San Diego Has the Best Beer in the World
Yes, I said it, and Ill say it again, San Diego has the best beer in the world.
In the WORLD! In San Diego, the corporate cream of the crop is losing its ground to craft beers, in a big way.
I hope the rest of this country falls in line.
How is this so? Bud Light isn't even on many of the taps off of several of the bars strew alongside San Diego's Adam's Avenue which is adorned with bars of craft quality.
University Heights Small Bar (my favorite), has a rotating 42 beers on tap, you can drink a new beer every day of the month! Moreover, several of the sports bars traditionally known for its jugs of light beers have at least a wheat beer, or Hefeweisen, on tap.
San Diego, you are staying classy with your beer drinking.
I'm writing this article in response to several of my European friends who would say, "America's got crap beers".
They are right...
we do have crap beers, but we also have CRAFT beers.
When was the last time they had to settle for a stinky Heineken or Carlsberg when they had the chance to pick up a Pliney the Elder IIPA or a refreshing Rogue John John at a cool $5 bucks a pint? Sure, their beers over on that side of the pond pack a punch of their own, however, its nothing compared to the 9% ABV that Dogfish Head packs into their 90 minute IIPA, which goes down smother than a well executed moonwalk.
San Diego has several local breweries that began from Linda Vista's own Home Brew Mart which has all the equipment and materials for making home brew.
Some local brewery's include San Diego Brewing company, Avery, Alesmith, Rockbottom, Gordon Biersch, Firehouse, Back Street, Green Flash, La Jolla Brew House, Mission Brewery, Lightning Brewery, Pacific Beach Ale House, Oggi's Pizza Port, San Marcos, Eastlake Brew House, Karl Strauss, Ballast Point, and Stone (Escondido).
San Diego Brewing company is located off of Mission Gorge Road and many of the others are in the Linda Vista area.
These beers aren't bad! Each one of these beers are given a distinct quality and taste.
We are not talking about mass brewed beer.
Each beer has its own TLC from a brew master that could be your neighbor.
The journey through beer can take you several years in this fair city, each one as unique as the rest.
The sheer plethora of types of beers will lead you to your favorite or favorites.
My favorite beer? Depends on the time of day, after work, after a jog, a night capper, or catching up with friends.
And that is what makes this city great for its beer drinking, its never the same every time.
History lesson! IPA stand for India Pale Ale which was an ale that the English sailors used to bring on their long voyage down the silk route.
They stuffed several preservatives into this beer so it would survive the route, but a good thing never goes bad, right? But like many good beers, there is a hangover effect with this as well, and now we can walk down the street and have one.
Law lesson! The 18th Amendment, prohibition, and the 21st Amendment play a large role in how we drink today.
The 21st amendment, when they repealed prohibition, gave regulatory control to each state to manage how they deal with the purchase and consumption of alcohol.
This is why people oftentimes ask, can you drink a beer in the car in Missouri if you are not driving? Or, discussing that you cant buy heavy spirits in Texas after 9, at a grocery store, or on Sundays.
Another side effect of the 21st amendment, and the most notable, is the creation of the three-tiered system when it comes to selling alcohol.
The three tiered system requires that, in order to sell alcohol over state lines, you need a wholesaler, a distributor, and a retailer.
This means that someone who visits Temecula wine country and wants their monthly wine shipment to be delivered to Oklahoma, you cant do it.
If you do, its called bootlegging (does anyone remember Smokey and the Bandit?).
If you transport enough booze over the border, you are a bootlegger! I've known of mothers who will go to Oklahoma on a Sunday to buy booze for a BBQ get arrested for bootlegging! What a crime! But the main crime is this.
Small beer businesses cannot ship small portions of booze across a border person to person.
If they do not have a wholesaler, a licensed distributor (90% of them are owned by Bud, Miller, and Coors), and a retailer (store that sells the alcohol), then you cannot sell these goods.
Wine growers can send a monthly wine shipment to fellow Californians, but not over state lines.
It's a bureaucratic pillar to the alcohol society, and I don't see it changing their minds anytime soon.
These microbrews have spent a considerable amount of money on a collective effort to build a distributing company so that they can compete with the big boys.
So, when you see this local brew, make unique choices be a regular habit and pick it up, support the little brewer, it will taste better anyway.
You can learn more about this on BEER WARS, a fantastic documentary about the little guys in the beer world making a splash (watch instantly on Netflix).
Mikey likes it! So, if you do not live in San Diego, you will not be able to walk down the street and enjoy one of these tasty beverages until the distributors start sending these beers out to grocery stores in such a mass quantity that these craft beers don't cost $9 bucks a six pack.
Local culture will drive the consumption of the world's best beers until the laws change, we get rid of this three-tiered system, and we start to understand that America has some of the best beers on earth.
Drink up and walk safe (do not drive).
Craft beer bars are popping up everywhere and they are growing in popularity.
This article is dedicated the Small Bar crew and the Uni Heights locals.
