February 2, 2012

A Sweet Time at Sweet Lumpy’s

Sweet Lumpy's Exterior

  Well it was another great meet up last Wednesday at Sweet Lumpy’s with the TOT’ers.  As usual the kitchen pumped out some awesome food for the packed house. For me it was the pulled pork, with a healthy helping of the sweet barbeque sauce, while some of the ladies preferred the cool crisp salads. [...]

Crispins Beer Pick – Lost Abbey Avant Garde

Crispins Beer Pick – Lost Abbey Avant Garde

This beer that comes with a cork and a cage, and could be mistaken for the Champagne of Beers.

Let’s go fishing!

Let’s go fishing!

Yellowtail is in season, why not drink a beer that celebrates this wonderful fish caught just off the coast of San Diego. This beer threw me a little, its huge tropical aromas rush at you the second the cap flies from the bottle. Rich, golden beer flows into the glass, with a crisp, viscous brilliant [...]

Microbrew Festival, Pechanga Resort and Casino, July 10th

MicroBrewFestival

July 10th, 1pm – 5pm Pechanga Grand Ballroom Price: $50 Per Person This event sold out last year, so book your tickets early. Come Experience Tastes From Award Winning Micro Breweries Including: Bayhawk Ales Eel River Brewing Company Eurobrew Hangar 24 Brewery Howe Sound Brewing Company Stone Brewing Company Enjoy Tastes From the Pechanga Restaurants, [...]

Crispin’s Beer Pick: You turn around and it’s gone

Crispin’s Beer Pick: You turn around and it’s gone

Great Jumping Jehosaphat where is my beer pick of the week. Started innocently enough, a few pictures of the bottle, pour a glass, answer some work emails, texts, pm’s, phone calls (hey guys you do realize it’s Friday night, right)? The next thing I knew my beer was gone.

Craft Brewing

Craft Brewing

Craft opened their brewery in Lake Elsinore about six weeks ago and will have five staples, along with other beers some of which will be seasonal. The staples are an IPA, Raspberry wheat, Blonde Ale, Stout, and finally a Porter.

Take Me Out To The Ballgame

Baseball season is right around the corner, folks! (Photo by Chris Baptiste)

Sunshine…the crack of the bat…cheering as the hitter stretches a single into a double…hot dogs with relish…a cold, cheap, 20 ounce beer…t-shirt give-a-ways…dropping your popcorn as you reach out for that foul ball that was finally hit your way…ice cream in little baseball helmets…people watching at its most entertaining.

Crispin’s Pick of the Week: Port Brewing, Midnight Sessions Lager

Crispin’s Pick of the Week: Port Brewing, Midnight Sessions Lager

This weeks pick gave me a large surprise.

Warrior Dash

Warrior Dash

“The man in the Kilt jumping the fire pit probably should have jumped higher!”

“I just watched the Hulk, a Lumber Jack and Bozo the Clown run by, it was so surreal I forgot to take pictures.”

Crispin’s Pick of the Week: Coronado Golden Ale

Crispin’s Pick of the Week: Coronado Golden Ale

I have stolen column space from Traz’s much loved Wine Pick of the Week, to bring you my own beer pick of the week.