Denno recently returned from Portland, Maine where he was brewing Hamilton’s Smooth a west coast hopped pub ale (think San Diego meets Boddington). If you recall last memorial day we launched our inaugural Shipyard Lobster Bake for firkin Friday. This year we decided to go brew a beer to release for the event so Dennis [...]
http://worldbeercup.org/winners.html SAN DIEGO WINNERS! Category 11: Other Strong Beer, 44 entries Silver: Green Flash Stout, Green Flash Brewing Co., Vista, CA Category 13: Out of Category – Traditionally Brewed Beer, 47 entries Gold: Fathom IPL, Ballast Point Brewing Co., San Diego, CA Silver: Hot Rocks Lager, Port Brewing Co., San Marcos, CA Category 16: Wood- [...]
St. Patricks Day 2010 marks a special release of Hamilton’s Back in Black Imperial Chili Spiced Chocolate Milk Coffee Porter! LMAO! I love it! Yes this is Adam and mines latest Frankenstein creation an11.5% Imp Porter (we guess we can call it that) where we used handful of ingredients like a wee bit of milk [...]
SF Beer Week starts 2morrow thru the 14th! Great brewers, breweries, bars and city. http://www.sfbeerweek.org/
Churchills Pub in San Marcos unveils their labor of love with 50 taps! Ivan seriously has been working on this project for what seems like a year and it’s done! On March 6th he’s doing a little grand re-opening and trust me he’s going to have all the good stuff on! For those that may [...]
I hope that 2010 is a little smoother than 2009 (economically speaking). I hope everyone had a great xmas and are able to hang out with close friends or meet new ones this New Years Eve! We’re not really a traditional NY Eve destination but we have our champagne on ice and will be ready [...]
Our good friend Adam Avery is coming down in December with reindeers not really. He’s going to do 2nd Saturday @ Hamilton’s and a very special private dining Avery Experience @ Small Bar. It is a pre sell event and tickets are limited. It will sell out so I would get them asap. Tickets are purchaseable [...]
Great 10 days that seemed to blow by but also seems like they happened so long ago! SD Guild Fest was awesome this year with the 3 sessions allowing for people to avoid the mass crowds! CityBeat came out with Best of and we were lucky enough to get voted Best Beer Bar San Diego. [...]
======= Friday ======= Guinness Alpine Expo Marin White Knuckle Stone Dbl Bastard French Oak 2006 Hamilton’s 2nd Annie Palate Wrecker Avery White Rascal Alpine Bad Boy Stone 13th Annie Damnation 23 Alesmith Evil Dead Red Marin Chocolate Airporter Rouge Glen JW LEE HARVEST ALE Deschutes Mirror Mirror Rogue IMP YSB Coronado Cherry 13th Annie Smoked [...]
HOPLESS – Staying on the brewing line Saturday Dennis, Myself and Jeff awoke at dawn and met Chuck Silva and Ben Spencer (Magnolia Brewing Co in the Haight) @ Chuck’s brewery (Green Flash) to brew Hamilton’s official 3rd anniversary ale. It was clear from the minute we walked in that something special was in the [...]
Cask: Dark and stormy RIS
On Draught: Blonde Bombshell, Altitude Pale, Afterburner Amber and Dark and Stormy RIS...
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