Beer Wars, The Movie

Anyone seen Beer Wars? Gotta put this on my wish list. Here's the trailer:

Another good recommendation for anyone interested is Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer by Maureen Ogle. While history was never my favorite subject (probably because teachers/professors never talked about beer), this book is an awesome read. It gave me a good understanding of how immigration, rivalry, and prohibition not only defined the brewing industry, but also helped shape American culture. Good reading when chillindamos ;-)

SD Brewers Guild Festival

The night is winding down (was packed an hour before this) and the opening night of San Diego Beer Week is officially off to a great start. This is the inside of the World Beat Center in Balboa Park. There are about 10 or so booths inside here and the outside there are about 20 more booths serving beer and food. Several bands and groups performed inside and there was a band that played on an outside stage as well. The Ballast Point Bagpipe group also played inside and out.

Trick or Treat

This morning I picked our 2 pepper plants: red pepper (cayenne) and habanero. The habanero plant is getting its third wind this growing season with numerous new flowers. A number of peppers were weighing down the branches, and with more on the way, it was time to make some room. The red pepper, on the other hand, fruited and is now dying. What to do with all this spicy goodness!? I could easily slip a few into some trick or treaters' pumpkins tonight.
...muahahahaHA!

QUAFF Raffle

Sampled some good homebrews at the QUAFF Oktoberfest picnic and also won a gift card to Blind Lady Ale House in the raffle.

QUAFF Oktoberfest

A very chillindamos picnic weekend. QUAFF knows how to do it right. They reserved a large area at a local park and invited other clubs to join us. They also had a band and held a great raffle with lots of goodies from local breweries and pubs.