You know who you are.
Thanks for the good brews and the great company.
In the WORLD! In San Diego, the corporate cream of the crop is losing its ground to craft beers, in a big way.
I hope the rest of this country falls in line.
How is this so? Bud Light isn't even on many of the taps off of several of the bars strew alongside San Diego's Adam's Avenue which is adorned with bars of craft quality.
University Heights Small Bar (my favorite), has a rotating 42 beers on tap, you can drink a new beer every day of the month! Moreover, several of the sports bars traditionally known for its jugs of light beers have at least a wheat beer, or Hefeweisen, on tap.
San Diego, you are staying classy with your beer drinking.
I'm writing this article in response to several of my European friends who would say, "America's got crap beers".
They are right...
we do have crap beers, but we also have CRAFT beers.
When was the last time they had to settle for a stinky Heineken or Carlsberg when they had the chance to pick up a Pliney the Elder IIPA or a refreshing Rogue John John at a cool $5 bucks a pint? Sure, their beers over on that side of the pond pack a punch of their own, however, its nothing compared to the 9% ABV that Dogfish Head packs into their 90 minute IIPA, which goes down smother than a well executed moonwalk.
San Diego has several local breweries that began from Linda Vista's own Home Brew Mart which has all the equipment and materials for making home brew.
Some local brewery's include San Diego Brewing company, Avery, Alesmith, Rockbottom, Gordon Biersch, Firehouse, Back Street, Green Flash, La Jolla Brew House, Mission Brewery, Lightning Brewery, Pacific Beach Ale House, Oggi's Pizza Port, San Marcos, Eastlake Brew House, Karl Strauss, Ballast Point, and Stone (Escondido).
San Diego Brewing company is located off of Mission Gorge Road and many of the others are in the Linda Vista area.
These beers aren't bad! Each one of these beers are given a distinct quality and taste.
We are not talking about mass brewed beer.
Each beer has its own TLC from a brew master that could be your neighbor.
The journey through beer can take you several years in this fair city, each one as unique as the rest.
The sheer plethora of types of beers will lead you to your favorite or favorites.
My favorite beer? Depends on the time of day, after work, after a jog, a night capper, or catching up with friends.
And that is what makes this city great for its beer drinking, its never the same every time.
History lesson! IPA stand for India Pale Ale which was an ale that the English sailors used to bring on their long voyage down the silk route.
They stuffed several preservatives into this beer so it would survive the route, but a good thing never goes bad, right? But like many good beers, there is a hangover effect with this as well, and now we can walk down the street and have one.
Law lesson! The 18th Amendment, prohibition, and the 21st Amendment play a large role in how we drink today.
The 21st amendment, when they repealed prohibition, gave regulatory control to each state to manage how they deal with the purchase and consumption of alcohol.
This is why people oftentimes ask, can you drink a beer in the car in Missouri if you are not driving? Or, discussing that you cant buy heavy spirits in Texas after 9, at a grocery store, or on Sundays.
Another side effect of the 21st amendment, and the most notable, is the creation of the three-tiered system when it comes to selling alcohol.
The three tiered system requires that, in order to sell alcohol over state lines, you need a wholesaler, a distributor, and a retailer.
This means that someone who visits Temecula wine country and wants their monthly wine shipment to be delivered to Oklahoma, you cant do it.
If you do, its called bootlegging (does anyone remember Smokey and the Bandit?).
If you transport enough booze over the border, you are a bootlegger! I've known of mothers who will go to Oklahoma on a Sunday to buy booze for a BBQ get arrested for bootlegging! What a crime! But the main crime is this.
Small beer businesses cannot ship small portions of booze across a border person to person.
If they do not have a wholesaler, a licensed distributor (90% of them are owned by Bud, Miller, and Coors), and a retailer (store that sells the alcohol), then you cannot sell these goods.
Wine growers can send a monthly wine shipment to fellow Californians, but not over state lines.
It's a bureaucratic pillar to the alcohol society, and I don't see it changing their minds anytime soon.
These microbrews have spent a considerable amount of money on a collective effort to build a distributing company so that they can compete with the big boys.
So, when you see this local brew, make unique choices be a regular habit and pick it up, support the little brewer, it will taste better anyway.
You can learn more about this on BEER WARS, a fantastic documentary about the little guys in the beer world making a splash (watch instantly on Netflix).
Mikey likes it! So, if you do not live in San Diego, you will not be able to walk down the street and enjoy one of these tasty beverages until the distributors start sending these beers out to grocery stores in such a mass quantity that these craft beers don't cost $9 bucks a six pack.
Local culture will drive the consumption of the world's best beers until the laws change, we get rid of this three-tiered system, and we start to understand that America has some of the best beers on earth.
Drink up and walk safe (do not drive).
Craft beer bars are popping up everywhere and they are growing in popularity.
This article is dedicated the Small Bar crew and the Uni Heights locals.
You know who you are.
Thanks for the good brews and the great company.
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