06.04.2015

We're back in action after an insanely fun weekend at the Firestone Walker Invitational up in beautiful Paso Robles, CA. We were one of 50-ish breweries hand selected from around the world to showcase our beers alongside breweries like Alchemist, Russian River, 3 Floyds, Sun King, Garage Project and Mahrs just to name a few. The weather and the setting were perfect for tasting all the rad beers. 

Here's Brandon showing off the mothership, our home for the weekend. We got a few compliments over the weekend, so don't be surprised if you see a beer called "Sweet Ride" on the menu in the not too distant future. 

Friday night started off right at the local waterpark where Firestone treated all the breweries to an afternoon of beers and lazy rivers. 

Speaking of beer, this right here is a 2 day old can of Union Jack. 2. Days. Old. It was fresher than a classroom of unruly kindergartners hopped up on cupcakes and pop. 

Mimosa? Coming right up, grab me my saber and I'll get this bottle open right away.  Wait. What?!

Patiently waiting for the festivities to begin. 

Jeff hanging with Jos from Garage Project after a long day in the sun. 

All aboard the Struggle Bus, you gotta pace yourself kids. Otherwise you'll end up snoozing on a bench while rent-a-cops decide what to do with you. 

We swung by Garage Project for a Two Tap Flat White. It's a robust espresso stout topped with a whipped lactose cream ale that is simply OUTSTANDING. 

Fact, Timbo hates Underbergs. 

But this guy loves his washoos. 

 

Firestone spared no expense and covered every single detail to insure that the brewers and guests alike had a perfect experience. We had an absolutely amazing time and were blown away by the expertise with which this event was put together. Thank you again for having us, we're already looking forward to next year! 

 

Cheers!

05.28.2015

Huge congrats to Devin and Leesa on their engagement this weekend! Devin is part of our management team here at Bagby and his new finance Leesa is responsible for most of the photos you see here on our site. Good luck kids! 

We're on the quest to add the perfect bloody mary to the menu. This past week we had an in-house challenge with our employees to bring in their recipe and help us develop the Bagby Mary. Here's Justin setting up the blind taste challenge, stay tuned for the final recipe. 

Thanks to our Oceanside neighbors, Captains Grounds for daily caffeination. 

This should be fun, can't wait to meet some new friends and hope to see familiar faces there. 

Finally, cheers to our friend and team member Nick who was recently hired at Nixon. Although we'll miss him, we know he'll kill it over there. Good luck! 

05.21.2015

Honored to have been voted the #1 patio in San Diego to have a beer. There was quite a bit of solid competition on this list. Read more here: Thrillist

beer classes continue, this past week we did off flavors. pray you never have to find one of these flavors in a beer, they are awful. 

Hey Tegatoniks, thanks for capturing this shot the great flood last week. We were busy battening down the hatches. 

are you serious right now? can't even handle the cute.

recognize these fellows? 

we're gonna be here, you should come. peep all of our events on the events page. 

05.14.2015

paid a visit to our friends at the lost abbey in their new cardiff location. stop by and check it out for yourself. The Confessional. 

our people have the coolest cars. 

off to the recycle bin ye goes! 

brandon, our assistant brewer, really gets into his work. 

fresh out of the oven and ready for your face. 

05.07.2015

ramon says hi. make sure you follow our dogs of bagby instagram to see all of our furry friends. 

 

timmy trying his best not to crack a smile. 

rainy day festival at left coast brewing. 

our good friend melanie helping prep for bagbyfest .

nice cans. 

automatic brewing brought their own ice to bagbyfest 

johnny artifex says hi. 

03.04.2015

EXPO - 529 We buy some of our hops directly from Roy Farms, they are located in Moxee Washington, and do a very large amount of hop business. We were asked about a month ago if we would/could make a beer with an experimental hop variety that they are developing. They actually gave us a list and we picked one at random.  Because it is still in the experimental stage of its life, it only has a number. 529. It takes about 10 years for a hop to go from experimental to being named and becoming a an actual market variety. The beer we made will be sent up to Portland OR to be poured at an event that the ADHA (American Dwarf Hop Association) is putting on with beers that were brewed with all of the experimental varieties. The beer we brewed is a 5.1% American Extra Pale Ale, "Extra” because it is lighter in color than a traditional American Pale and heading towards the lighter side in abv%. The 529 is the only hop that we used in the batch, it was also dry hopped in the fermenter with the 529.  The beer has a decent bitterness and some different hop flavors and aromas with a slight hint of lemon and maybe some mint and licorice? It is experimental so come try and see what you get out of it. Cheers!