Have you ever even thought about how all the tiny breweries get their products in those perfect pint cans (other sizes too)? Well, Mobile West Canning is the answer for many of your favorite #SDBeer breweries!
Before we dive in with MWC, we have 2 awesome members of Pinks Boots on to discuss their hop blend for next year’s Pink Boots Collaboration Brew Day. Hit this link to get your hops reserved (you don’t have to pay for them yet) so that you’re ready!
Then we dive into all things Mobile West Canning, you’ll be surprised at all the options they can offer and the different products they package! They also now offer cans and sleeving as well!
We had a terrific time hanging out with everyone for this Show and I hope it translates to your ears!
There are several craft focused entities in San Diego that garner significant credit for being part of the early spark that lead to the Capital of Craft moniker being placed on our city, Obrien’s Pub is one of those places and we were honored to sit down with Tyson and Kristina Blake. Supporting the local beer industry since ’94, Obrien’s is currently celebrating their 25th anniversary and we were lucky to get to try a few of the collaboration beers they did to honor the occasion.
Tyson way overdid and planned a secret 3 course pairing meal for us to enjoy on The Show! We were understandably excited by the proposition and massively satiated by the meal before the night concluded.
Strap in, this is a long one; luckily we record digitally because we would have had to change a few tapes, back in the day!
PS: Another reminder to come out the #SDBeer Holiday party on December 7th at Societe Brewing!
One of the newer hot beds of indie beer in San Diego is happening in a neighborhood we call East Village. This neighborhood runs along the east border of downtown, from city College to the water, encompasses Petco Park, and is defined on the north and east sides by the 5. Duck Foot graciously offered to be the hosts of a multi-entity episode! We gathered friends from Duck Foot, Melvin, Resident (technically not East village but whatevs), Amplified, and opening in the famed Monkey Paw location, Bottle Rocket Bar and Grill!
Get ready for a romp around this small but vibrant area of downtown the likes of which your ears have never seen (is that even a thing?). We had a ton of fun making this show and I hope it comes through the space portal to you properly!
The #SDBeer Holiday food Drive is in full swing, please consider taking in some food to one of the more than 30 collections locations available to you. You can also donate funds directly the the San Diego Food Bank, they can provide an astonishing 5 meals for every $1 donated.
The first pop up event to support the #SDBeer Holiday Food Drive went down last Wednesday evening at My Yard Live. 9 representatives from SD Beer joined us for a friendly beer trivia contest for the entertainment of those that showed up to support the food drive, now in its 6th year.
A massive thank you goes out to Quiz Show Mania for providing the amazing game show system that we got to use!
As you visit breweries over the next few weeks, please take in some food to donate or donate a few dollars towards our effort to help those less fortunate than ourselves.
San Diego Beer Week has ended its 10 day run but that doesn’t mean the fruits of #SDBW are all gone. Esthela, with our original producer, David Martin, went Home to talk about our collaboration beer, Home of Indie, The Homebrewer/Home Brew Co., homebrewing, and friendship. George, Founder/Owner, Jacob, Head Brewer, and Liquor Store Mike join us for a live show during the release party for Home of Indie! It was incredible that we got to do another version last year’s SDBW collab with Jacob. I feel like we have a tradition going now! It’s a single malt and single hop, West Coast IPA, using Pure Idaho Malt and Nelson. The beer turned out great and will be around for a while, so get to the source and try it!
If you’re not totally beer weeked out, our first #SDBeer Holiday Food Drive benefit happens on Wed, November 13th at My Yard Live at 7pm. Nine brewery representatives will compete in a few rounds of beer trivia for glory (and your entertainment) in an effort to encourage you to bring out food for the SD Food Bank. Come have some fun, and if you can’t make it, hit up one of the other 30+ locations where you can drop off food to help those less fortunate in our city!
It’s the launch of the #SDBeer Holiday Food Drive and it’s bigger and better than ever before! We have 34 participating locations this year! Societe Brewing, as the founder of the drive, now in its 6th year, is the central hub and main collection location!
The SD Food Bank is incredibly efficient with monetary donations, for each $1 donated they are able to produce 5 meals to feed people. If you would prefer to donate, directly to them, please click the big button below!
