Our 11th Annual IPA Festival is coming on August 9,
2008 - Awesome Street Party with 50+ IPA's on tap, great live music and BBQ all
day.
Come to the Hop Rhizome Festival and buy some actual hop roots to grow your own
- Saturday, April 12, 2008 - 11am we will have a wonderful selection of
HOPPY beers on tap as well as BBQ and music all day.
Our 8th Annual Double IPA Festival
on Saturday February 9, 2008 was another fabulous time on a sunny
California day. The music was smokin' - thanks to Pete Madsen, The
John Howland Trio and Ralph (tribute to JIMI) Woodson.
The BBQ was kick'n out some killer tritip and sausage. OF course the beer
was what took center stage.....the winners are:
Gold:
Flying Dog - Double Dog (Boulder, CO)
Silver: Bear
Republic - Racer X
Bronze: Moylans -
Hopsickle
People's choice: Russian River - Pliny
the Younger
We kick off the week long Bay Area
Beer Extravaganza know as BEERAPALOOZA!! See you at Toronado's
Barley Wine Festival and don't forget about The Celebrator's 20th Anniversary
Party on Sunday (2/17) - tickets available at the Bistro.
PAST EVENTS:
December 12, 2007 come join our own Geir Jordahl (founder of Photocentral) for
his book signing
Searching For True North
- a nice addition to anyone's library
- great Holiday gift.
West Coast Barrel Aged Beer Fest/Street Party was Saturday, November 10th -
We had 40 Barrel Aged Beers on Tap. We judged the beers according to
cooperage -
Oak (4 entries):
Gold Schooners Old Woody Barleywine
Silver Triple Rock Odyssey Ale
Wine (4 entires): Gold Glacier Russian Imperial Stout
Silver Moylan's Wet Hopsickle
Sours (7 entries): Gold New Belgium La Folie
Silver Russian River Supplication
Bronze Pizza Port Yellow Bus
Port/ Brandy (7 entries): Gold Port Brewing The Angels Share 2006
Silver Pizza Port The Angels Share 2007
Bronze Valley Decadence 12 Cuvee Speciale
Bourbon (16 entries): Gold Port Brewing Older Viscosity
Silver Stone Imperial Russian Stout
Bronze Moylan's Ryan Sullivan's Russian Imperial Stout
Best of Show: Gold Schooners Old Woody Barleywine
Silver Port Brewing The Angels Share 2006
Bronze Port Brewing Older Viscosity
Congratulations for making Beers
that made us all so happy !
Wet Hop Beer Fest was Saturday, October 6th - 24 Fresh Beers were in the house on
tap -
Live Music by Jon Howland Trio and Pete Madsen rocked the
house. The BBQ cranked out awesome tri-tip and Corralito's sausage -
The weather was perfect and a great time was had by all. The freshness of
this style of beer is unmatched by anything you have ever tasted - hopefully you
got to savor a bit of this special nectar that only comes around once a year.
Our People's Choice Award went to:
Lagunitas Absolutely Wet
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Our 10th IPA Festival Saturday, August 11, 2007 was a
great success - the weather was great, 55 different IPA's were flowing and the
music was sensational. San Pablo project kicked it off followed by
Batuka who brought it home. The results of the professional judging are as
follows:
Gold:
21st Amendment IPA
Silver:
Bear Republic APEX IPA
Bronze:
Pizza Port Carlsbad Wipeout IPA
Peoples Choice: Bear Republic APEX IPA
We were honored to have representation from each
brewery to accept awards.
Our Spring Fling aka Hop Rhizome Festival
was on
Saturday, April 21, 2007 -- from noon - ?? - Live music and BBQ all
day - some very special beers and different varieties of Hops available
-- grow your own!!!
It was great -- hope you made it by.......always great beers flowin'.......
Well our 7th Annual Double IPA Festival held on
Saturday February 10, 2007 -was a bit soggy but didn't keep anyone away!! A
great time was had by all - enjoying the 50 Double IPA's that we had on
tap - The results of the professional judging are as follows:
Gold:
Ballast Point Dorado
Silver:
Russian River Pliny the Elder
Bronze:
Lagunitas Hop Stoopid
Hon. Mention: Marin White
Knuckle
Peoples Choice:
Russian River Pliny the Younger
Closest 2nd Place: Drakes Hop Salad
If you missed the awesome event - we still have
many doubles on tap to be enjoyed so come down and taste a few.
BEERAPALOOZA
-
is still going strong
wrapping up on Sunday at the Celebrator 19th Anniversary Party at Trumer Brewery
in Berkeley
-
you can still get tickets at the Bistro for this super fun party
-
hope to see you there!!!
Our First Ever Barrel Age
Beer Festival - was held on November 11, 2006. The rain cleared out
just in time for this fabulous event. The flavors were unbelievable and
all over the map. Hard to judge such a wide assortment of beers against
each other - many thanks to our tireless judges.
