Azo Vino changes its beers frequently. Follow this page to keep up with our recommendation for the week.
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Inspired by the nearby Sierra Nevada Mountains, our beers are designed to be as bold, wild and unwavering as those storied granite peaks. With respect to tradition and an unbridled passion for innovation, Sierra Nevada beers are inspired by the philosophy that anything is possible. We are committed to pushing the boundaries of craft beer and we look forward to the day that flavorful beers are the standard throughout the world. The beginning. A classic. Our most popular beer. Pale Ale began as a home brewer’s dream, grew into an icon, and...
read moreGreen Flash – Palate Wrecker
Palate Wrecker™ Hamilton’s Ale™ Palate Wrecker was originally brewed for the Hamilton’s Tavern 2nd Anniversary celebration. It’s the most complicated West Coast–inspired IPA we have ever brewed—mashing and sparging with hopped wort, in addition to our hop layering regimen for IPA. By popular demand, it is now released for the world to enjoy. ALC. BY VOL. 9.5% | IBUS: 100+ Palete Wrecker is now on TAP at Azo Vino, Join us for a glass! Green Flash Brewing Co – San Diego CA A small company with big...
read moreAnchor Brewing Christmas Ale
Anchor Christmas Ale – Now Available, Quantities are Limited Anchor Brewing Company officially announced their Christmas Ale for 2012. This year marks year #38 for the brew. That’s 38 recipes. Each label is as different as the beer itself, each label is a hand drawn tree. Since ancient times, trees have symbolized the winter solstice when the earth, with its seasons, appears born anew. For this year’s Christmas Ale, we have selected the Norfolk Island pine. Captain Cook discovered this South Seas isle and its native tree in 1774....
read moreKnuckle Sandwich – On Tap
Join us for this great Double IPA… It’s on tap and won’t last! Knuckle Sandwich — 10% ABV, 87.8 IBU, 11.7 SRM Knuckle Sandwich DIPA is an American Style Double IPA. This is a beer that truly lives up to its name! Brewed with copious amounts of North American hops, this Double IPA has a colossal hop profile and an aggressive aroma. Helping round out the floral and citrus notes is a huge malt backbone that provides a great mouth feel to this heavyweight hitter. Style: American Double IPA Available in: bottles: 22...
read moreTaps Pumpkin Ale
Our beer of the week is Taps Pumpkin Ale from Taps Fish House and Brewery in Brea California. AND, it’s on TAP now! Tastes like pumpkin pie in a glass! This medium-bodied amber ale is made with 100 pounds of fresh pumpkins and spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and allspice. A seasonal favorite! Brewmaster Victor Novak brews approximately 1700 kegs, or 26,000 gallons of beer for TAPS on an annual basis. His repertoire includes 31 to 35 classic styles of European and American alesand lagers, of which seven are currently on tap, plus one...
read moreDrakes Brewing
DRAKE’S BREWING COMPANY is an urban craft brewery operating from the former powerhouse of a long-gone Caterpiller plant in San Leandro, California. Established in 1989, Drake’s Brewing is celebrating over 21 years of making exciting and extreme ales & lagers for distribution in the San Francisco Bay Area & Southern California. Two of Our favorites… Drake’s Alpha Session – 3.8% ABV, 50 IBUs — Our hoppy session ale. Light and refreshing with 2-row barley, Maris Otter, and a touch of C-45 malts, but hopped up with classic West...
read moreThe Sculpin
The Sculpin is a testament to our humble beginnings as Home Brew Mart. It showcases bright flavors and aromas of apricot, peach, mango & lemon. The lighter body also brings out the crispness of the hops. This delicious Ballast Point Ale won a gold medal at the World Beer Cup 2010 in the International Pale Ale category. The Sculpin fish has poisonous spikes on it’s fins that can give a strong sting. Ironically, the meat from a Sculpin is considered some of the tastiest. Something that has a sting but tastes great, sounds like a Ballast...
read moreOld Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout
Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout Produced in the tradition of 18th Century English brewers who supplied the court of Russia’s Catherine the Great, Old Rasputin seems to develop a cult following wherever it goes. It’s a rich, intense brew with big complex flavors and a warming finish. The Old Rasputin brand image is a drawing of Rasputin with a phrase in Russian encircling it—A sincere friend is not born instantly. How hard it is to make and keep a good friend. –”Jericho,” Joni Mitchell Vital Statistics Style:...
read moreThe Chimay Blue Cap
At Azo Vino Wine Bar & Gallery we offer over 50 micro brews from around the world and none is more respected or coveted than The Chimay Blue Cap, brewed in Belgium, by the monks of the Notre-Dame de Scourmont Abbey. “Chimay Blue Reserve” as most customers know it has been offered at Azo Vino Wine Bar & Gallery since we opened almost 5 years ago. The Chimay Blue Cap, “baptized’ “Grande Reserve” in 750 ml bottles is a dark Trappist beer with a powerful aroma, the complex flavor of which improves...
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Now On TAP – Widmer Brothers Raspberry Russian Imperial Stout ’12 Widmer Brothers Brewing has released Raspberry Russian Imperial Stout ’12, the second offering in the brewery’s recently launched Alchemy Project, a series of three bold, vintage-dated craft beers that can be enjoyed immediately, but are brewed to improve with age. Raspberry Russian Imperial Stout was first brewed by Widmer Brothers Brewing in 2008 for the Portland Holiday Ale Festival. In the summer of 2011, Widmer Brothers brewers discovered a barrel of the initial...
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