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chemman141
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Acid totally played a role in making this video haha.
SDBeerInsider
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He knows what’s going on up the hill....
arren
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Dude, 6 week old Swami's gives hazys a run for their money too.Not dissing on mt or other haze bro releases but...
Four day old swami's...
I've avoided Savagewood thus far, but was pleasantly surprised at how legit Bruski's selection is. Pretty good local haunt right there.
smithj21541
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And don't forget pricing. $13.49 at Vons!!
$8 or $9 at Smart & Final and usually less than 3 weeks old. Makes for a perfect thing to bring to BBQs or whatever to share with people who maybe don't obsess about beer 24/7. Also good to share with those that do.
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hi im richie
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Maine Beer Company is hitting distro and sending Peeper and Lunch bottles to Southern California.
The rich get richer.
The rich get richer.
rcubed1
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I know kegs have hit town in the past. Must have been testing the waters for proper distro.
smithj21541
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#talkrealestate
Wife and I are in escrow to sell our house. Problem is we're having a hard time finding a place in our target area of Encinitas. Anyone have a line on a sale or rental? If not no big deal I'm happy to continue #talkshelfturds
Wife and I are in escrow to sell our house. Problem is we're having a hard time finding a place in our target area of Encinitas. Anyone have a line on a sale or rental? If not no big deal I'm happy to continue #talkshelfturds
kingg
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Yep, ours are coming tomorrow.
souredstouts
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#talkrealestate
Wife and I are in escrow to sell our house. Problem is we're having a hard time finding a place in our target area of Encinitas. Anyone have a line on a sale or rental? If not no big deal I'm happy to continue #talkshelfturds
I don't, but let me know when you have moved we should meet up for beers.
sdreaper
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Looks like Council decided to buy the FinestMade gear...
Council is opening another brewery and tasting room in Santee by taking over Finest Made Ales location!
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Curtis and I have been asked quite a few times over the years when we were going to expand. Our answer has always been that we've wanted to build a strong foundation (i.e. great beer-both clean and sour, great company culture created by great staff, and a great customer base) with which we could build upon to make a lasting company. This last year we have explored several options to make more beer and expand but nothing seemed to work out for the long term. Then while reading a West Coaster article just a week and a half ago (Friday afternoon March 9th) we saw that Finest Made's place was available as a turnkey brewery. After thinking about it for a couple hours, we called the auctioneer and inquired further. He informed us there were two other offers on the table and if we were interested, we needed to look at it that afternoon.
It sounded too good to be true so we dropped what we were doing and went to go see it. It was beautiful. Almost brand new Glacier 7bbl, 3 vessel brewhouse with automation, 5-30bbl tanks, 2-15bbl tanks, 1-7bbl tank, and everything we would need to make more Council beer. I think my favorite part was the rakes in the mash tun! We revisited it the next day with some trusted advisers to take one more look at it. We placed an offer and an hour later, we got a call from the broker informing us our offer had been accepted. Now, just over a week later, we have the keys! We bought Finest Made Ales assets through an auction (not their brand). We also simultaneously took over their lease (signed a new lease with the landlord). We are currently in the middle of transferring their ABC license and getting our TTB license and all the other paper work needed for opening a new location. Once we have that (which will probably take 60-90 days) we will open the tasting room. We wish the ownership of Finest Made Ales the best; it’s always sad when a brewery doesn't make it.
We are excited to be able to make more beer. Most of the beer produced in our Santee brewery will be IPA's. We will be bringing in a mobile canner temporally until we can order our own to continue our rotating IPA can series. We will also be able to expand our ability to brew collaborations with others. We already have a couple collaborations lined up to brew and barrel-age there, and then eventually can. To clarify, this will be "clean" beer only (all wild yeasts and bacteria will stay in the Magic Factory).
We are also excited to have another tasting room where conversations can be had, relationships can be developed, and customers can turn into friends. We have always seen Council as a place to bring people together. We plan to keep a wide variety of styles on tap with a bigger emphasis on some more light/easy drinking beers such as our Lively Banter Blonde and our Spreckels Hefe. We're also bringing our extensive sour beer program to East County which will be a really unique differentiation for us, plus we will also have our Magic Booch-Kombucha on tap.
This opportunity feels like we've come full circle. We lived in Santee before starting Council Brewing and sold our house there to fund our current brewery and tasting room. Now we are back!
Council is opening another brewery and tasting room in Santee by taking over Finest Made Ales location!
