Author: Brandon Hernández

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  Beer Weekend

  48 Hours in (and Around) San Diego, California

  November 3, 2017 - Brandon Hernández With nearly 365 days of sunshine and more than 140 brew houses—and even more brewery-owned restaurants and tasting rooms—there is no locale more attractive or more daunting to tackle than San Diego. Recognized by many as the craft-beer capital of the U.S., the county—one of the nation’s most expansive—has so much to offer that not... View Article
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  Flights

  Flights: Abnormal Beer Co. in San Diego

  May 1, 2016 - Brandon Hernández San Diego–Tucked in the corner of an industrial park in San Diego’s northernmost expanses is an inauspicious restaurant, The Cork and Craft, home to the Abnormal Brewing Co. (16990 Via Tazon). There isn’t another dining establishment for blocks, and it doesn’t look like much from the outside. Inside, it is spacious, brilliantly appointed and enhanced by... View Article
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  White Labs to Open European Outpost

  February 17, 2015 - Brandon Hernández A month after announcing plans to build a full-scale facility in Asheville, NC, American yeast production company White Labs has finalized an agreement to occupy space at WarPigs brewpub in Copenhagen, Denmark’s meat packing district. A joint venture between Danish gypsy brewing interest Mikkeller and Munster, Indiana-based 3 Floyds Brewing Co., WarPigs is currently under... View Article
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  Mikkeller to Open San Diego Brewery

  February 17, 2015 - Brandon Hernández SAN DIEGO—Mikkel Borg Bjergsø is arguably the world’s most famous gypsy brewer; a gallivanting fermentation specialist exploring a myriad of styles, he’s known for pushing the envelope to the point that some of his beers challenge conventional beer guidelines. Throughout his nine-year career, the Danish brewer used the systems of brewing comrades around the world.... View Article
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  White Labs to Open Facility in Asheville, NC

  January 9, 2015 - Brandon Hernández SAN DIEGO—The past two years have seen unprecedented growth in the American beer industry. That rapid escalation is not exclusive to brewing companies. The interests supplying breweries with ingredients, equipment and other essentials are also growing at a swift pace in order to meet increased demand, to the point where they must expand their operations.... View Article
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  Culture

  Brewing Additions

  July 30, 2014 - Brandon Hernández A brewpub was always in the cards for Jeremy Tofte. The dream of opening one led him to sell off his thriving Jackson, WY, restaurant, Thai Me Up, to the highest bidder (literally, the transaction occurred via online auction site eBay) and use the proceeds to move to New Zealand to forge his ambition into brick,... View Article
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  A Closer Look

  America’s Influence on Japan’s Budding Extreme Beer Culture

  July 29, 2014 - Brandon Hernández The story of Japanese drinking culture is a tale of two countries, and a story of both night and day. The rising sun shines upon a diligent nation of survivalists holding cultural tradition in the highest regard. By day, the country’s citizens are fixated on projecting a proper outward image that communicates their hard-working, upstanding... View Article