You’re staring down at a tasting flight: three small glasses filled with dark liquid. You must be in a brewery, right? You are. But this is the OTHER brewery- one that brews morning lifeblood. At Better Buzz Coffee: The Lab (3745 Mission Blvd), they’re serving a threesome of Kyoto drip tasters. Kyoto dripping is a painstaking process- it takes 12 hours because coffee is extracted by the droplet. Tasters are served at room temp, drinkers choosing from three different batches employing the Kyoto method. It’s been around for a month, and runs $5 per 3 tasters.
Deals are good, right? They’re even better at quality restos. Burlap is introducing “Street Food Social Hour” behind Anthony Sinsay’s take on Asian fusion. Every Thursday from 8PM- 10PM, they’ll offer elevated street food and discounted drinks.
Stuff like: spicy tuna crispy rice, chicken satay, lumpia, potato fries, mussels, brussels and bao baos.
It’s now 2013. Been that way for a couple months now. The Brewers Association used those first months of the new year to calculate the nation’s top 50 craft breweries of 2012 by volume of beer sold.
Of course, San Diego is represented on that list. Stone Brewing Co. cracked the top 10, up from spot eleven last year to ten. Karl Strauss took a leap five spots, from 44 last year to 39 this. Interesting thing about Karl Strauss is they’re one of the only breweries solely distributing in their state. Ballast Point, who wasn’t even on the list last year, debuted at the 46 spot.
Give yourself a pat on the back, San Diegans, for supporting your local breweries.
