Hi again friends and Happy Friday! Grab a cold one and come join us.
I'm enjoying Beer Week, as usual. A chance to discover new breweries, and new or rare offerings from old favorite places.
With so many brewers participating it can be hard to keep them straight. Someone I talked to Wednesday was saying great things about "Iron Springs" from San Diego. Iron Springs is in fact a NorCal brewer but he'd had enough to be absolutely certain of his opinion. After googling I think he must have meant Iron Fist.
I spoke to some of the brewers and other staff from Knee Deep (Auburn CA). They were the hottest new thing 2 years ago at Beer Week, medaled at GABF last fall, and just finished expanding into a new brewery. They're kind of a one trick pony but they have mastered their trick; it's all about the hops. Look for "Hoptologist" double IPA.
Old favorites with new beers include Stone, look for "Stochasticity Grapefruit Slam IPA". The other Stone special event will be tomorrow and I'm hoping for oak-aged Arrogant Bastard.
I haven't shopped yet and there's no beer here at all. What are you drinking? Who's brewing?