San Diego Brewers Score Big at GABF

Here from the West Coaster is a list of all the awards won by San Diego brewers at this year's Great American Beer Festival (GABF).  I need to get to Ocean Beach Brewery, which won a gold medal for its American-style pale ale and was named the year's Small Brewpub and Small Brewpub Brewer of the Year.  Congratulations to all the winners.

Metric Pils

I was in New York City last month and brought back several cans of beer.  I specifically wanted beers from New York City-area breweries.  One of the cans was a Metric Pils from Industrial Arts Brewing Company, a brewery I have not heard or read about.  The Metric Pils was excellent, a near perfect pilsner, or at least what I consider a perfect pilsner.  The yeast gave the bright yellow beer a classic crispness.  The 4.7% abv beer had a piquant grassy flavor, which made it refreshing and left me wanting more.  I am enjoying the current mini-revival of pilsners.   

DDB Mic Drop

Don't Drink Beer's deadeye skewers the current craft beer culture with this funny and true post on the ten beers today's fad chasing hazy beer and pasty stout drinkers won't drink.  And to confirm DDB's point, I was recently picking up dinner at a restaurant with a diverse tap list when I overheard a twenty something guy order whatever hazy IPA was available.  The restaurant had no hazy IPAs on tap and the guy chose to order nothing.  It did have a bunch of other solid beers on tap, including four or five lager and pilsner options!  Go hazy or go home.