ISO California ONLY brews

I don't believe SLO County gets Russian River at all.

 

I don't know what beer distro is like down there, but there's a bunch of good wine to be found in that part of the state.

 

I recently tried Hippie Kicker from Hollister Brewing Company. Very tasty. Draft only - I'd bring back a growler of that.

 

Just head up the road to the Firestone tap room. I hear they have a bottle of 13 available for sale

 

The Cambria ale house often carries Kern beers. Worth the 35 minute drive north from SLO.

 

and while you are in Cambria, you can stop by the Cambria Beer Company and get beers you just cannont get anywhere else (yet!)

 

Firestone would be a good bet. Sometimes have one offs

http://www.firestonebeer.com/home.php

 

Big glasses make it hard to tell whether a chick is hot or not.

Its frustrating, like an ipa you've never had without a bottled on date.

 

I hit all three of these this week. Picked up a mixed case at Figeroa, tasty IPA and DIPA. FW is always solid, was let down at Hollister, good beer, but nothing I would write home about. Creek side was a pleasant surprise, saw it on a drive-by and stopped for a taster and ended up with a couple of pints and dinner.

 

Cool. Hollister can be that way, they rotate through a lot of brews, usually they have about 16 on tap, but they have probably 50+ different brews that they make, so it can be hit & miss at times.