by Anna Brigham | Oct 5, 2016 | Events
GABF…Here we come! Denver better be ready for a massive influx of of beer, beards and breweries, because this weekend marks one of the most exciting craft beer events of the year. The Great American Beer Festival, also known as GABF, is the ultimate craft beer...
by Anna Brigham | Sep 30, 2016 | Events
Can’t Miss October Events While we always have a full calendar of events here at the brewery, we also spend a lot of time out and about in San Diego participating in events that support the local community. October is chocked full of outside events and so we...
by Anna Brigham | Sep 28, 2016 | Community Issues
Touched By Addiction While we do enjoy talking about beer, here at Thorn Street Brewery, sometimes real life happens and helps to show us a bigger picture in our surrounding community. September is National Recovery Month and with more than 21 million people...
by Anna Brigham | Sep 23, 2016 | Beer Information
Craft Beer’s Fresh Factor We’ve all been there. You get home after a hard day at work, looking forward to cracking open a cold beer and settling into the night. Reaching into the fridge, you grab your favorite beer and take the first swig, realizing...
by Anna Brigham | Sep 21, 2016 | Events
Carnitas’ Snack Shack: Pork Heaven in North Park Few restaurants revel in pork-fueled-fare like North Park’s, Carnitas’ Snack Shack. This pork-centric spot has been featured in magazines and on TV shows, both locally and nationally. Owners, Hanis...
by Anna Brigham | Sep 16, 2016 | Beer News
Beer Trends: What’s Hot and What’s Not A bar/restaurant tap list and inventory management company, called Beerboard.com, recently released a 2016 report using data culled from their client base. With more than 50,000 taps being monitored, they have a...
by Anna Brigham | Sep 14, 2016 | Beer News
Quite a bit has been written on the topic of craft breweries that sell out to big beer and what the term “craft beer” really means. One thing that hasn’t been explored, however, is what are Craft Beer Bars & Sell Out Bars. Recently, here in San...
by Anna Brigham | Sep 9, 2016 | Thorn Street Brewery Fun
Meet the Winners of our GABF Trip Giveaway! It’s that time of year again! Kids go back to school, days start to get shorter, and in a couple of months it might start cooling off here in San Diego. Most importantly, however, it’s almost time for the Great...
by Anna Brigham | Aug 31, 2016 | Beer News
Throughout the last month, AB InBev’s team of craft brewery reps for High End (their craft beer division) have been traveling around drumming up support in the Denver craft beer community. By reps, I mean the one-time-owners of three craft breweries, 10 Barrel,...
by Anna Brigham | Aug 31, 2016 | Beer News
The West Coaster recently broke the news that Yuseff Cherney, Ballast Point’s COO/Head Brewer/Co-founding Distiller has left the Billion Dollar Brewery. This exit is on the heels of exits of Ballast’s President and CEO, Jim Buechler, its CCO, Earl Kight and general...