Rock & Roll Happy Hour

Always willing to colab, Jim from Home Brew Mart partnered with a local muscian for this IPA named after his self released album "Tombstone & Travel Plans." We get the inside of how this beer comes together and what hop has been the glue that's held all the hoppy beers we've enjoyed all week together.

Home brewers know how hard it is to make good clean beer in the summertime when you don't have expensive temperature control systems. Jim from Home Brew Mart has the answer to making clean beer when it's 90+ in East County, a yeast strain called Kviek. He explains how it works with this beer called Summer of 89.

Was that a threat? Jim from Home Brew Mart offered to reveal trade secrets of how this beer is made, but it comes at a price. To learn more about this beer, I may find myself Sleeping With The Fishes.

A perfect beer for my rallying cry for the summer, drink more malty beers! Today Jim from Home Brew Mart pours out his Get Up & Sing Irish Red. It's light bright with a subtle malt sweetness and a clean finish, perfect for when the weather is warm out.

Few places in the History of San Diego Craft Beer carry as much weight as the Home Brew Mart. Home to San Diego Homebrewers as well as Professional Brewers, just about eveyone has a story from HBM. In addition to beer supplies, Jim and his crew have also been brewing up some of the freshest beer in San Diego. With a small system in the back they are constantly cranking thru a variety of different styles of beer like today's Apricot American Wheat.

TWO BEERS for a Friday. Never the Master Triple Dry Hopped Hazy and Always the Student Double Dry Hopped West Coast IPA, two beers that share the same hops but do not share the same drinking experience. Kelsey from North Park Beer Co breaks down what makes these two similar beers, so different.

Kelsey from NPBC brings Dr. Greenthumb to a whole new level with this Triple Dry Hopped West Coast IPA called Dank Material. A beer this light in body and that has a hop list as long as it does should not be this drinkable. Dank Material hits with big hop flavor and Kelsey has an awesome pairing idea from the kitchen.

Taking it's name from the Free Style Hop Farm in New Zealand this is the first beer Kelsey from North Park Brewing Co makes when he get his hop shipment from the grower in June. It is truly a goulash of all the huge hops that come from the Land Down Under. Free Stylin' Triple Dry Hopped Hazy IPA is a beer that might not be a beer but fermented hop juice!

No doubt with as many awards as this beer has won it is the flagship for North Park Beer Co. But there is a secret to the success of Hop Fu that Kelsey over a pint!

Exciting stuff at North Park Beer Co. this week as they after many years have taken control of their kitchen at the North Park Tap Room. As Saturday kicks off thier Grand Opening, Kelsey from NPBC drops in all week to talk about what he's been cooking in the brewery, starting with a collab with Highland Park Brewery in LA, Timbo Pils!

Hayden and Kyndall have been brining in Lil' Weir all week and this year as Hayden got to celebrate his first Father's Day this beer was a present to himself. I Love It When You Call Me Big Poppa is a IPA that has no right being as huge and flavorful as it is. Get this one this weekend while it's on tap because Kyndall may never let him brew this beer again!

Leave it to Weir beer to meme on Sponge Bob for thier first anniversary. A beer that was only suppose to be for that party has become a regular tap room favorite, He Was #1 Pale Ale is another one of those beers that straddles the line between what is a IPA, Pale Ale, and a West Coast IPA.

In the celebration of pickles that will take place at Weir Beer this weekend, today's beer was an unexpected surprise! After the delicious pIckle bomb that was Tommy Pickles Hard Seltzer, Mr. Big Dill Pickle Lager uses that same Wier magic to deliever a crushable and easy drinking beer that still holds all the flavor and essence of that briney superstar.

It's the reason for the party this weekend at Weir Beer! Tommy Pickles Hard Seltzer was the cataylist for last years pickle party. Light, bubby and more on the cucumber/dill end of pickle goodness. This is the kinda of beverage that becomes an unexpected favorite and if you're a reall monster Weir offers it with a shot of pickle brine to either add to your beverage or just shoot.

Back with new episodes! It's been a long holiday break but we get back into it with hot weather and a Pickle party! Hayden and Kyndall drop in all week to talk about their 2nd Annual Pickle Party this weekend and what else they have been brewing like todays, It's A Beer! inspired by everyone's favorite video game plumber.

Pinkies up as we head into the weekend! AleSmith took their iconic stout and turned it into a cocktail in a can. Just shake it up and pour hard into the proper stemwear.

While World Cup fans are drinking cities out of beer, AleSmith shouts "bring us your thirsty soccer fans!" Brewed special just for the World Cup, USA Beer is AleSmith Brewing's lighest lager ever. Low ABV, beer flavored beer primed for responsible all day drinking and cheering on World Cup soccer.

