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Elegant lightbox at Anchor, San Francisco. The Anchor brewery in the City of San Francisco deserves a guaranteed place on any list of the most important brewing sites in the world. Not only is Anchor the last surviving pre-Prohibition brewer of the historic local style of steam beer, it’s also arguably the starting […] San Diego, California, USA: Best Damn Beer Shop and no bull. You have to have a huge amount of self confidence – or possibly hubris – to name your business the best damn anything. But Sid and Omar Mikhail clearly have the knowledge, youthful enthusiasm and determination to set false modesty aside and […] Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale Best Damn Beer Shop ABV: 7.2% Origin: Escondido, California, USA Website: www.stonebrew.com Stone is the original bad boy brewer, with brand values that deliberately risk alienating certain groups of potential customers in order to boost the affinity of others. Offset by an obvious sense of humour and backed up […] Green Flash Trippel Ale Best Damn Beer Shop ABV: 9.7% Origin: Vista, California, USA Website: www.greenflashbrew.com Created to mark the brewery’s third anniversary in 2005, the curiously spelt Trippel has the traditional looking ingredients list of a Belgian abbey beer, with added sugar, Styrian Goldings and Czech Žatec hops and Trappist yeast, but […] Ballast Point Black Marlin Porter Best Damn Beer Shop ABV: 6% Origin: San Diego, California, USA Website: www.ballastpoint.com Underlining the vital link between commercial craft brewing and homebrewing around which the vibrant beer culture of San Diego flourishes, the Ballast Point brewery actually began in a homebrewing supplies shop. Opened in 1992, Jack […] Alpine Pure Hoppiness. Best Damn Beer Shop ABV: 8% Origin: Alpine, California, USA Website: alpinebrewing.com When you think about it, “Pure Hoppiness” is such an obvious punning name for a hop-focused beer, it’s surprising someone didn’t grab it years ago. Instead, it’s fallen to a very small but high achieving craft brewery in […] AleSmith Wee Heavy Scotch Style Ale Best Damn Beer Shop ABV: 10% Origin: San Diego, California, USA Website: www.alesmith.com I first heard about the buzz around beer in San Diego from some itinerant locals who struck up a conversation with me at Belgium’s Zythos Bierfestival in 2008. They also very kindly gave me […] |
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