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Join us this Friday, November 12, as we tap four new wine grape sours in honor of San Diego Beer Week. We are absolutely obsessed with our Wine Grape Sours, and we are excited to share them with the craft beer community.

We will feature four wine grape sour ales.

Viognier (“Vee-on-yeah”) Piquette
Viognier grape hast the scent of Honeysuckle and Jasmine and the rich flavors of Apricot and Peach. Ripening in warm sunshine, this beer is quite heady and exotic with spicy undertones of Gingerbread and plenty of body.

Petite Sirah Wild Ale
Petite Sirah grape has a deep color violet color and bold tannins. Fruit is the dominant flavor, with Plum and Blueberry being the most distinct. Additional flavors are Dark Chocolate, Pepper, and Black Tea.

Ongemang (“On-Je-Mang”) – Wine Grape Blend
The word Ongemang comes from Old English, which combines “in” and “mingling.” It has been described as “Exploring the spaces in between.” We felt like this was the perfect expression to represent our first blended wine grape sour made with a blend of Petite Sirah and Viognier grapes.

Echoes of Muscat
Echoes of Muscat Wild Ale are made in with fermented Muscat grape pomace that we got from our friends at Charlie Echo Wine.   These grapes have a musky aroma, sweet, honeyed flavor, and rich fruit and floral notes.

This is going to be an excellent introduction to the world of wine-grape sours. Please join us at either our Sorrento Valley or Ocean Beach location to experience the Grapes of Wrath.

We are proud to be San Diego’s only all barrel-aged sour house and we are constantly striving to bring you new funky brews.  We are honored to be a part of such a thriving San Diego craft beer scene.

We are stoked for this year’s San Diego Beer Week and we hope you can come out and celebrate with us!

Our Sorrento Valley location has ten sours on tap as well as a crushable lager.  If you make your way to Ocean Beach you can enjoy ten sours on tap, four beer-flavored beers, and a hard yerba mate.  If you are looking to take your tastebuds on a funky adventure … stop by and taste what you’ve been missing.

Stone Fruit & Sour Beer…is there anything better? We don’t think so. That’s why for this year’s San Diego Beer Week, we are tapping three delicious stone fruit beers. Ocean Peach, Del Mar Nectarine, and Salted Plum.

Ocean Peach Wild Ale

We started with our golden ale that we aged 12 months in oak barrels to produce tart flavors, fruity notes, and a funky character. We then added a ridiculous amount of Ocean Beach peaches to our golden sour base.

Del Mar Peach

We reached out to our good friend Eric for some of his homegrown nectarines, and man, are we glad we did. These nectarines are bursting with stone fruit deliciousness. We added these beauties to our barrel-aged golden sour and let them sit for around three months. The result speaks for itself… you have to try this one.

Salted Plum

For our third beer of the frenzy, we found some over-ripe plums that were begging to become beer. We took these plums and gave them the love they deserved. We rested them on barrel-aged golden sour for six months. We then added a healthy amount of Maldon Sea Salt. The salty and sour combination will leave you thirsting for more.

Every one of these beers was made with a ridiculous amount of Stone Fruit…almost 3 pounds per gallon. Taste the difference that a ton of fruit imparts!

Available for a short time!

We are proud to be San Diego’s only all barrel-aged sour house and we are constantly striving to bring you new funky brews.  We are honored to be a part of such a thriving San Diego craft beer scene.

We are stoked for this year’s San Diego Beer Week and we hope you can come out and celebrate with us!

Our Sorrento Valley location has ten sours on tap as well as a crushable lager.  If you make your way to Ocean Beach you can enjoy ten sours on tap, four beer-flavored beers, and a hard yerba mate.  If you are looking to take your tastebuds on a funky adventure … stop by and taste what you’ve been missing.

San Diego County, California, has been called “the Craft Beer Capital of America”.  San Diego County is home to over 150 craft breweries – which is the most of any county in the United States.

So when San Diego does BEER WEEK… we go all out!

We know you have a ton of beer to choose from (predominantly IPAs) but we hope you make some time to sip on sours with your friends at California Wild Ales.

We are excited to be hosting SDBW at both our Sorrento Valley and Ocean Beach locations!

