Congratulations! You’ve made it through half of beer week. Now the real fun begins…
We’ll pick up where we left off, with our food-themed and craft-beer-loving agendas for the next few days. First, the beer:
Wednesday, November 11
Downtown Johnny Brown’s dives head first into beer week with an incredible lineup of 16 barrel aged beers on tap–including Victory at Sea, 07/07/07, Curieux, and Butte XXI–plus bottles including barrel-aged Consecration. Barrel Aged Beer Night starts at 5pm.
Also, where better to taste Green Flash’s Hop Less Gruit than at Hamiltons, whose owners helped Chuck …

You have your agenda. You’ve bought your tickets. Now, unless you have a designated driver (which hopefully many of you do), the only tricky part is getting from point a to point beer. That’s why we’ve got loads of suggestions for arriving safely at your craft beer destinations…all week long.
Bus it. San Diego isn’t known for its public transportation, and the transit system is indeed spotty in a few areas. But some of the most efficient bus routes happen to run right by many of the key beer week locations. …

We’ll be honest with you: With over 200 events and nearly every beer-loving venue in the city, the agenda for San Diego’s first ever beer week is completely overwhelming to us. We’re guessing we’re not alone, so we’ve studied and contemplated, and narrowed down two separate agendas for two of our favorite types of craft beer lovers: the beer geek (NOT an insult–see here) and the craft-beer-drinking foodie.
For each agenda, we tried to whittle each day down to the events that really matter–although there are still plenty of tough decisions …

Over 60 breweries were represented at the San Diego Beer Festival on Friday, pouring a seemingly endless array of craft beers for a large, very thirsty crowd. While the selection was vast and varied, a handful of the 100+ beers clearly stood out above the rest. Here were Drink the Craft’s favorites:
Lagunitas A Little Sumpin Extra. This was the surprise of the night. A hoppy IPA brewed with 30% wheat, this beer is light in color, explosive in aroma, and citrusy on the palate. It’s just being released in 22-ounce …

Scott Blair and Dennis Borlek (of Hamiltons fame) debuted Small Bar last week, inviting the University Heights neighborhood to take part in San Diego’s growing craft beer scene. It takes very little convincing to visit the place once you know it is being run by Dennis and Blair…but in case you want a few more details, here’s Drink the Craft’s first impression.
We visited on the first Sunday the bar was open, and yet, from the first few minutes of walking in the door we felt like we had been going …