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Manuel Lizarraga, Jr.

Interests: cars, tech, baseball, beer

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First Look at Helms Brewing

This past Tuesday I was fortunate enough to be invited to tour Helms Brewing, the newest brewery set to open its doors this Saturday as a soft opening featuring six beers. Helms Brewery currently uses a seven barrel system with four fermenters and while operational is still a work in... Continue reading

Posted Oct 26, 2012 at sdbeergeeks

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Hmm, beer cellaring is all the cool now. With prized vintages and batches going at a much higher prized rate at beer trading and *shocker* ebay sites, it's tough to find even the novice beer geek stashing aside bottles for future tastings. I will be the first to admit that... Continue reading

Posted Jan 4, 2012 at sdbeergeeks

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Stranded On A Desert Island

On a recent meet-up with some good beer friends at Hamiltons Tavern, enjoying some Special Holiday Cask Blend of Victory at Sea, the question was posed "If you were stranded on a desert island, which San Diego brewery would you take with you?" (current brewery offerings only). While everyone was... Continue reading

Posted Dec 19, 2011 at sdbeergeeks

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East County Spotlight: Craft Beer Bars

East county does not boast the most popular and publicized bars in San Diego, but with the three listed here, you are not too far away from a decent pint. Hoffers, Main Tap Tavern, and Pressbox have been my local haunts, close by and on the way back from work,... Continue reading

Posted Dec 16, 2011 at sdbeergeeks

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East County Beer Spotlight : Breweries

So I came out with a "Downtown San Diego Beer Guide" but this time I thought I'd cover some of the craft beer scene out east of the 125. I currently live in Rancho San Diego and have a few good craft beer destinations nearby, but don't seem to get... Continue reading

Posted Dec 7, 2011 at sdbeergeeks

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Beer Review: Bruery - Black Tuesday 2011

2 oz draft sample at Bruery Provisions. A grateful coincidence as I have never had this one and instead of cracking my bottles to get a baseline, a $3 sample was all I needed :). Appearance: Pretty black, true to style, but some highlights of brownish-red showing through the sides... Continue reading

Posted Dec 7, 2011 at sdbeergeeks

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Does Bottle Size Affect Beer Aging?

Beer aging has become popular with many of my fellow beer geeks having personal cellars to age and collect special release beers. Personally I have over a collection of around 50 that I've begun to amass (I've only been doing this for one year). Of the beers in my cellar... Continue reading

Posted Nov 16, 2011 at sdbeergeeks

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Friday marked the start of the 10 day celebration/liver olympics that is San Diego Beer Week. Put on the by San Diego Brewers Guild, it is a full on county wide celebration of everything craft beer. Part pint night, tap takeover, new release, beer paired dinner, and home brew education,... Continue reading

Posted Nov 5, 2011 at sdbeergeeks

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First Impressions of El Cajon Brewing

El Cajon Brewing finally opened on monday night with TV media coverage and a packed house. The long anticipated brewery had its soft opening offering 4 house beers, 24 beers total, and a full food menu. The food in this establishment is your standard pub fare with chicken wings, onion... Continue reading

Posted Oct 21, 2011 at sdbeergeeks

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Beer Review: Lagunitas Brewing - Censored Ale

Picked up a sixer of Kronik and it did not come in a ziplock. This beer, AKA the Kronik is described as a "Rich Copper Ale", a new coined style I take it. Anyways with that in mind, you'd expect something in between a blonde ale and nut brown. Amber... Continue reading

Posted Sep 1, 2011 at sdbeergeeks

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Duvel Keep the Pint (Tulip) at Toronado

Last week I went off to meet my brother and cousin at Toronado for a their keep the tulip glass night. $10 got you a limited edition 2010 collection Duvel glass and a 330ml (11.2 oz) glass. Wish it was on draft, but in the states you can only get... Continue reading

Posted Aug 30, 2011 at sdbeergeeks

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Beers that Missed the Mark Vol. 1

