Exploring Craft Beer and Homebrew in Peru (Country Code 51) and the USA (Country Code 1)
La Cantina Brewing Company is one of Salinas’ newest breweries (the other being Brew-N-Krew Alehouse, which just opened). La Cantina is located at the north end of the historic part of downtown, half a block from the National Steinbeck Center, in the former home of the Monterey Coast Brewing Co. La Cantina is a Mexican-American…
It’s October, and along with the appearance of pumpkin spice-flavored beers –which some would consider a curse– the month also brings with it what most would agree is a boon: the release of festbiers. That being the case, today we have a run down on a trio of California festbiers, which we are certain you…
For a lat-in-the-day International Beer Day, and belated IPA Day, post we are taking a look at Dokkaebier’s Hallertau Blanc IPA (Batch #22). Dokkaebier is an “Asian inspired” craft brewery based in San Francisco. From what I understand, it does not have a physical plant of its own, but rather, brewer and founder Youngwon Lee…
Buck Wild is one of a number of breweries that have opened in recent years in Oakland’s Jack London Square district. I had been interested in trying it since I met the owner, Mike Bernstein, a few years ago at a beer festival. That was well before they opened, but the beer he was pouring…