![]() We were so excited that we named them one of our “10 Best Breweries to Watch in 2022.” Without the restraints of sours, Hello Friend explores turbid IPAs, crisp pilsners, and even triple IPAs.įor my purposes, the recent release of Pride Was a Riot excited me the most.Īs a Queer person, I appreciated the message behind this beer. Last year, co-founders Alex Wallash and Jay Goodwin launched a non-sour brand called Hello Friend. ![]() Learn More Pride Was a Riot – Hello Friendīerkeley, CA Image courtesy of | Label art courtesy of Pilsner – If you haven’t heard of Hello Friend, perhaps you’ve heard of The Rare Barrel, one of the preeminent sour breweries in the country. I could probably only do one, but split that 4-pack between my wife and two of our friends and we’re all good to go. But this is like the beer I’d have at the end of the day around the campfire on the beach. Right now I’m digging Guppy Glamping, which gets this kind of crazy lime and melon mix from a combination of Citra, Motueka, Copper, and Riwaka hops.Īdmittedly, this is the one beer on this list that is a tad heftier. So if I’m anticipating a day at the beach I can stop by Humble Sea and fill up my CamelBak ChillBak. Luckily, my wife loves to surf at Linda Mar, right by their Pacifica location. We locals refer to this mist as Karl (seriously, there’s even a Twitter handle- hazy IPAs with terroir, foggy IPAs from Humble Sea are so beloved that they never stay in stock very long. And you can find that California vibe injected throughout the brewery.įor example, Humble Sea became known for coining the term “foggy IPA” in reference to the famous fog that creeps into the Bay Area every morning. But the brewery has humble roots in Santa Cruz. ![]() And I can only say that now because around this time last year they opened a second location in Pacifica, CA (and a third in Felton opened earlier this year). Hazy IPA – Humble Sea is by far one of my favorite Bay Area breweries. Santa Cruz, CA Photography courtesy of | Humble Sea Brewing Co. Learn More Guppy Glamping – Humble Sea Brewing Company ![]() It’s just a damn delicious beer that’s worthy packing away in my CamelBak ChillBak. I had Pils back in October while visiting the area for a friend’s wedding, naming it one of my top beers I drank last October. For instance, Monterey Beer, one of Humble Sea Head Brewer Nick Pavila’s favorite all-time beach beers.īut I’m a big fan of this crisp, clean, clear, simply named beer. We’re huge fans of this West Coast brewery that has made a name for itself with some of the best NEIPAS outside of the Northeast combined with crystal clear West Coast IPAs, a few of which have made our lists of the top beers we drank last spring and favorite beers of the week.īut what you may not know is that Co-Founder and Director of Brewery Operations J.C. Well, then I turn to a pilsner.Īnd lo and behold while writing this piece, Alvarado Street released a fresh batch of Pils, their German-style pilsner. But if I’m looking for a beer that’s hydrating. I can bring this pack with me on a hike with six friends and keep them hydrated all day long. German-Style Pilsner – One of my favorite parts of the new CamelBak ChillBak is the hands-free pouch that stores up to six liters of water. Without further ado… Pils – Alvarado StreetĬaramel-by-the-Sea, CA Photography courtesy of | Alvarado Street Brewery Of course, this is just one person’s opinion about what they can find in their neck of the woods to take into the wild. In my ChillBak you’ll find a blonde, a couple pilsners, a hoppy lager, a saison, a Mexican-style lager, and (okay, you caught us) one hazy IPA. A hazy pale ale bursting with a bevy of hops (Calypso, Mosaic, Citra LUPOMAX, Grungeist, Idaho 7, and Mandarina Bavaria), but crisp and clean in the finish. Like CamelBak’s new collaboration with Oskar Blues, Bak Country. Although we love those bitter, dank darlings, for these adventures we’re looking more for light-bodied, refreshing, and thirst-quenching quaffs. Meaning the beers I’m looking to sling over my back aren’t necessarily West Coast or double IPAs. It’s a backpack engineered for those looking to get out into the wild. That’s right, for those who just did the quick math, that’s twenty-four cans I’ll be throwing in my ChillBak and taking with me this weekend for a hike in Tilden Regional Park.ĬamelBak developed the ChillBak to be an all-in-one adventure tool. To celebrate, I’m rounding up the freshest 4-packs from these six top-notch NorCal breweries. So we jumped at the chance to test out CamelBak’s new ChillBak, a backpack cooler capable of stashing twenty-four cans along with six liters of water in its hallmark pouch. A mere hour’s drive from my apartment in Oakland, CA, Imagine my surprise when I learned that CamelBak, the company who’s pack I’d been devotedly slinging on my back for the last ten years, calls Petuluma, CA, home.
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