The #SDBeer Holiday Food Drive runs from November 9th-December 31st. Click here for a map of all the satellite locations that may be more convenient for you, available to you through December 6th (after that all donations need to go to Societe Brewing) to bring in some of the San Diego Food Bank’s wish list, they are:
Tuna in Water, Low-Sodium Canned Beans, Low-Sugar Whole Grain Cereal, Brown & Wild Rice, Unsalted Almonds, Low-Sodium & Low-Fat Canned Soup, Flax Seeds, No Sugar Added Peanut Butter, Canned Fruit in Water or Juice, Low-Sodium & No Salt Added Canned Vegetables, and Low & Non-fat Powdered Milk
Come out for the #SDBeer Holiday Celebration in your best, ugly holiday sweater/costume for a chance to win a bunch of prizes, while helping those that need it most, on Saturday, December 7th! Overall, over the 5 year history of this food drive, 56,237 lbs of food has been donated, that’s a staggering number.
Our goal this year is 15,000 lbs and it’s going to take all the help we can get from the #SDBeer industry and community to get there!
Societe Brewing is also offering some great incentives to encourage you to be generous, early and often:
With any food donation (From Most Needed List)
$1 off First Full Pour (upon same visit / The day you donate)
With a 25lb food donation (From Most Needed List)
$2 off Full Pours (upon same visit / The day you donate)
$1 off 1L Crowler or Growler Fill (upon same visit / The day you donate)
$2 off 2L Growler Fill (upon same visit / The day you donate)
15% off Societe merchandise In-House Purchase only (upon same visit / The day you donate)
At first glance, we were welcomed into an unassuming room, the walls lined with full wine racks, a table and some chairs awaiting us, but soon we realized this was a unique space. Belching Beaver’s Tavern & Grill in Vista is built is what used to be a bank. In renovating the building, they made the wise decision to keep the bank vault, door included. They also used the safe deposit boxes as the conference style table.
This is one of the coolest places we’ve ever recorded a Show! We were joined by Heather Franchini, Production Coordinator, and Thomas Peters, Head Brewer at the Tavern. We have a great discussion about their repeated Alpha King success, SDBW, and all things Belching Beaver.
We throw in some of our favorite San Diego Beer week events, beer news, and a ton of laughter as the icing on this cake for your ears. Have a listen and then go kick beer weeks butt!
San Diego Beer Week is right around the corner. The 11th annual celebration of all things #SDBeer happens from November 1st- 11th.
The Brewers Guild of San Diego invited us out to witness the canning of the mega collab, Capital of Craft (if you’re a Mug Club member, you saw) and sit down with Virginia Morrison (Board Member and Co-Founder of Second Chance Beer Co. and Alex Pierson (Guild Member and Co-Founder of Amplified Ale Works) to discuss the beer and hallmark events of #SDBW.
As you’re gearing up for the epic 10 days of beer week, make sure you download the SD Beer App – Apple or Android– or set SDBW.SDBeer.com as a short cut on your homescreen.
Have a listen and get stoked for the most wonderful time of the beer!
We are living our best lives over here at TIBS! For the second time, we all got to attend the Great American Beer Festival! This is America’s largest beer festival with over 800 attending breweries and more than 4,000 different beers poured.
We start the show with Ann Obenchain, the Brewers Association’s Marketing Manager. We discuss GABF is overall terms, get those important statistics for you guys, and also talk about some of the things the BA does to help its members.
It’s hard to convey how ginormous GABF is but I will say this, if you have a chance to attend, it will blow your mind! Here is one unique episode for you guys!
In the Halloween spirit, Pariah Brewing Co. is teaming up with The Good Seed Food Company for a Spooktacular Beer Pairing. It’s a self guided pairing of small dishes with taster size beers that will only set you back $20. There was little risk of these entities coming together for something ordinary, and they over delivered. Are you ready for bugs and beer pairings?
Chef Chuy worked with Jesse Smith to establish what beers worked with what insects and then they turned that experiential data in to a mini pairing meal, just for you. I have to say, if you’re on the fence about eating insects, this is a great way to dip your toe into the creepy pond; Esthela was a champ and ate all 4 dishes! These plates, while featuring different bugs, aren’t extremely insect forward, flavor wise. They have done a great job at balancing flavors and textures with these dishes. Think of it as Bugs and Beer 101.
I hope you’re all adventurous eaters as you listen to us sample this pairing and discuss the strangest other things we’ve eaten in our lifetime. If you’re bored, throw us an Itunes rating!