The Street was closed for this event - and gave us lots of room to spread out
and enjoy the many varieties available. This was one for the
ages.....not to be missed if we can pull it off again next year.
The winners of the professional judging:
Sour - Russian River
Depuration
New
Belgium La Folie
Wood -Glacier Brewhouse -
Ukranian Imperial Stout
Firestone
Walker 10
Devils
Canyon Barrel of Monkeys
Wine - Blue Frog 5th Anniversary
Scotch Ale
Port
Brewing Angels Share
North
Coast 2005 Old Stock
Bourbon - Port Brewing Old(er)
Viscosity
Firestone Walker Parabola Imperial Oatmeal Stout
Sierra
Nevada Bigfoot Barley wine Style
Grand
Champion:
Port Brewing Old(er) Viscosity
People
Choice:
Glacier Brewhouse Ukrainian
Imperial Stout
October 7, 2006 was our 3rd Annual Wet Hop
Festival -- there were 1 4 wet hop beers on tap - our
People's
Choice Award went to Lagunitas Maximus. A fun time was had by all.
Our 9th Annual IPA Festival was held on
Saturday August 12, 2006. We had 46 IPA's show up and a great time was
had by all!!
The winners of the professional judging went like this:
April 22, 2006 was our Hop Rhizome Beer Festival -- many hops were
purchased. 15 different varieties for sale, there are still some
left -. Special BEERS were awesome as was the BBQ and The San Pablo
Project is a band not to be missed!
1906 Earthquake April 18th 100th Anniversary
Pint Night & Toast - special Imperial Red Ale - Sasquatch Legacy Project
(Collaboration). Glen Falconer Foundation sponsored the making of this
beer to promote the education of future beermakers.
Friday March 31st - come down for the RELEASE
party for NEW BELGIUM'S PEACH LAMBIC - with the brewers in the
house!! Special glassware - starts at 5pm.
Our 6th Annual Double IPA Festival
was held February
11, 2006 and it was a great party -- the sun was shining and 50 fabulous
beers were flowing. Big Thanks out to all of our beer pourers and
wonderful guests for another successful event.
The professional judging
results :
Gold: Marin
White Knuckle
Silver: Pizza Port
Solana The Hop 15
Bronze: 21st Amendment Double
Trouble
Peoples Choice: Russian River
Pliny the Younger
The WET HOP Festival (Oct 15)
was fabulous!! Weather was great and the beers were sooo fresh! What a wonderful
style - crisp, clean and full.
People's Choice for the wet hop was Drakes Brewery. Congratulations
Rodger and Melissa.
The 8th Annual IPA Festival was held on
August 6, 2005!
KULICA made it and we danced and drank
some great beers!
The results of the professional judging :
Gold: Green Flash West Coast
IPA
Silver: Alpine Pure Hoppiness
Bronze: Marin IPA
Peoples Choice: Russian River Blind Pig IPA
Our Belgian Beer Festival was held on Saturday,
June 4, 2005
24 Belgium Beers were on tap, live music and BBQ all day. It was a
very special day.
Our
5th Annual
Double IPA
festival
was held on Saturday, February 12, 2005. A good time was had by all that attended!!! (which was plenty) Sunshine and
Hoppiness made the day very special. Thanks to the musical talents of Jug Free America, Tony McGee and Kulica
( we love the new CD)
The
Results of the Professional Judging:
Gold
----Drakes Denoginizer
Silver -- Russian
River Pliny the Elder
Bronze --Ballast Point Doroado
Peoples
Choice -- Russian River Pliny the Younger
Congrats to all of
our winners and all 32 beers that flowed all day.
Special Thanks to our employees and our volunteers - couldn't be done without
you.
So if you missed the fest -- come on by -- there are still some doubles to try.
- IPA-India
Pale Ale Festival
- 7th
Annual -- It was a wonderful event, the weather was perfect and so many special
people attended. The Beers were cold and flowing thanks to the efforts of
Vic and the Bistro crew - many thanks to our volunteers for all of their help.
The music was fabulous - thanks to
Kulica for an unbelievable ride!! Sweet
tunes. You can buy their CD at their website. Today
we are recovering from a weekend of fun fun fun...........hope you were able to
join us.
Professional
Judging results:
1.
Carlsbad Pizza Port - Wipeout IPA
2. San Clemente Pizza Port - El Camino
IPA
3. Solana Beach Pizza Port - Swami's IPA
Peoples Choice
Drakes IPA
Hop Rhizome
(first
weekend in April)
We are happy to announce the winners of our
4th Annual Double IPA Festival - February 7 & 8,
2004
1. Solana Beach Pizza Port Hop 15
2. Drakes Denoginizer
3. Ballast Point Dorado
Peoples Choice
21st Amendment Double Trouble
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