Events News — 06 March 2012
And The Winners Are: Hess, El Cajon & Iron Fist

Congratulations to the winners of the 2nd Annual San Diego Brewery Awards. We proudly present the official brewery winners:

- First Place: Hess Brewing Company

- Second Place: El Cajon Brewing

- Third Place: Iron Fist Brewing

COME CELEBRATE WITH US: 2nd Annual San Diego Brewery Awards Party

When: March 22nd

Time: 5:30pm to 8:30pm

WhereFixtures Living 9340 Dowdy Dr, Ste 102, San Diego, CA 92126

RSVP Today: Tickets are only $15 and gets you access to the official awards along with beer and food pairings

Food & Drink: Fixtures Living Executive Chef Bridget Bueche will create beer and food pairing dishes along side Sublime AleHouse. Sublime AleHouse is North County’s latest in comfort food with a contemporary flair with 48 craft beers on tap.

PAIRING MENU:

El Cajon Brewery Cajones IPA (5oz)
Barely Buzzed Great Balls of Fire: Bacon wrapped apricots and jalapeños served with barely buzzed cheddar

Iron Fist Velvet Glove (5oz)
Grape and Brussel sprout slaw steak sandwiches and fries with a Velvet Glove Au jus

Hess Brewing Grazias (5oz)
Spicy pretzel dip w/ Grazias Beer Cheese Soup

 

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All San Diego County Breweries and Brew Pubs competed in the voting process between February 2 – 24 and fans were encouraged to vote for their favorite brewery. We did try a new format this year that originally launched with story submissions. There wasn’t quite enough of a response with story options so we switched to straight voting.  The stories that were submitted were high quality and those fans are still winners too!

We proudly present the official fan story winners:

- 1st Place prize – $200 to Best Damn Home Brew Mart – Dave Friedman for his Mother Earth Brew Co story

- 2nd Place prize – $25 gift cards Hamilton’s Tavern and Small Bar – Omar Passons for his Ballast Point Brewing story

- 3rd Place prize – $25 to Local Habit – Kevin Bretney for his Hess Brewing Co story


Fixtures Living is a revolutionary retail concept specializing in premium lifestyle products for the home, from indoor-and outdoor-kitchens and laundry appliances to bath fixtures and decorative plumbing. This show room is spectacular.

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  • Surfa

    This is like kids soccer, everyone gets a trophy, lulz. The 3 worst breweries in SD get an “award.”

    • TapHunterBlog

      Sorry you feel that way. Have you not tried beer from any of these 3?!

    • beersmoothie

      if you think they are so bad, then make something better. you are the antithesis of everything craft beer stands for.

  • RobInSanDiego

    Too bad the second place winner (El Cajon Brewing) is not on your Tap Hunter list of places, to find what is on tap there. Please add it.

  • Dilldoe

    Food wise El Cajon is a great establishment, but their beer still needs work. Manzanita blows them out of the water.

    • Geeze

      Hey Dilldoe. Ram it up your snout.

  • JimmyC

    I dont see how they won. There are many way better makers out there like Oceanside Ale Works.

    • TapHunterBlog

      Hope you voted for Oceanside….

  • Retsinis

    Great to see HESS is finally getting the recognition they deserve. They have been open a year in a half, were the first nano brewery in SD, & are just now finally expanding. They have a 95 out of 100 rating on Beer advocate, so while some are hating, go ahead & enjoy some of the other 30 plus breweries in SD, I’ll drink more Hess!

  • spiral_stairs

    …ha ha…who in the world was voting for these awards?
    …are you sure they didn’t think it was for the best “new” brewery in san diego?
    …i have not had anything from el cajon brewing yet, and while both hess and iron fist make quality brews they all pale in comparison to alesmith, ballast point, lost abbey, etc…

  • You

    Obviously, it’s cool to hate…

  • dustin

    Did you fix your IOS app yet? Until then stop giving out awards and get back to the computer.

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