Ensenada Beer Fest 2014, Yes Please!!!

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  1. costcrew04

    costcrew04 Initiate (0) Feb 19, 2013 California

    Hotel is booked and I am waiting impatiently for March 22 to come. Ever since new laws passed in Mexico allowing the smaller guys to have a chance to succeed, craft beer has been popping up everywhere in Baja. I am going to guess that there are around 80 breweries of all brewing sizes in Baja, maybe more. I am truly excited to have some great Mexican Craft Beer. Specifically looking forward to some Cilantro IPA's and Horchata Stouts! Yes please! Anyone else heading down, up, left or right to this event?
     
    #1 costcrew04, Feb 20, 2014
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  2. Jake1605

    Jake1605 Initiate (0) Nov 24, 2009 Missouri

    Great beer starts with the water!
     
    #2 Jake1605, Feb 20, 2014
  3. SUBER

    SUBER Initiate (0) Jan 26, 2013 California

    FTFY.
     
    #3 SUBER, Feb 20, 2014
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  4. pinkgrenade

    pinkgrenade Initiate (0) Aug 19, 2011 California

    80 breweries, really?
     
    #4 pinkgrenade, Feb 20, 2014
  5. DougOLis

    DougOLis Initiate (0) Aug 15, 2008 California

    Website?
     
    #5 DougOLis, Feb 22, 2014
  6. heatwaves

    heatwaves Initiate (0) Oct 17, 2009 California

    Mexicali has some really great craft beer bars these days. They even occasionally have a tap or two open just for homebrewers that are friends of the owners. You couldn't do that in the US and I found it really encouraging. Many of the local offerings I found to be underwhelming, but they're learning down there and they have a lot of interest in improving their methods.
     
    #6 heatwaves, Feb 23, 2014
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  7. Altenor

    Altenor Initiate (0) Aug 12, 2011 California

    Ensenada, Tijuana, and Mexicali have some good beers. Nothing crazy but well made and with their own identity. There is also a growing Home brewing community that makes it a promising place for the craft beer revolution in Mexico. There is a lot of potential and hope people support their local brewers.
    Some stand outs I would recommend are Teta de la India by 686, Playera and Xoco by Peninsula, Lupulosa and Nocturna by Insurgente, Astillero by Aguamala. There are some I am forgetting but you should definitely give them a try if you can.
    Ensenada is a great city, has great food, and is also a great winemaking region if you're into that.

    Cheers
     
    #7 Altenor, Feb 23, 2014
  8. xraided81

    xraided81 Pundit (769) Jan 9, 2008 California
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    I tried Agua Mala IPA at a beer bar in mexicali and thought it was pretty well crafted ipa, cheers!
     
    #8 xraided81, Feb 27, 2014
  9. IceAce

    IceAce Pooh-Bah (2,274) Jan 8, 2004 California
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    +1 for Agua Mala. The name of the brewery is literally "Bad Water"

    The water may have started out bad, but brewer Nathaniel Schmidt is doing some great stuff!
     
    #9 IceAce, Feb 27, 2014
  10. PlinyTheYoungest

    PlinyTheYoungest Zealot (627) Jun 30, 2009 California

    Teta... jajaja...
     
    #10 PlinyTheYoungest, Feb 27, 2014
  11. AmuseMe

    AmuseMe Initiate (0) Mar 1, 2014 California

    Room booked and me and the Cicerone are ready to go. Less than a month before we head down to Ensenada and see Paul with Ensenada Brewing (oh how I MISS his Horchata Stout!!), as well as all the other fine craft breweries South of the border!
     
    #11 AmuseMe, Mar 1, 2014
  12. t0rin0

    t0rin0 Pooh-Bah (2,796) Dec 30, 2006 California
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    I'd love to learn more about the Mexican beer scene. Haven't found any good resources online yet. Anyone have the beer or brewer list from this fest?
     
    #12 t0rin0, Mar 3, 2014
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