Grab your beer stein and come to the first-ever Central Coast Craft Beer Week March 23 through 30, featuring special dinners, tastings, and other events at local breweries.
Conceived by the new Central Coast Brewers Consortium, the week’s worth of events celebrate the unified spirit and diverse flavors of the region’s craft-beer community. Established in late 2013, the consortium—which spans San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties—consists of 14 breweries and brewpubs dedicated to beer production, promotion, and education.
“For the first time, Central Coast breweries are formally banding together to celebrate locally brewed craft beer,” Central Coast Craft Beer Consortium President Jamie Smith said in a statement to the media. “Central Coast breweries have been making a lot of noise at prestigious competitions, such as the Great American Beer Festival and World Beer Cup,” he continued. “Central Coast Craft Beer Week is all about experiencing fresh, world-class craft beers made right here in our backyard.”
The week’s festivities include:
• Cambria Brewing Company’s second anniversary party in Cambria on March 22
• Libertine Pub’s hands-on beer blending workshop in Morro Bay on March 23
• San Luis Obispo Brewers’ homebrew demo at Doc’s Cellar in San Luis Obispo (date to be determined soon)
• Tap It Brewing Company’s release party at the Pour House in Paso Robles on March 27.
• Firestone-Walker cookies and beer pairing at Barrelworks in Buellton on March 29
• A five-course brewer’s dinner at Creekside Brewing Company on March 28 in San Luis Obispo
• Central Coast Brewing’s “Sweet 16” anniversary party on March 29 in San Luis Obispo.
For a full schedule of events, visit ccbrewers.org/events.
Managing Editor Amy Asman compiled this week’s Communtiy Corner. Information should be sent to the Sun via mail, email, or fax.
This article appears in Mar 20-27, 2014.