]

Oh man Sapporo is my **** and eppig wants my crowler money. In other news the nitro monsters park cans are amazing

#Eppig special lager is fan-fricking-tastic..... hard to choose between that one (tapped today) and Zwickel, so I got crowlers of both!!

 

[Sage1]

Up Texas, on a bike. Brave, brave soul.

Hah, I normally run my single speed, so I just walk up Texas; given my gearing and weight, I literally can't even turn the crank when going up that damn street. I'll be super happy once the 15 bike corridor opens in a month or so. pugsandsuds and rcubed will get sick of my presence.