San Diego Weekend Beer Events Thursday 9/29 – Saturday 10/1

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Art + Beer, Beer + Art, big sky brewing co., Evil Dead Red, grand teton brewing co., katie scott, kinsee morlan, san diego citybeat, tour de fat, Wake-up Call Coffee Imperial Porter

I won’t be posting all events, and just because an event isn’t listed doesn’t mean it isn’t worth going to. I’ll just pick one or two a day. I try to keep the Events Calendar up to date, so check it for the full list of things going on around down. If you know of a beer event that isn’t listed send me an email, events@sandiegobeerblog.com

Instead of posting a weeks worth of events at once, I’ll be posting the weekend events on Wednesday night or Thursday and then posting on Sunday or Monday if there’s anything noteworthy going on Monday-Wednesday of a given week.

Thursday, Sept. 29th, 2011:

Getting a little self promotional here, my wife (San Diego CityBeat Arts and Culture editor Kinsee Morlan) and I have partnered up to put on an art show and beer tasting at Bottlecraft. From 7-10pm the artist Katie Scott will be on hand with plenty of her work showing. There will be three different flights available for purchase as well as all the rest of the great beer at Bottlecraft. More info here.

Friday, Sept. 30th, 2011:

It’s 30th on 30th and there are a couple great casks getting tapped Friday night. AleSmith Evil Dead Red will be at Ritual Tavern and Hamilton’s Tavern will have Grand Teton Wake-up Call Coffee Imperial Porter as well as plenty of other great Grand Teton and Big Sky Brewing beers on draft.

Saturday, Oct. 1st, 2011:

Grab your bike and head down to Golden Hill Park (technically part of Balboa Park but nowhere near where it was held last year) for New Belgium Brewing Co.’s Tour de Fat. The bike parade starts at 11am and other entertainment will run throughout the rest of the day.

Beer + Art – Drawn: New Works by Katie Scott at Bottlecraft Sept. 9 – Sept. 30

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katie scott, kinsee morlan, san diego citybeat

Three flights will be available for purchase Thursday evening, all selected to highlight interesting and exciting aspects of craft beer, both locally and globally. As always individual beers will be available for purchase as well from the large selection stocked by Bottlecraft.

Since this is San Diego one flight will highlight the beer styles San Diego brewers are most known for, IPAs and Double IPAs. The flight will include:

• Karl Strauss Big Barrel
• Port Brewing Mongo
• Ballast Point Sculpin
• Stone Sublimely Self Righteous Ale

But we want to make it clear that San Diego brewers aren’t a one trick pony. San Diego might be known for hoppy beers, but there are plenty of other styles being brewed here. This flight of not so hoppy beers from San Diego brewers will include:

• Lightning Thunderweizen
• Coronado Mermaid Red
• AleSmith Horny Devil
• Green Flash Double Stout

One of my favorite trends in craft beer (that I hope continues to grow and stick around for a long time) is craft beer in cans. Cans are lighter in weight which reduces shipping cost and fuel needed to transport them. They’re also easier to carry and can be taken places where glass isn’t allowed. Sadly no San Diego breweries are canning their beers (yet?). This flight includes beers from Colorado, Hawaii and even Japan:

• Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Ale
• Avery Joe’s Pils
• Maui Flyin’ Hi P Hay
• Yoho Tokyo Black

* Flights are subject to change in the unlikely occasion that any of the beers don’t show up in time for the show. But we’ll make sure they get substituted with something equally awesome and in line with the theme of the flight.