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Continue reading for full story:
Curtis and I have been asked quite a few times over the years when we were going to expand. Our answer has always been that we've wanted to build a strong foundation (i.e. great beer-both clean and sour, great company culture created by great staff, and a great customer base) with which we could build upon to make a lasting company. This last year we have explored several options to make more beer and expand but nothing seemed to work out for the long term. Then while reading a West Coaster article just a week and a half ago (Friday afternoon March 9th) we saw that Finest Made's place was available as a turnkey brewery. After thinking about it for a couple hours, we called the auctioneer and inquired further. He informed us there were two other offers on the table and if we were interested, we needed to look at it that afternoon.
It sounded too good to be true so we dropped what we were doing and went to go see it. It was beautiful. Almost brand new Glacier 7bbl, 3 vessel brewhouse with automation, 5-30bbl tanks, 2-15bbl tanks, 1-7bbl tank, and everything we would need to make more Council beer. I think my favorite part was the rakes in the mash tun! We revisited it the next day with some trusted advisers to take one more look at it. We placed an offer and an hour later, we got a call from the broker informing us our offer had been accepted. Now, just over a week later, we have the keys! We bought Finest Made Ales assets through an auction (not their brand). We also simultaneously took over their lease (signed a new lease with the landlord). We are currently in the middle of transferring their ABC license and getting our TTB license and all the other paper work needed for opening a new location. Once we have that (which will probably take 60-90 days) we will open the tasting room. We wish the ownership of Finest Made Ales the best; it’s always sad when a brewery doesn't make it.
We are excited to be able to make more beer. Most of the beer produced in our Santee brewery will be IPA's. We will be bringing in a mobile canner temporally until we can order our own to continue our rotating IPA can series. We will also be able to expand our ability to brew collaborations with others. We already have a couple collaborations lined up to brew and barrel-age there, and then eventually can. To clarify, this will be "clean" beer only (all wild yeasts and bacteria will stay in the Magic Factory).
We are also excited to have another tasting room where conversations can be had, relationships can be developed, and customers can turn into friends. We have always seen Council as a place to bring people together. We plan to keep a wide variety of styles on tap with a bigger emphasis on some more light/easy drinking beers such as our Lively Banter Blonde and our Spreckels Hefe. We're also bringing our extensive sour beer program to East County which will be a really unique differentiation for us, plus we will also have our Magic Booch-Kombucha on tap.
This opportunity feels like we've come full circle. We lived in Santee before starting Council Brewing and sold our house there to fund our current brewery and tasting room. Now we are back!
rcubed1
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Awesome it's not some ****** brewery we all dislike trying to expand. Good for the Chism's!
Agreed! Definitely looking forward to their opening by the summer and will surely be a regular.
SerenityNow
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Still not driving over to Santee tho
northcountyscum
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Aren’t these the same folks who used their company social media to publicly air their disapproval of the same sex marriage SCOTUS decision in 2015? Bet they’ll fit right in with the Santee crowd.
Tyrsis
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I heard some **** about this recently. Pretty disappointing
SerenityNow
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chemman141
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Hmm, I don't remember anything about that. Source?
HenrikO
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Hello SD crew, have the dates for SDBW 2018 been announced yet or is it safe to just assume it will be the first week of November?
Tyrsis
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I would bet it's the 2nd-11th
rcubed1
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Sounds like a couple of train wrecks: http://www.westcoastersd.com/2018/03/21/the-brigantine-and-hodads-branching-into-brewing/
stupac2
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I'm going down to SoCal for a wedding and have a day in the San Diego area, I already know what I'm doing beer-wise but wanted to check to see if anyone is aware of a store in the area that stocks JW Lees. The bay area gets virtually none, as far as I can tell, and it would be nice to not have to bother with trading for it.
The Bine & Vine website says they’re out of stock, but I could swear I saw a few different varieties there just last week… kingg ?
nanobrew1
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Olive Tree Market might have some. They get overlooked a lot now that there are more bottle shops in SD. For the longest time they had shelf 3F and still have a bunch of Tomes.
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Yeah Olive Tree has some. If you don't see one you're looking for ask for Mike and he may have it in the back.
arren
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What, really? What ******* year is this?
Anything cool beerwise happening this weekend? The fam is going to be up in LA so for the first time in a while, I'm slumming it solo.
Tyrsis
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Will likely be day drinking on Saturday. A friend is moving abroad and wants one last hurrah.
stupac2
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I should have clarified, I'm not going to be in SD proper but rather in the Vista/San Marcos/Carlsbad area, so Holiday seems like the most reasonable place so far. There are a couple of shops around PP Carlsbad, right? Was thinking of stopping there, but my wife is pushing back a little on my plan of "ALL BEER ALL DAY", so we'll see how it goes.
Thanks for the suggestions!
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