Beer

Question 1

Cider

Answer 1

Golden Sate - Mighty Dry Cider
Sebastopol, CA
6.9abv

a champagne like Cider that pair is perfectly with any moment of the day. It’s just dry enough. It’s perfectly balanced and Christian freshly picked out organic apple

Tacos, Salad

Question 2

Gose

Answer 2

Claremont Raspberry Gose : go-ze
5.5%

This fruit filled ghosts was brewed with plenty of fresh raspberries and sea salt, achieving a perfect union between sweet, salty and sour. This balance allows for this delicious beer to go down easy, and the shirt to become an instant favorite.

Spicy
Fish
Tinga

Question 3

Mexican American Lager

Answer 3

Bootlegger’s Brewery - El Chango
Fullerton - CA
5.4% - 7.1

Mexican loggers are typically in the style of a Vienna logger more multi with a deeper roasted malt than their northern neighbor American loggers. The depth and complexity of this drinkable craft longer sold us that this was to be our longer on tap.

All Mexican Food

Question 4

Blonde Ale

Answer 4

Green Flash - GFB
San Diego
4.8% - 15

This is a nice lady here that is easily approached by craft beer novices, while still appealing to more reminded pallets. It has a citrusy sweet knows with the nice creamy body with hints of Keylime and spice.

Question 5

Belgian Ale

Answer 5

Lost Abbey Devotion
San Marcos
6.3% - 40

While this beer is made in California, it captures the essence of the Belgian monastery tradition. Hop driven by balanced nicely with mold and traditional citrus and spice notes.

Cheeseburger
Rich and Cheesy

Question 6

German Style Kolsch

Answer 6

Ballast Point California Kolsch
San Diego
5.2% - 23

American breweries have been brewing more and more Kolsch style beers in the last five years. This is due to the exciting challenge and throwing an animal that is closer to logger in style. Ballast point does a great job with this rich, multi but balanced course and we had to add it to the list.

Question 7

Pale Ale

Answer 7

Alesmith .394
San Diego
6% - 26

in honor of the 394 batting average Tony Gwynn hit in 1994. This beer was designed to fall between the L Smith extra pale and IPA. Great hop flavor as you’d expect from a San Diego pale, but has lower hot bitterness than you’d expect from the nose. Delicious beer from a great brewery.

Question 8

Nitro Milk Stout

Answer 8

Firestone Walker - Nitro Merlin
Paso Robles
5.5% - 27

Despite the addition of milk sugar’s, this remains a dry stout with a touch of sweetness. It has a complex flavor with coffee and chocolate notes. Smooth, creamy, and an interesting, this is a great dark style but isn’t too heavy

Question 9

Session IPA

Answer 9

Stone - Go To IPA
Escondido
4.8% - 65

Very solid IPA flavor that is still lighter in body and ABV.the perfect amount of mold works with 10 different hop varieties to create some nice tropical flavors, pleasant and bitterness and a hint of pine on the finish

Question 10

New England Style IPA

Answer 10

Thorn - Hopsterspot
San Diego
7% - 40

With in the ABV like a standard IPA, but lower IBU, this hazy IPA has the perfect amount of mount and balance the Hops. Decent fruit notes to help make this a flavorful, juicy, easy to drink IPAs I like this one

Question 11

IPA

Answer 11

St Archer - IPA
San Diego
7% - 66 IBU - super bitter - Long Finish

This beer is a great representation of the APA style. It is so balance that the fans of every type of IPAA should like it. Great combination of wet and dry hopping creates awesome juicy and dry notes that remind us of walking through a grassy field.

Question 12

Lager - Can

Answer 12

Modern Times - Ice Cold Beer
6%

This is a nice longer with some complex right and spicy notes but so much to scare away the casual beer drinkers. Great option to introduce someone to craft.

Something Spicy

Question 13

American Pale Ale - Can

Answer 13

Lagunitas - 12th of Never
Lagunitas, CA
5.5% - 45

This we did pale L uses great citrusy hops for a clean, slightly better, slightly sweet, refreshing taste. Lagunitas his stork Lee refused to canned their beers and the name of this beer is a nod to when they used to say they would never build a canning line.

Guacamole

Question 14

Fruited IPA - Can

Answer 14

Ballast Point - Grapefruit Sculpin
San Diego
7% - 70

Grapefruit sculpin is one of several takes on ballast point signature IPA. The tart freshness of grapefruit perfectly compliments this IPAs citrusy hop character. Grapefruits a winter fruit, but this easy drinking ale taste like summer.

Cauliflower
Fish tacos

Question 15

IPA - Can

Answer 15

10 Barrell - Joe IPA
Portland, OR
6.9% - 70

This IPA starts off better, but dissipates to a nice, juicy, mouth feel. Really makes your mouth water, so a great choice with dinner, just stay away from spicy choices. We are also excited to have 10 barrel as a neighbor

Question 16

New England Style IPA - Can

Answer 16

Mikkeller - Windy Hill
San Diego
5% - 35

this is a nice new malted IPA that also has a solid backbone of delicious hops. Drier than you might imagine, this beer is very balanced and easy to enjoy.

Question 17

Hoppy Amber Ale - Can

Answer 17

Modern Times - Blazing Worlds
San Diego
6.8%. - 85

This Amber has a great multiple profile but helps balance out the ridiculous amounts of hops used. This beer drinks almost like an IPAA and is a great alternative to our IPAs on tap.