Rip Current Brewing

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Barrel Blast in North Park

This final week of 2023, we are pulling together a menu of many of our best barrel-aged beers to help you ring in the new year. This list will be available starting on Friday (December 29th)! We hope you will join us to responsibly taste several beers from the attached menu and order some crowlers (or growlers!) to go. Yes, we are filling growlers with our barrel-aged gems as we ramp down Rip Current beers through December and into January. Stock up so you can enjoy these for the rest of 2024! Note this menu will change over time as you blow the final kegs!

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Barrel Bonanza 22′

For the closing weekend of San Diego Beer Week 2022, on Nov 11th we will be offering a huge list of barrel-aged offerings! This year we have chosen seven barrel-aged beers that used either bourbon, wine or rum barrels in the aging process. As part of this line-up, we will have two new barrel-aged beer releases. First, 2022 Barrel-aged Rescue Bouy Imperial Stout will be pouring along with 2022 Barrel-aged Buckwheat Old Ale (collaboration with Horus Aged Ales). These new releases will accompany four vintage barrel-aged elixirs from the past plus the return of our Raspberry wine barrel-aged sour. See below for the menu!

Both locations will be filling a very limited number of mini crowlers with your choice of either of the 2022 newly released beers. This is a great chance to share these beers with your friends, but please arrive early as these crowlers normally sell out very quickly!

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A Storm is a Brewing….

A storm looms on the horizon casting its shadow across San Diego county. Fear not… as this storm doesn’t bring foul weather, but rather is the release of a trio of Storm beers! On Nov 4th to kick off 2022 San Diego Beer Week, we are releasing a new batch of (extra Kona coffee) Java Storm, and the first ever batches of Coconut Java Storm and Hazelnut Java Storm! We also have some vintage barrel-aged beers lurking on a special tap, so be sure to ask the bartender what is available.

On the main barrel-aged tap, we will be releasing 2022 Barrel-aged Rescue Buoy Imperial Stout! This year’s batch spent 3 years (yes, 36 months!) in amazing Heaven Hill bourbon barrels. Who else does 3 years? We would recommend getting a pour of Coconut Storm or Hazelnut Storm and doing a nice blend with Barrel-aged Rescue Buoy if you like coffee, coconut or hazelnut flavors in your barrel-aged beers.

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9th Anniversary Celebration!

It is hard to believe it was just over 9 years ago we opened our doors in San Marcos for the first time to share our first 3 brews with you. Fast forward to the start of 2015 when we proudly opened our second location in North Park. It has been our pleasure to serve you so many beers over the years, and we hope you will join us for our celebration of this monumentous occasion (ok, maybe its more special for us!)

On Fri, Feb 25th – 27th 2022, we will be putting on special beers all weekend at both locations. You can expect to see some vintage and new barrel-aged goodies (watch social media for the list). We hope you will enjoy the beers in our limited edition 9th anniversary glass.

We haven’t forgot you hop heads, so will have the return of Caught in a Rip Triple IPA! Our monster triple IPA will be available on draft and in 4-pack 12oz cans.

On tap, we have some exciting beers including our first ever Blanton’s barrel-aged beer. End of the World Double Imperial Oatmeal Stout spent 2+ years in these rare barrels and is tasting incredible despite its dangerous 15.4% ABV.

We will also be releasing 500ml bottles of Storm Break Coffee Vanilla Imperial Porter. We used the Daybreak coffee beans from Steady State Roasting Company lightly sweetened by Tahitian and Indonesian vanilla beans! Get these bottles while you can.

Both locations will have great food items available all weekend. We are excited to have a new Rip Current retro surfing shirt available, so be sure to ask about it before they are gone!

In San Marcos, we will have some special things occurring during the event:

Friday – We are stoked to welcome our friends from Steady State Roasting who provided the coffee beans we used in the Barrel-aged Storm Break release. They will be pouring from 4-7PM their amazing Daybreak Blend cold coffee and have cans available for purchase. From 3-8PM we will have El Canelo serving up some yummy authentic Mexican tacos!

  

Saturday – We will have our raffle happening where you can win: hats, growlers, shirts and rare vintage bottles. Raffle tickets are available for $1 each or as part of the drink “package” (includes the anniversary glass and drink tickets). Dropouts Pizza will be with us from 1-8PM to pair their amazing pizza with the many beers pouring. In the evening from 6-9PM, we are happy to welcome back the Johnny Deadly Trio to rock out the evening.