Join us November 5-14 as we pack our taps with tons of new beers over the 9 days of SD Beer Week.

The lineup of Beer Releases

Salted Cucumber – November 5

Pickle Rick Day – November 6

• Pickle Rick – Homegrown Cucumbers, Fresh Dill, Malden Sea Salt, Black Peppercorns.
• Spicy Pickle Rick – Homegrown Cucumbers, Fresh Dill, Malden Sea Salt, Black Peppercorns, and Heatpackers

Michelada Flights – November 7-8

San Diego’s Best Michelada served 5 ways!

• Bike Lane Lager served with a Lime Wedge
• Salted Cucumber served with a Cucumber Slice
• Pickle Rick served with a Pickle Slice
• Spicy Pickle Rick served with a Dehydrated Lime Slice
• Mexican Candy served with a Tajin Rim

Blues and Brews / Taste of OB – November 9

Musical Stylings of St James

Ocean Beach Passion Fruit, 5% ABV

Border X Collab Brew – November 10

Barrel-Aged Blood Orange Saison blended with our Golden Sour,  7% ABV

Stone Fruit Frenzy – November 11

• Ocean Peach Wild Ale, 5% ABV
• Del Mar Nectarine Wild Ale,  5% ABV
• Salted Plum Sour, 5% Abv

Grapes of Wrath – November 12

• Petie Syrah Piquette, 5% ABV
• Echoes of Grenache, 5% ABV
• Viognier Piquette, 5% ABV
• Ongemang Blend, 5% ABV

Dark Sour Night – November 13

• Winner Winner Liquid Dinner, 9% ABV  – Bourbon Barrel-Aged Dark Sour with Cherries
• Double Barrel-Aged Dark Sour, 11% ABV – Bourbon Barrl-Aged for 12 Months and then transferred into a Maple Bourbon Barrel that previously held Modern Times Monster Park Stout.

Thunderhawk Collab Sour Saison – November 14

This beauty has been three years in the making!  Here is your chance to taste what could be the last Thunderhawk brew in town,  7.5% ABV

We are proud to be San Diego’s only all barrel-aged sour house and we are constantly striving to bring you new funky brews.  We are honored to be a part of such a thriving San Diego craft beer scene.

As always we keep 10 sours on tap at our tasting room.  If you are looking to take your tastebuds on a funky adventure … stop by and taste what you’ve been missing.

Join us at our Ocean Beach location as we cheer on Da Bears all season.  We open early on Sunday (9:30 am) so that we are able to watch the Monsters of the Midway take the field.

Co-Owner Bill is passionate about the Chicago Bears… so you best believe you will see him there during game time.   You will most likely hear “Bear Down, Chicago Bears” (fight song) every time the Bears score.  We have also been known to blast the 1985 hip-hop classic the  “Super Bowl Shuffle”.  So bring on Atlanta, bring on Dallas …this is for Mike and Papa Bear Halas!

We have 10 Sour Beers on tap as well as an assortment of other beers and fermented drinks.  If you are not into sours quite yet we have a West Coast IPA, Hazy IPA, Pale Ale, Lager, Hard Kombucha, and either a Hard Seltzer or Hard Yerba Maté.  We’ve got something for everyone.

So toss on your Chicago Bears jersey and come on down to hang with your friends at California Wild Ales OB.

We are proud to be San Diego’s only all barrel-aged sour house and we are constantly striving to bring you new funky brews.  We are honored to be a part of such a thriving San Diego craft beer scene.

We had such a great time during the summer run, we decided to stream every show of Phish’s Fall Tour.  Join us at our Ocean Beach tasting room and let’s have a funky good time.

We lower the lights and turn the volume to 11, as we gather to rock out to our favorite band from Vermont.

We have 10 Sour Beers on tap as well as an assortment of other beers and fermented drinks.  If you are not into sours quite yet we have a West Coast IPA, Hazy IPA, Pale Ale, Lager, Hard Kombucha, and either a Hard Seltzer or Hard Yerba Maté.  We’ve got something for everyone.

We are proud to be San Diego’s only all barrel-aged sour house and we are constantly striving to bring you new funky brews.  We are honored to be a part of such a thriving San Diego craft beer scene.