I hope to not make this a regular thing, but as much as I praise the great beers coming out of San Diego, its also time to be critical of the sub-par beers put out. I'll include in these kind of posts beers that not only sucked, but maybe ones... Continue reading

Posted Aug 19, 2011 at sdbeergeeks

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Beer Review: Coronado Brewing Co - Idiot IPA

Good to finally review a San Diego beer now... Well this is a newer, seasonal "Crown Series" beer put out by a local brewery across the bay, Coronado Brewing Company. At 8.5%, its an imperial IPA with over three pounds of hops per barrel (by the way, some hops made... Continue reading

Posted Aug 18, 2011 at sdbeergeeks

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Beer Geekery! Vapor Pressure and Smell of Beer

Alright, this may be the most useless beer post to date, but after a quick google search, I found that this issue has not been addressed. I am a biochem major, looking to go into pharmacy, and last night an idea popped into my head about my last class and... Continue reading

Posted Aug 9, 2011 at sdbeergeeks

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IPA Day Exploits

August 4th was International IPA Day, a day celebrating the IPA style of beer along with social media. Put on by some prominent beer bloggers and a few breweries, there were events held throughout the country aiming at bringing new people to craft beer and socializing with people whom you've... Continue reading

Posted Aug 8, 2011 at sdbeergeeks

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Update: The Lair fridge is dead :( I think we worked it too hard.

Commented Aug 7, 2011 on Lizards Lair Fridge at sdbeergeeks

I don't think it was said that Neighborhood was the best. Downtown Johnny Brown's was listed second. I'm sure an update is due soon.

Commented Aug 7, 2011 on Downtown San Diego Craft Beer Guide at sdbeergeeks

Downtown San Diego Craft Beer Guide

Downtown San Diego Craft Beer Guide Just about every week I see posts on Beer Advocate/Reddit/Rate Beer and just about any forum you can think about about someone visiting San Diego for a few days and wants to do a little beer tourism. With most people downtown, flying in, I... Continue reading

Posted Aug 5, 2011 at sdbeergeeks

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Bar Review: Press Box Sports Lounge -

The Pressbox Sports Lounge may seem like it has more high definition TV's than craft beer taps, but their selection is one of the best out here in east county San Diego. Located in Rancho San Diego off the 94 freeway, its only a few miles from my house and... Continue reading

Posted Aug 2, 2011 at sdbeergeeks

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2008 Stone Brewing Vertical Epic

Finishing this special @sdbeergeeks cellar selection. 2008 Vertical Epic from Stone Brewing. It's a Belgian Golden Ale with American hops. Awesome! Continue reading

Posted Aug 1, 2011 at sdbeergeeks

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Making Sushi pt 2

Seaweed, rice, and a little mango Continue reading

Posted Aug 1, 2011 at sdbeergeeks

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New Beer Style? Triple IPA...

There was a question posed by a fellow beer reviewer: Hoptopia about having a new beer style to bridge the gap between an IPA and an Imperial/Double IPA. This new style would, in my mind, include beers from 6.9%-7.9% ABV or something like that... but it really is a small... Continue reading

Posted Jul 26, 2011 at sdbeergeeks

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Happy Belgian Independence Day

Celebrating at Blind Lady Alehouse, San Diego, with this special Independence Day beer from Ommegang Brewery. Continue reading

Posted Jul 21, 2011 at sdbeergeeks

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Lizards Lair Fridge

It was brought up on Twitter about our headquarters and whether it was an actual bar or a private place, because we always seem to have excellent beers here. Well, it's not a bar, but we are open to inviting great friends. We are always stocked and we like variety,... Continue reading

Posted Jul 19, 2011 at sdbeergeeks

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If anyone has the missing e-mails from these family representatives, you can give them to me via these comments, or e-mail me.

Commented Jul 18, 2011 on Family Representatives for 2011 Lizarraga Family Reunion at Lizarraga Family Reunion

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