Ballast Point Brewing Company Pale Ale : The Original

Hello!

I went to my local corner store and got this beauty! I've supported this brewery in the past and enjoyed it, so, I wanted to try out another one of their wares.I needed another beer to drink for the San Diego Chargers v. Tennessee Titans game, since I guzzled all  MY beer.What a game, Chargers were up and then at damn near the last minutes, the Titans pull off a touchdown pass.Wow!

Here's the Game Set Up:

Are YOU ready for some football?

It was a great day....

The beer is light in color, with loads of bubbles.I don't know why a bubbling beer amuses me, but it does.It has a crisp taste, too. It reminds me of Budweiser or a Coors. You know how I feel about Budweiser! It went VERY well with the food you see above. Gave me a nice enough "buzz" to get a nap in, as well. I'm surprised at that given that the ABV is 5.2%! I've supported this beer since going to an event that they were co-sponsoring. It was local music with local brewing company beers on display.

For more info, check out their site here.

Until next week...

Cheers!

Brooklyn BrewShop's Everyday IPA: Bottling my brew

Finally..

After all that procrastination I bottled my beer. I actually bottled 10 bottles!

I had to sterilize the bottles:

Sanitizing 

Let air dry:

A Six pack of Air Dry

Get the beer in the bottles, by way of siphoning:

Can you see the beer inside?

Cap the bottles:

Yeah, boy!

..then I stored them in a dark place.Now if you remember, when I brewed beer my first time, I was drinking some of the beers, BEFORE it was time. My excuse was I wanted to see what the taste was like...well, like the great Peter Griffin says:

I'm guilty of doing it again..I've already had 2 bottles to date.Knowing damn well I should wait until TODAY! It's MY beer,right? Why not?

Anyway, I have some friends who wanna try what I've come up with. I can't have them tasting shitty beer! I think it tastes pretty good! I'll see what they say..

I started this batch a while back and it should already be done, but "procrastination is a hell of a drug"...

Damn....Cheers!

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Stone Brewery’s 16th Anniversary Celebration & Invitational Beer Festival

Happy 16th Stone!

My wife got us involved in this last year through a friend of hers who’s been doing it for quite some time. As volunteers, at least what we’ve experienced, we pour beers for the guests who are there to taste craft beers made by Stone Brewery and associate brewers of Stone. Some of the “guest brewers” were Oskar Blues ( where we worked), Ska Brewing, AleSmith,Manzanita, Ballast Point, Hess Brewing, San DiegoBrewing, Green Flash Brewing, Black Market Brewing, Avery, Victory Brewing, Julian Hard Cider, Iron Fist, SierraNevada, Pizza Port, Lost Abbey and about 31 others!

It’s a great event for a number of reasons:

1.   Drinking GREAT beers
2.   Meeting people
3.  Learning home brewing and the sciences of it
4.  Drinking GREAT beers
5.   Eating DAMN GOOD food
6.   Meeting interesting people
7.  Having fun overall
8.  Drinking GREAT beers
9.  It’s for charities
10.  Seeing people letting themselves go

This event is what got me to homebrew. Meeting people who take beers seriously is GREAT! Knowing that ANYONE can do this from home is what piqued my interest. Being in a place (California) where this is a big deal helps. Most brewers just want to get California on the map as far as Craft Beers go, so, they WILL help you to learn!

 At the booth I worked, I learned A LOT about the company and its products. There were people who came to the booth and told me about products we didn’t have in stock. My wife and I went right to BevMo after the event and picked up a four pack of Oskar Blues Deviant Dale’s India Pale Ale!

My mouth watered ALL DAY for beer. It was a hot day and to see these people cooling themselves off with a tasty beer didn’t help me enjoy my water (we weren’t allowed to drink the beers...there’s an appreciation dinner later in October where we will, though)!

This is one event I love to volunteer for. This year, though, has me struggling with next year’s decision. Should I volunteer, be a patron or a guest brewer? 

Time will tell.

Ballast Point Calico Amber Ale

Hello, Folks!
In this video I review a beer that I first tried here.
I noticed this brand of beer , as well as the type, is sold at my local "bodega". Seeing that, I scooped up the one I had at the show. Great beer! The video says what I want to say, but I have some information for you if you wanna look it up.

• This is the company's description of "Calico"

Here a few reviews as well:

• Rate Beer
• Beer Advocate
• Beer47
• Great Brewers
• Musings on Beer by Brian Masi