THE BREWSPAPER / HOT [AS IN COOL] NEW HAZY HYBRID IPA DEBUTS

BREAKING NEWS FROM WEST COASTER BEER & BEVERAGE MEDIA  

Call it a Cali-Hawaii big deal! Coronado Brewing (San Diego County) and Maui Brewing (Hawaii)  teamed up to brew one of the hottest new styles in craft beer. The Island-Style IPA, semi-recently coined in the craft beer world, is an IPA that captures the elements of a hazy IPA (i.e. tropical, juicy), but finishes clear, bright and crisp from the use of Cal Ale yeast. 

Post-boil, it’s loaded with New Zealand and west coast hops including Mosaic, Waimea, Motueka, El Dorado, and Chinook giving the beer super juicy, fruit-forward flavors of pineapple, mango, stone fruit, citrus, and pine. 

“We wanted to brew something that people could drink on the beach and feel like they were on vacation,” says Mark Theisen, Head Brewer Coronado Brewing Company. “We ended up with perfectly bright, clear, and gluten-reduced beer that’s great for drinking along the coast in SoCal or Hawaii.” 

And remember summer in So-Cal lasts thru Thanksgiving and Hawaii is Hawaii. 

The 15-year friendship between the two breweries and their respective owners, Rick Chapman (CBC) and Garret Marrero (MBC), has prompted multiple collaborations. This year’s brew was a first for the two breweries as, due to COVID19 travel restrictions, the entire collaborative effort was accomplished via Zoom, Facetime, and over the phone. 

Maui Brewing’s Brewmaster, Kim Brisson-Lutz adds, “We have grown so much as brewers since our first collaboration eight years ago. It’s through these times of separation (albeit also an ocean apart), we still come together to share knowledge for creating a beer that we both can be proud of.” 

Tropical Tide IPA debuted earlier this month at Coronado’s three locations. The beer will be available in 16oz can 4-packs and on draft, throughout Coronado’s distribution network. For more information about Tropical Tide IPA, click here. www.coronadobrewing.com. 

Stay Coastal. Cheers. 

 From the Stats Department: 

Tropical Tide IPA: Style: Island-Style IPA ABV: 6.5% 

 Package: 16oz four-pack, draft 

 Release: October 2020 

 Availability: Coronado’s distribution network 

 Sales Sheet: Tropical Tide Sales Sheet 

 Label Copy: Aloha from the mainland. Tropical Tide balances island flavor with west coast hop aroma in this bright, juicy IPA. A blend of New Zealand hop varietals including El Dorado, Waimea, Motueka, Mosaic, and Chinook lend the beer flavors of pineapple, mango, stone fruit, citrus, and pine. 

 About Coronado Brewing Company 

In 1996, when craft beer was still a foreign term and San Diego County was home to only a handful of breweries, the Chapman brothers Ron and Rick opened a brewpub in their hometown of Coronado. Today CBC stays true to its San Diego roots, brewing abundantly hoppy West Coast-style ales, which are available today in 14 US states and 12 countries. 

In addition to the long-established pub in Coronado, the company opened a tasting room inside its San Diego production facility in 2013, and a tasting room and restaurant in Imperial Beach, California in 2014. Coronado Brewing Company was honored in 2014 with one of the brewing industry’s most prestigious awards—World Beer Cup Champion Brewery and Brewmaster for a Mid-Size Brewing Company, and more recently, a bronze medal at the 2019 Great American Beer Festival for its Weekend Vibes IPA (American IPA category, 362 entries) and silver medal for its Freebooter Barleywine (Barley Wine-Style Ale category). 

THE FOODIST / TENDERLOIN TURNAROUND

Back in the day as a younger editor in chief of San Francisco Magazine, the Tenderloin district downtown was far from a haute spot of cuisine. 

 But pandemics have a way of changing attitudes. 

GUEST BLOG / By Dianne de Guzman, Writer, SF Gate—Tenderloin outdoor dining draws locals to the neighborhood for food, shopping. A mellow beat boomed over speakers set up outside on Larkin Street on a recent San Francisco Saturday afternoon, as locals descended on the area to dine and shop during Tenderloin Outdoor Dining. 

Running Thursdays through Sundays, from 12 - 7 p.m., Larkin Street will be closed to traffic between Eddy and O'Farrell streets to encourage residents to patronize the restaurants and shops of the area. 

It was a project that was months in the making that finally began on Sept. 24, and initially inspired by similar efforts to shut down streets for outdoor dining in the North Beach area for Shared Spaces, said Rene Colorado, executive director for the Tenderloin Merchants Association, told SFGATE. "I started planning this, but unfortunately, you know, because of the challenges in the Tenderloin, everything we have to deal with, it really took a long time," said Colorado. 

"[We had] three or four months of planning, now it came to fruition and it was really to try to save the restaurants - and a byproduct to that, we're saving the neighborhood, basically." In conjunction with other organizations such as Livable City, Tenderloin Community Benefits District, Supervisor Matt Haney's office and others, Colorado and others were onsite during the event's opening weekend, making sure things ran smoothly and serving as ambassadors to the public who were stopping through for the event. 

Diners sat at outdoor tables on the closed street, enjoying the food at Lers Ros Thai, Turtle Tower, Pho 2000 and other restaurants participating in the event. Others looked through racks of clothing stationed outside of vintage shop, Vacation, and clothing store Tilted Brim while a DJ nearby spun tunes. Here's a look at Tenderloin Outdoor Dining in its first weekend. For more information click here: www.tloutdoordining.com.