  

Sunday – Some of us prefer it a little more quiet when doing our barrel-aged sampling, so on Sunday we will still be pouring our amazing line-up and have the Deli Dudes making sandwiches from 1-6PM.

 

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Both locations now open for on-prem sampling and to-go!

As we gradually exit the COVID-19 restrictions, we are stoked to announce the re-opening of our San Marcos and North Park tasting rooms for on-prem drinking (without a food requirement) and to-go service. In San Marcos, we are very excited to introduce our new 23×40′ outdoor patio! You can enjoy the gentle outdoor breeze all while under our amazing sail shade. Big thanks to our friends at Wholesale Shade (a San Marcos company) for the fantastic product!

We are implementing social distancing and strong sanitization processes at both locations to help keep our employees and of course our customers safe. Please be sure to wear your masks when not seated and be courteous to those seated around you, so we can all continue to enjoy public sampling without spreading the virus. We have several new batches of your favorite beers pouring including Off the Lip IPA and Lupulin Lust Double IPA from last week! Both of these fantastic batches are available in 6-packs or crowler/growler fills! You can look forward to several new beers (including a light and a dark lager) coming out later in June as we ramp up production.

 

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Rip Current Brewing 7th Anniversary Celebration!

It is hard for us to believe that just over 7 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 creating the most flavorful hoppy, malty, sour and barrel-aged beers we can produce.

On Saturday February 15th, we wish to thank all of our loyal patrons with our Anniversary Celebration event at both locations. This celebration recognizes both our 7th anniversary of producing and sharing beer in San Marcos and our 5th year serving those brews in North Park! We will have an amazing line-up of barrel-aged gems from our cellar complemented with several fresh limited release hoppy beers for you hopheads.

We will be releasing three new packaged beers at the event:

  • 500ml bottles of Barrel-aged Vanilla Storm (Kona Coffee, Madagascar Vanilla Bean Imperial Porter aged 33 months in Heaven Hill bourbon barrels)
  • 375ml bottles of Wine Barrel-aged Blonde Sour (multi-culture lacto, pedio, brett golden sour)
  • 6x12oz cans of Lupulin Hazed Hazy Double IPA

Each of the new beers will be available on tap along with a slightly different vintage barrel-aged line-ups and many of your favorites at each location. As a sneak peak for what you can expect to enjoy, we will have the following beers on tap (while supplies last):

  • 2020 Bourbon Barrel-aged Vanilla Storm (Coffee, Vanilla Imperial Porter)
  • 2020 Wine barrel-aged Blonde Sour (very limited, single barrel, non-fruited sour)
  • 2019 Bourbon Barrel-aged Black Lagoon Scottish Strong
  • 2018 Bourbon Barrel-aged Down the Line Barleywine
  • 2018 Bourbon Barrel-aged No Hope for Rescue Double Imperial Stout
  • 2018 Wine barrel-aged Apricot Sour
  • Plus several other barrel-aged goodies we will announce via social media

We also have some amazing hoppy beers to share for you. We will be pouring a new batch of Caught in a Rip Triple IPA and Lupulin Hazed Hazy Double IPA. Both of these beers will be available in 12oz cans while supplies last. Note that Caught in a Rip will release the day before the party giving you a good excuse to visit us twice!

We also will have recent batches of a number of seasonal or year round beers including the return of Riding Giants Coffee Imperial Porter.

No advanced ticket purchases are necessary. We will be open during regular business hours at both locations for the event. Be sure to ask about the special event discount package that consists of multiple drink tickets and the limited release 7th Anniversary glass!

 

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We Are Hiring in North Park!

We are looking for an exceptional candidate to join our team as the Tasting Room Lead at our North Park location!

Job Description:

The Tasting Room lead is responsible for ensuring guests receive high quality customer service and an excellent Tasting Room experience. The position starts as part-time, and may lead to full-time for the right candidate. We are seeking an individual who will facilitate and maintain scheduling for the bartending staff and shift changes. The Tasting Room Lead must be willing to cover shifts as needed, in addition to their regular bartending schedule.

