How did we decide on reviewing this beer? Because New English Brewing Company was fresh off a bronze medal win with Brewers Special Brown Ale at World Beer Cup for English-Style Brown Ale, and we had never tried it before.
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We knew we wanted to review one of Toolbox Brewing Company‘s tangy creations, and Sara decided on this Spring Shandy, since it sounded super tart, but also showcased one of her favorite flavors — ginger.
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Well, we finally found it… We’ve been on the lookout for a quality year-round, locally brewed and distributed, bold and delicious porter for quite some time now. Second Chance Beer Company’s Tabula Rasa Toasted Porter was the answer.
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We don’t review every Enjoy By bottle, but want to be sure to check out each of their new variation releases when they drop, like the debut of this Enjoy by 05.30.16 Tangerine IPA.
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This week marks the release of Mission Brewery’s new flavor bomb, Plunder IPA – “A bounty of 9 bold hops.” Their delicious new ale hits shelves in 22oz bombers and kegs. Look for 6 pack bottles by summertime.
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A few weeks back we got in a discussion with the guys from The Brew Review Crew on Twitter. One thing led to another, and they proposed both our blogs do some kind of a collaboration. That sounded like a great idea — but what?
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When we learned about El Segundo’s release of The Pine Tar Incident, we immediately considered this beer to be a potential triple play in the making. “An undisputed hops home run” for sure.
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Based out of Vista, Mother Earth Brew Co is one of the OG, pioneering breweries in North County. Although their Hop Diggity is one of our favorite DIPAs in the greater San Diego area, they also brew some impeccable lesser hopped ales.
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In our last visit to Intergalactic they were pouring Red Leader Red Ale, Force Shock Bock, and Walking Carpet Brown, named after everyone’s favorite bowcaster-toting wookie Chewbacca.
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We thought it would be a cool experience to try both MerBears, but doubted Bear Republic’s iteration would ever make it down to San Diego. Lucky for us, Bear Republic reached out the next day, and offered to send us theirs.
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The Mosaic hop offers a unique, often pungent citrus bomb-like flavor, which this IPA most certainly showcased. It was like Karl Strauss took their Mosaic Session Ale, and put it on steroids.
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When you buy a beer that advertises appealing flavors like cocoa and vanilla, you end up being disappointed if those flavors aren’t there. Luckily Tioga-Sequoia Sugar Pine Cocoa-Vanilla Porter did not suffer from that problem.
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