Over the last few months AleSmith has been playing around with their Party Tricks IPA, like one of the more recent Imperial variations. Now here for the summer time, HAZY Party Tricks IPA. Same easy drinkability you find in that glowing yellow can of Party Tricks, but in a hazy form. But unlike Party Tricks, Hazy Party you can only get from the AleSmith tasting room.

Hard to beat perfectly rip stone fruit in the summertime, combine that with a light American Lager and you've really got magic! That's exactly what AleSmith Sun Path taste like, the best parts of summer. Light peach flavor married with an easy drinking Lager makes this an ideal beer for the 4th of July, a BBQ or the San Diego County Fair!

Kristen from AleSmith is in this week to show off what they've been up to at 9990 AleSmith Court! We start things off with a twist on a recent brewery trend, Hop Water. This version of Hop Water has a twist, vodka. Hoptails Vokda Hop Water is huge on flavor and low AVB at 5% and is a perfect refresher in the Summer heat.

He saved the IPA for a Friday, Erik from Good Pressure is ending the week with their Good Pressure IPA. A blend of old school and new school San Diego IPAs. Plus, he's got a secret hop that he's using, curious what it is?

A coffee brown for Summer? Absolutely! Erik from Good Pressure likes to make flavorful beers that you can enjoy a few of, Pressure Profile takes all the notes of a malty coffee porter and folds it into a light drinkable brown ale which makes it favor another famous San Diego Beer.

With our proximity to Mexico, it's always nice to have a light malty beer on tap. Good with tacos or good after a hike along Mission Trails Good Pressure Amber is a perfect beer if you want some thing light and freshing that not just a fizzy yellow beer.

Six months ago I thought Erik was crazy for telling me that if Good Pressure only made one beer their Blonde would be it. But once I tried it, I understand why he made that claim.

At the start of 2026 I put them at the top of my new breweries to watch for the year! Now we check in as see what cooking for the summer at Good Pressure Brewing. Eric and Nelson drop by on a warm Monday afternoon with an example of how they are brewing up a little something for everyone with a Strawberry Lemonade Hard Seltzer.

Its almost a Greek tragedy that this beer isn't an year round offering at Duck Foot Brewing. But when It's around I drink my fair share! Just in time for the 11th Anniversary tomorrow we wrap up a week of beers with Brett and Matt with the Crossing Wizard IPA. Brett also tells the story that this beer has a real life San Diegan as inspiration.

Don't let the dark fool you in this beer! It's getting warm out and darker beers can be just as refreshing as a fizzy yellow lager. Duck Foot Brewing proves that point with their Darkwing Dunkel.

You don't think that all those Belgian monks are making beer just to support their monasteries, do you? With all that fantastic beer floating around some of it makes it's way to the lunch table. But since it's hard to focus on prayer and highly unsafe to brew while consuming a 12% ABV beer, the monks created a Belgian Table beer. Friar Duck give you all the fruity and clove flavors you'd expect from a larger Belgian beer but all wrapped up in non-day-wrecking 4%.

Why ask why? Drink Duck Dry! Matt and Bret from Duck Foot Brewing are back with another anytime summer beer, Duck Dry. Their Japanese style Rice Lager is crisp clean with a light floral note thanks to the rice. It's hard to hide any imperfections in a beer like this, lucky for us this beer is flawless.

Warm days of summer are already starting to pop on even on June 1st! Perfect weather for a Lemon Radler from Duck Foot Brewing! Low abv with a ton of lemon with a small hint of lime, this is the perfect kind of beer that will keep you hydrated while partying at the Duck Foot 11th Anniversary THIS WEEKEND!

Not very often do we end our week with a Mexican style lager, but in the case of Barley & Sword it's very fitting! Launching into our weekend with a beer inspired by The Father of Mexican Lager Santiago Graf. Hilighting it's Vienna lager roots this beer really hits home when you get that hint of corn and a subtle salinity? Mike explains why!

Named after an old English tavern, Ye Olde Man & Scythe is ever bit of what you would expect from an English Porter that you'd get pumped up from the cellar of your local pub. 4.6% ABV and still balanced and approachable. This is a perfect shifty or if you just want to chew the fat at the bar.

It is an insanely hard task to make an Irish Red as clean and easy drinking as Barley & Sword's Beoir Bearg. The only thing harder might be trying to pronounce the beer's name without the pronunciation guide printed on the can. Mike and I discuss what makes this beer a labor of love that pays off in drinkablity and flavor.

Mike from Barley & Sword brings today what I think maybe the most acurate West Coast brewing of a traditional Weissbier and he has the medals to back it up. Bier Von Bayern is a traditional unfiltered Bavarian Hefewetzen that doesn't smash you in the face with one flavor but delievers on hints of banana, apricot and clove in a easy drinking, well balanced wheat beer.

This is going to be an educational week for anyone who is interested in beer history and traditional beer styles. Mike from Barley & Sword has made a study and profession out of brewing old world style of beers and unsurprisingly it's found it's audience in San Diego. We start with a beer that would have ruled the West during the time of the Gold Rush, the California Common or has he calls it Sawmill Steam.

