10 Great California Coffee Beers
If brewers can create something magical with malt and roasters can find fabulous flavors in a bean, then just imagine what the combination can do. Thankfully, in California, we don’t have to wishful thinking. ...
Ballast Point Habanero Sculpin IPA
How fitting that “Ring of Fire” would start playing at The Glendale Tap after my pint of Habanero Sculpin hit the table. The well-balanced, citrus-forward, hop-backed IPA from Ballast Point received an added jolt...
TAPS Craft Brew Festival: A Meeting of Beer Minds in Brea
Brea was the center of the SoCal craft beer universe on April 27, as TAPS Fish House & Brewery brewmaster Victor Novak gathered more than 30 of his SoCal brewery compatriots to pour craft...
Interview: Yuseff Cherney (Ballast Point head brewer/distiller)
Ballast Point Brewing was a 1996 outgrowth of the Home Brew Mart, which Jack White founded in 1992. Yuseff Cherney oversees the bulk of Ballast Point’s beer production at a Scripps Ranch facility that...
Ballast Point Brewing: Diving for Craft Beer in Scripps Ranch
Stone Brewing was San Diego County’s breakout brewery during the first decade of the new millennium. Still, if the current craft beer explosion in America has taught us anything, it’s that there’s room at...
The Surly Goat Primer
In the past three years, Los Angeles has experienced an unprecedented beer-fueled growth spurt, with some passionate proprietors offering highly curated menus of seasonal craft brews. At the forefront of the movement you’ll find...
