The New Math: Thursday = Beer

For no particular reason, we’ve decided that our beer events happen on Thursday now. (Our wine events, about which more later, happen on Tuesday).

This Thursday we’re featuring a couple cask-conditioned strong ales which are not often available in cask in San Diego:
1) Maharaja IIPA, by Avery Brewing in Boulder, Colorado
2) Sculpin IPA by Ballast Point here in San Diego

While both beers are quite hoppy, the Sculpin is quite light in a way you wouldn’t expect from a 7.0% ABV beer, while the Maharaja balances rich hops and malt at a whopping 9.9% ABV. Watch out for that, it’s boozier than a lot of white wines, though it drinks like a beer.

For each beer we’ll offer a half pour off the cask and a specially paired small plate of food, together for $8.

The dishes:

Sculpin IPA paired with Snow Brite peach gazpacho, Baja Kumamoto oyster, and smoked cinammon

Maharaja IIPA paired with small gyro of harissa rubbed pastured spring lamb, house made yogurt, house baked flatbread, and fixins.

Again, each pairing is $8 for the beer and the “tapas” size plate together. Starts at 5:30pm and goes until 11:30pm or when the food runs out.

As for the future, our beer event calendar for the summer is still coming together. Here’s a few that are confirmed so far:

New Belgium, July 16th
The Bruery, August 13th
AleSmith, August 20th
Airdale, August 27th

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