Beer Pairing

Lil Sumpin' is one of the beers available at Costco Danville.  I have enjoyed a few bottles and highly recommend it.  I think it's $3.99 for the 22 oz. bottle.  They also have a Sculpin IPA from a brewery in San Diego that's pretty good.  It has a great label with a picture of a Sculpin.  It seems that beer is headed up-market like wine and spirits these past few years.  I think life is far to short to drink cheap beer.  I consider the popular priced beers like Bud and Coors to be byproducts of beer that are generally donated to the sewer system after real beer is consumed. Beer snob?  Maybe?

I had bought a growler habinero Beer from the brew house in Santa Barbara. Gave it to brother-in-law, he took it to Texas hunting. Oh well I'll have to get another one for me. I hope he brings my jerky back. 

You boys know how to live.  I especially like Mike's justification for stocking up to be to save gas and Cameron's fridge shot of 2 RRB growlers.  I wish the Costco in SR or RP would be like Martin's Costco.

Im an IPA guy,
Love the Eel River IPA fell in love with it living in Humboldt but down in so cal pay 10bucks for a 6pack.

so sticking to the somewhat cheaper IPA, Lagunitas, Ballast point both the sculpin and big eye are great, Also like the Tap It a SLO brew company good stuff as well.

Double Jack is good too from Firestones...

Stay away from STONE, MLPA supporter is the word on the street.

Taking notes...

Im an IPA guy,
Love the Eel River IPA fell in love with it living in Humboldt but down in so cal pay 10bucks for a 6pack.

so sticking to the somewhat cheaper IPA, Lagunitas, Ballast point both the sculpin and big eye are great, Also like the Tap It a SLO brew company good stuff as well.

Double Jack is good too from Firestones...

Stay away from STONE, MLPA supporter is the word on the street.

When I saw someone mention stone on the fist page I was wondering how long till this came up.

.....copied from a BWE post........

I received an email from their PR person regarding CEO Greg Koch's letter in regards to the overwhelming negative response to Stone's support of the MLPA. The letter is as follows:

"Statement from Stone Brewing Co. CEO and Co-Founder, Greg Koch:

I feel compelled to respond to the mistaken claims regarding Stone and our supposed involvement with the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA). Stone Brewing Co. does not currently support or plan to support the MLPA in the future.

In April 2010 we were sent what looked like a very reasonable letter from SD Coastkeeper asking permission to have Stone Brewing Co.’s name added to a long list of companies in support of the Marine Life Protection Act. I took a look at it, decided it looked okay on the surface, and said okay.

It’s arguable that that might not have been a good call. It was, however, the one and only interaction we had with the MLPA.

Between April 2010 and January 2012, I received only one email asking me to support the MLPA, to which I never responded. Additionally, we were not contacted by any anti-MLPA groups requesting that we support their point of view during this period.

Seemingly out of nowhere, in January 2012, we began receiving angry and accusatory inquiries about our “support” of the MLPA. When the accusations were brought to my attention, nearly two years after I received the initial letter asking for support, I was not aware of the issues, pro or con, behind the subject. Some people didn’t care, and saw us as a company on which to focus their online ire, beginning a litany of hostile accusations on websites and in emails. We responded to these comments with what we believed would end any speculation of our involvement. However, our response was dismissed by a small group of people who were very familiar with the MLPA. Admittedly, the MLPA issue was not something we were involved in, and not something we knew much about as it is not within our scope of business.

Stone Brewing Co. in no way has ever supported, is currently supporting, or planned to support the MLPA in the future (other than the single misguided generic letter we responded to that I mentioned in the first paragraph). Saying we support the MLPA is like saying we’re supporting a particular political party because we once said we thought one of their policies seemed reasonable. We’ve participated in no rallies. Conducted no fundraising. There has been no activity by Stone Brewing Co. regarding the MLPA. None.

We do participate in more than 500 charitable events a year, and have donated more than $2 million to local charities and nonprofits during the past 16 years. Is it possible that we donated beer to an event that was being held in support of the MLPA? It’s possible. Our policy is that if a 501(c)3 or 501(c)6 organization approaches us with the necessary and correct California Alcoholic Beverage Control paperwork, we most often say yes to their donation requests.

Due to the unfounded accusations around this MLPA issue, we reached out to the San Diego Surfrider chapter and inquired whether any funds we ever donated had been channeled to the MLPA. In their response letter to us, they assured us they had not. To guarantee our non-involvement, we have formally asked them to only use donated funds from Stone Brewing Co. exclusively for efforts such as beach cleanup, runoff treatment, Hold On To Your Butt, and their Rise Above Plastics campaign (programs which most certainly are near and dear to our hearts). We’ve made it clear to them that we do not wish to be listed as a supporter of the MLPA, as we never should have been in the first place. We’re politically neutral, and it was an error on our part to have allowed ourselves to be listed on the initial letter.

Since this letter covers how the events unfolded, this will be the last you’ll hear from us on this subject. If, after reading my account on the way everything played out, you still feel you will not buy our beer or visit our restaurant, so be it. Thank you for taking the time to read my account and taking into consideration the facts about Stone’s non-involvement in the MLPA issue.

Greg Koch
Stone Brewing Co.
CEO and Co-Founder

July 25th, 2012"

Either way I'm a ballast point drinker. However Weed lumarian ale is coming close to being a new favorite.

http://www.ballastpoint.com/about-ballast-point-brewing-and-spirits-fishing-team/
Nothing like great brewery that supports kayak fishing and sponsors Islander trips

+1 on lagunitas lil sumpin

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Holy shit Stone is a great beer.
Didn't realize theMLPA disease had alsmot dragged them in.

Will continue to support that brewery.


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Tote, if its not too blown out tomorrow for some fishing will trade a sixer for some knowledge of your local fisheries... I wanna catch a fish. On a 6 outing skunk.


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They also have a Sculpin IPA from a brewery in San Diego that's pretty good.  It has a great label with a picture of a Sculpin. 

Sculpin is from Ballast Point. They make great beers with awesome fish labels.  Ana's uncle used to live very near their brewery so I was lucky enough to spend a lot of time enjoying their beers.

http://www.ballastpoint.com/beers-of-ballast-point-brewing-and-spirits/

 

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Nice selection, but I am a little spoiled, pretty much always have these in the fridge

Pliny or Row2?

1-pliny 1-dead leaf green for the wife

Even the brew pubs around here are out of Pliny.  Apparently it's in very limited supply. 

always available at the brew pub, growlers, bottle, pint or half pint

      Reminded me to dig into my cellar...   found this "Sturgeon Ale"      Too bad they don't get better with age

Total Wine had a great book on beers. It was selling for my favorite price too...free.
192 pages and very informative.
For each catagory of beer there was a chart. The placement of a particular beer on the chart gives you an idea of the kind of beer you like to drink.
I guess I like mine malty, medium to full bodied. And I do not like IPA...At all.

I don't understand at all why you don't like Ipa... It seems like the style would suit you best.


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I don't understand at all why you don't like Ipa... It seems like the style would suit you best.

I don't like hoppy.
It doesn't agree with my sweet tooth.