The McIlhenney 5th Anniversary is offically underway! To kick off the party Shawn and Jamie have brough the party, in a can! Their staple double IPA Wild Child is a easy drinking hoppy IPA that goes down a little too smooth to be such a high ABV.

Its smelling pretty dank in here! Shawn and Jamie McIlhenney have brought their latest Nectaron Express West Coast IPA. A West Coast style IPA that blends both flavorful Nectaron hop with Pineapple Express terpines from Abstracts. That's right, the same strain you'd find at your favorite despensary has had the THC stripped out of it leaving only the flavor that's infused into the beer. Not surprisingly for a McIlhenney beer it's not like hot boxing your best friends Civic but a well balanced drinking experience.

It's been a desert island beer for me since they first started making it 5 years a go! McIlhenney's Muntz New Zealand Rye is a hazy looking beer that it all craft and no hype. It's murky appearance is 100% derived from the insane amount of Nectaron and Nelson Sauvin hops infused in this easy drinking Rye IPA. It also pairs really well with bread and butter pickles and BBQ sauce if you find yourself in Flinn Springs.

The Pinberries taste like Pineberries! A recent addition to the McIlhenney line-up and a new favorite in the tasting room. Pineberry West Coast IPA is an intensly pine-forward beer that almost does a 180 on your palate with a berry-like finish. It's truly a beer that will wear your elbow out as you'll want to experience that flip over and over again.

Memorial Weekend is upon us and that means it's time for a McIlhenney Brewing Anniversary! Year 5 bring all the festivities you'd expect from our East County friends like a easy drinking triple IPA, but before that gets underway on Friday we've got a few other beers to enjoy like Jamie's external favorite, Brite Light Helles. She and Shawn explains what makes this beer so special.

We wrap up the week with Culture Brewing and a truly one of a kind collab with Coastal Roots Farm in Encinitas. A Spring seasonal beer that features handpicked elderflower from Coastal Roots creating a fruity and floral IPA. Best part, a portion of the proceeds from each beer goes to support Coast Roots efforts.

Taking a break from the hops for a truly South of the border inspired beverage. Jason and Larry from Culture Brewing show off their Hispanic flare with La Cerveza Mexican stytle lager.

A hazy Wednesday needs a hazy beer and Jason and Larry from Culture Brewing brough Coastal Haze! A hazy not like some of the other tropical bombs out there, there is something distinctly more dank about this beer and it just might be because of current head brewer Jasons' past.

You might have heard the phrase "a little bit country and a little bit rock & roll." Today's beer follows that being a little bit old school and a little bit new school. Culture Brewing's Mosaic IPA has all that upfront flora aroma you'd expect with a beer with Mosaic hops but also hides a subtle bitterness that dries the beer up on the backend like an OG West Coast IPA.

There has been a lot brewing at Culture and it's more then just the beer! It's been forever since we've had anyone from the brewrey swing by and we're fixing that this week as Jason and Larry drop by all week to talk about what's happening in their tasting rooms and their brew house. We start light and crisp with their interperation of a Blonde ale called Solana Blonde.

Closing the week with Chris and Ryan from SouthNorte with a drink that has become more and more popular as more premium tequilas hit the market. With tequila, lime and grapefruit soda the Paloma is a refreshing and less sweet alternative to a margarita. IMO it's a perfect way to kick off a weekend with your friends.

Chris and Ryan from SouthNorte might have brought my new favorite go-to spirit and soda beverage. After the introduction of the Hibiscus Lime yestrday, today's Tequila Soda with Orange has no right being this good! Subtle tequila flavor with a hint of orange essence that it's more akin to expressing orange peel over an old Fashioned then drinking tequila and orange juice and that's just the way I like it!

With a warm weekend on the horizon Chris and Ryan from SouthNorte brought the ultimate refreshing cocktail a Hibiscus Lime Tequila soda. If a vodka soda is your go to this is a beverage you need to try, like a carbonated glass of agua de Jamaica with a suble hint of tequila...this might just become you new summertime cocktail.

It's Cinco De Mayo! Time to celebrate with a drink that draws its origins back to Ensenada Mexico! Ryan from SouthNorte who once lived there bring all the inspirations of a freshsly made South of the border margarita to a can near you!

It's Cinco De Mayo week! That means we're going to explore some of the locally made RTD cocktials with a South of the border flair. SouthNorte joins us all week to show off their popular line of beverages. We start with the Matador, big on pineapple flavor with a surprising lack of boozyness given the 7% AVB.

Our final pepper beer of the week, designed not be punishing but almost like a desert. Nickel Beer Co's Serrano Stout features both roasted and raw Serrano peppers aged in a bourbon barrel. Dark complex with a subtle pepper flavor and almost no heat, this is the kind of beer you want to let warm up just a little to experince all the flavors it has to offer.