Russian River is known for it's IPA's from the Pliny family to one of the most OG Blind Pig, there's a flavor for everyone! Blind Pig IPA is one of my favorites because of it's brite almost "lemony" notes and it's ties back to the San Diego beer scene that Tom Nickel from O'Brien's does a fanstic job in explaning!

Kicking off the 32nd Anniversary for O'Brien's their Tion Weekend is upon us! Celebrating one of the more storied Califronia breweries Russian River makes a wide variety of well known hoppy beers as well as Belgian inspiried styles all bearing a name ending in "Tion." We'll get into one of the more rare beers on tap today with Beatification that is naturally fermented from their "Cool Ship" in Windsor.

BONUS BEER! They couldn't help themselves, after wrappign with Treevana our friends from Burgeon Beer decided to crack open a bonus beer after the Rebelution started playing. Lagoon View gives us a great counterpoint to the Campsite IPA we tried earlier in the week. Beefing up the body and ABV allows the brewers to venture off into the world of new hop products to give you that consistent Burgeon thumbprint of huge flavor up front with a clean finish.

Tomorrow is the big Burgeon 9th Anniversary party so we wrap the week with one of their flagship beers, Treevana IPA. Big flavor, bright citrus aroma and some where between old school and new school bitterness...it's no surprise why this is Melody's favorite beer of all time.

Stripping it down to the basics of a Burgeon Hazy IPA! Moonlit encompasses everything that is being free outdoors and of course in true Burgeon style it's light an very crushable. Drinking this Double Dry Hoppy Hazy my have you asking, "did I really see a butt on the can, or was it my imagination?"

We've all heard of KISS, Keep it Simple, Stupid. That is exactly what Burgeon Beer does with this resurected classic! Campfire IPA is at its most simple; the best most flora hops, grains and yeast. I truly enjoyable sip after sip, simple IPA that big on flavor and crushable without beating you over the head with too much of anyone thing...you might said it's perfect for when you're sitting around the campfire in the company of the people you enjoy the most.

One of the things that makes the Burgeon Beer 9th Anniversary party so special is all the guest brewers they intive to pour at the event. Some even stick around for a collab brew day! Today Mel and Tori brought a brand new collab with Cannonball Creek Brewing that just hit shelves in time for the Anniverary! Beware this beer will fool your mind because nothing that smells this dank should be this crushable.

It's going to be a beautiful warm week and a stellar weekend for Burgeon Beer to celebrate their 9th Anniversary! All week Tori and Mel join us in the studio to talk about beer, community and music. We start our journey together with an iconic beer for San Diego, Carlsbad Crush, light, bright, citrusy and infintely crushable!

It was a tropical blast in the studio from the moment Erik from Good Pressure Brewing craked the top on the growler. Huge aromas of guava and oranged bast your senses and that rolls right into the taste!

We FINALLY got to the IPA from Good Pressure Brewing! Althought visison of yesterday's Blonde still dance on my taste buds, this IPA stands up! IF a San Diego IPA history lesson could be poured in a glass this would be in, color similar to a the legendary Green Flash West Coast IPA but a body and bitterness profile that is more in-line with what IPA drinkers now enjoy.