I'd love to try some of the Mid-west breweries. I'm not much of a drinker but I do like a good beer or cerveza with a meal and I try to pick my beer to pair well with my meal.
San Diego county has a large and vibrant Craft Brewery scene. At one point there were 70 craft or microbreweries in the county. (There may be even more now) Our local Costco tries to support the local craft brew scene. I usually try to pick up a case when they have a variety pack from one of the local San Diego breweries.
Some are very large and well known, while others are only local microbreweries. Some of the bigger ones are Stone and Ballast Point but there many many more to try. AleSmith, Belching Beaver, Coronado, Green Flash, Indian Joe, Iron Fist, Latitude 33, Mission, Modern Times, Mother Earth, Port Brewing / The Lost Abbey just to name a few. There are Limo Brewery Tours you can go on. (Just like in Wine Country)
A list of some of my favorites.
AleSmith: Nut Brown Ale, Speedway Stout
Belching Beaver: Peanut Butter Stout
Ballast Point: Sculpin / Grapefruit Sculpin, Black Marlin Porter
Green Flash: West Coast IPA
Modern Times: Blazing World Hoppy Dank Amber, Black House Coffee Roasty Stout
Stone: Delicious IPA, Pataskala Red X IPA, Ruination Double IPA, Xocoveza Imperial Stout. They used to make a Smoked Porter and an Old Guardian Barleywine that I loved but are now discontinued. (Stone Brewing is just 2 miles from my house so that is why there are more beers from Stone)
Of course, if I’m eating Mexican food I normally choose a Mexican Cerveza. (Such as Modelo Especial or Negra)
San Diego county has a large and vibrant Craft Brewery scene. At one point there were 70 craft or microbreweries in the county. (There may be even more now) Our local Costco tries to support the local craft brew scene. I usually try to pick up a case when they have a variety pack from one of the local San Diego breweries.
Some are very large and well known, while others are only local microbreweries. Some of the bigger ones are Stone and Ballast Point but there many many more to try. AleSmith, Belching Beaver, Coronado, Green Flash, Indian Joe, Iron Fist, Latitude 33, Mission, Modern Times, Mother Earth, Port Brewing / The Lost Abbey just to name a few. There are Limo Brewery Tours you can go on. (Just like in Wine Country)
A list of some of my favorites.
AleSmith: Nut Brown Ale, Speedway Stout
Belching Beaver: Peanut Butter Stout
Ballast Point: Sculpin / Grapefruit Sculpin, Black Marlin Porter
Green Flash: West Coast IPA
Modern Times: Blazing World Hoppy Dank Amber, Black House Coffee Roasty Stout
Stone: Delicious IPA, Pataskala Red X IPA, Ruination Double IPA, Xocoveza Imperial Stout. They used to make a Smoked Porter and an Old Guardian Barleywine that I loved but are now discontinued. (Stone Brewing is just 2 miles from my house so that is why there are more beers from Stone)
Of course, if I’m eating Mexican food I normally choose a Mexican Cerveza. (Such as Modelo Especial or Negra)
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