Responsibilities

  • Provide exceptional service and perform in a professional manner at all times
  • Be fluent and efficient with our Square POS system
  • Be responsible for cash handling, reconciliation, and reporting
  • Anticipate/be proactive in ensuring guests service needs are met
  • Maintain staff schedule and communicate any shift changes to bartending staff
  • Staff shifts as directed by management, and cover shifts as needed
  • Maintain our quality standards at all times, ensure bartending staff are meeting our quality standards
  • Maintain clean work areas and follow daily side work and deep cleaning as needed
  • Sell and stock merchandise and to-go beer including growlers
  • Maintain “beer clean” glassware
  • Change empty kegs and CO2 tanks as needed
  • Ensure North Park staff is adhering to all applicable laws and regulations regarding the service of alcohol
  • Additional tasks as given by the Tasting Room Manager

Desired Skills

  • Must be 21 years of age or older at the time of application
  • Able to pass a pre-employment background check
  • LEAD Certification required
  • Minimum 1 year Craft beer industry experience required
  • 2 years Craft beer industry experience preferred
  • Prior cash handling and customer service experience required
  • Cicerone Beer Server preferred
  • Ability to work in a fast pace environment while still maintaining professionalism and poise
  • Able to work independently as well as with a team
  • Able to deal with intoxicated guests in a safe manner
  • Excellent personal skills and an outgoing personality
  • Ability to guide bartending staff in a professional manner
  • Love for craft beer is a must!

Physical and Mental Requirements

  • Able to stand, walk, and be on your feet for 5+ hours at a time
  • Able to regularly twist, turn, kneel, climb, stoop, bend, crawl, lift, and carry equipment weighing up to 55 pounds
  • Able to work around noisy/wet environments
  • Able to comply with and enforce all health, safety, and personal hygiene policies and standards

Qualified applicants should send their resume and cover letter to Jobs@RipCurrentBrewing.com

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Rip Current Brewing’s 5th Anniversary Celebration!

Born from a dream of two homebrewing craft beer lovers, Rip Current Brewing opened its doors in December of 2012. Back in those days, we only had a few beers on tap and grand plans to offer favorful examples of beer styles from around the world, barrel-aged beers and of course celebrate hops as much as possible. We could have never guessed how well our beers would be received, and the awards that would come to us in competitions culminating with the 2015 Very Small Brewing Company of the Year at the Great American Beer Festival. We are continuing on this mission, and are so thrilled to have had your support along the way.

For our anniversary, we are excited to showcase our best barrel-aged creations from over the last few years plus a line-up not to be forgotten. We will have fresh hoppy beers, creative twists on old favorites and even some previews of our sour program that is coming later in 2018. We will be celebrating anniversaries of both our locations on January 27th during normal tasting room hours. North Park will have just turned three and the mothership brewery in San Marcos will be five!

DISCOUNT EVENT PACKAGES

We will be offering a limited number of discounted 5th Anniversary Event packages for pre-sale on eventbrite. This package includes:

  • 5th Anniversary Celebration logo limited release wine-style glass (with 8oz sampling line)
  • Four drink tickets, each good for an 8oz barrel-aged or sour beer pour or a pint of a standard brew
  • Additional special beer 8oz pours during the event for the 5.5oz price
  • One raffle ticket with a chance to win cool prizes including some cellared bottles and merch.

SPECIAL BEERS ON TAP

Stay tuned to our social media feeds (@ripcurrentbrewing) for updates on the tap list, but the Special Anniversary Beers will include:

  • 2017 Woodford Reserved Barrel-aged Black Lagoon Scottish Strong
  • 2017 Coconut Bourbon barrel-aged Rescue Buoy Imperial Stout
  • 2017 Bourbon barrel-aged Dangerous Undertow Belgian Strong
  • 2016 Bourbon barrel-aged Rescue Buoy Imperial Stout with Guatemalan coffee and vanilla beans
  • 2016 Bourbon barrel-aged Vanilla Storm Coffee Imperial Porter (last kegs!)
  • 2016 Bourbon barrel-aged Rescue Buoy Imperial Stout
  • 2016 Single Barrel Storm Imperial Porter
  • 2015 Bourbon barrel-aged Black Lagoon Scottish Strong
  • 1-day old In the Curl Imperial IPA
  • Mocha Storm Chocolate Coffee Imperial Porter
  • Special blends from our sour program!

FAQs
Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event?
All attendees MUST be at least 21 years of age

How can I contact the organizer with any questions?
Send questions to info@ripcurrentbrewing.com