It is difficult to believe that more than 6 years ago the dream of two avid home brewers became true with the opening of Rip Current Brewing Company. Since 2012, we have explored beer styles from around the world while never loosing our focus on rad hoppy beers rooted in San Diego traditions. On Saturday February 2nd, we wish to thank all of our loyal patrons with our Anniversary Celebration event at both locations. This celebration recognizes both our 6th anniversary of brewing beer in San Marcos and our 4th year serving those brews in North Park!
This year we are opening the barrel-aged beer archive to bring back many of your favorites from the past while also welcoming several new additions to the family. When our doors open on Feb 3rd, we will be releasing a limited number of 3 new beers in bottle or cans plus pouring them on tap.
First, Barrel-Aged Down the Line Barleywine will be available in 500ml bottles. We aged this beer for 28 months to extract the amazing oak character from our first use Woodford Reserve bourbon barrels. The resulting 14.2% ABV English-style Barleywine offers a silky smooth balance of the complex oak flavors, residual bourbon and the underlying base beer.
Second, we are releasing 375ml bottles of our second barrel fermented and aged sour called Mango Blonde Sour. This blonde beer matured in barrels for over a year allowing the mix of Brettanomyces, Lactobacillis and Pediococcus that impart a somewhat funky and complex sour aromas and flavors. We finished the sour elixir by adding fresh Mango puree to round out your drinking experience.
Finally for you hop heads, we are releasing Lupulin Hazed Hazy Double IPA in 12oz 6-packs. Lupulin Hazed is the delicious result of our following the New England approach to brewing hazy IPAs using the hop profile of our flagship beer Lupulin Lust. At 9% ABV, this beer packs a punch but with very little noticeable alcohol and bitterness that might take away from the juicy citrus fruity aromas and flavors.
Each of the new beers will be available on tap plus a slightly different line-up of vintage barrel-aged gems. In order to help you decide which location to visit see the following partial lists:
North Park
- 2016 Barrel-aged Vanilla Storm (Coffee, Vanilla Imperial Porter)
- 2016 Barrel-aged Coffee Vanilla Rescue Buoy Imperial Stout
- 2017 Barrel-aged Coffee Rescue Buoy Imperial Stout
- 2017 Barrel-aged Mocha Mayday (Coffee, Chocolate Imperial Porter)
- 2018 Barrel-aged Black Lagoon Scottish Strong
San Marcos
- 2015 Barrel-aged Black Lagoon Scottish Strong
- 2016 Barrel-aged Coffee Vanilla Rescue Buoy Imperial Stout
- 2017 Barrel-aged Rescue Buoy Imperial Stout
- 2017 Barrel-aged Fruit Party No Hope for Rescue (Coffee Double Imperial Stout)
- 2018 Barrel-aged Reserve Cuvee Blend #1
No advanced ticket purchases are necessary. We will be open for regular business, but event goers will also be offered the option to purchase a special discounted package which includes 4 8oz barrel-aged tasters (or standard pints), raffle tickets and discounts on other brewery items (growlers, beer, glassware).
