THE BREWSPAPER / No. 1 SAN DIEGO IPA

GUEST BLOG / By Mike Shess, Publisher, West Coaster craft beer website and print magazine.

Once a year, usually in the Fall, as in 2016, West Coaster craft beer website and print magazine publishes the results of its Readers’ Poll.  Publisher Mike Shess and Editor Ryan Lamb ask readers to vote for their favorites among the following categories:

         Best San Diego Beer

         Best San Diego Brewery

         Best Brewmaster

         Best Brew Pub

         Best Homebrewer

         Best Tasting Room

         Best New Beer Spot

         Best Beer Bar

         Best Beer Restaurant

         BEST SAN DIEGO IPA

         Best Beer Region within San Diego County

         Best Beer Festival

         Best Bottleshop

         Best Beer Selection

         Most Underrated Brewery

For the next few weeks, PillartoPost.org daily online magazine in its weekly The Brewspaper column will profile on “Best of” from West Coaster’s annual poll. 

This week Part 9:

BEST SAN DIEGO IPA

Hop Fu by North Park Beer Company

 After years of earning respect and awards in the homebrewing world, Hop-Fu! made its production debut in 2016 with the grand opening of North Park Beer Co. Brewer Kelsey McNair scaled up the recipe skillfully and this IPA is ready for primetime. McNair was surprised when told he’d won this category: “I think the commercial version of Hop-Fu! still has a lot of room for improvement.” Our readers disagreed, and the history of this recipe bolsters their choice: Hop-Fu! took home a gold medal in the American Homebrewers Association’s annual competition in 2010, 2012 and 2014 in the highly competitive American IPA/Imperial IPA category.