Somehow after years of resisting pepper beers, Tom Nickel from Nickel Beer Co has worn me down and to celebrate Cinco de Mayo all week we're going to try different pepper infused beers made in San Diego. We start with a twist on a popular Nickel Beer Jalapeno Gold, with Jalapeno in Paradise paired along with some scallop ceviche from O'Brien's Pub.

We're down to the swan song! Last beer of the week and we get to taste the terroir of El Cajon. Created in a naturally fermented vessel called a Cool Ship, In Praise of Blackberries is as wild as a beer gets!

It's a big juicy hazy bomb from Burning Beard! Whips & Furs takes it's name-sake from a song from The Vibrators of the same name. Much like the it's inspiration this beer seeks to be memorable enough to dig deeper into what it has to offer.

It's a brewery and family favorite and again it's another "happy accident" beer from Burning Beard. Today as we dive into who's playing their 9th Anniversary party we pop the tops on a couple of Circle of Hops!

Prompted by Jeff from Burning Beard's recent stay in Ireland and inspired by the Irish rap group Kneecap, he decided to tap local institution Tom Nickel from Nickel Beer Company to brew Burning Beards very first Irish Red. The resulting beer "Kneecap" is a easy drinking yet full bodied red ale that clocks in just under 4% ABV!

It is time once again for the Burning Beard crew to celebrate their awesomeness! Nine years of happy accidents as a brewery and the party is set for April 26th. As we hang out with Dylan and Jeff all week and get the scoop on this years debauchery we toast a Monday with a beer that wasn't suppose to still be around, but it was so popular they had to keep making it, Coffeecore Pilsner!

What a great way to wrap up the week with Tim from Chula Vista Brewery, a fancy wax top bottle. A small batch beer that normally only gets as far as the Chula Vista Brewery Mug Club, a bourbon barrel aged Belgian Trippel that doesn't drink like it's 12%!

Turning it to 11, as Tim from Chula Vista Brewery brings a louder version of his War Planes Hazy Pale and completely forgets there's a standard IPA between Hazy Pale and Double Hazy IPA. This beer is everything War Planes is but more...more hops, more body and more ABV!

Tim from Chula Vista Brewery continues to drop bombs (figuratively). War Planes Hazy Pale Ale is a collaboration with another veteran owned business Warplanes that makes wood surfboards that pays tribute to their military service and the POWs with a light bodied, easy drinking, floral pale ale that gives you all the feelings of a Hazy IPA with a lower ABV.

Flexing on not only their core beer line up, but also their collaborations! Tim from Chula Vista Brewery pops the top on a brand new collab with Seek Brewing, a Mexican Style Dark Lager called Shoot From The Hip. This incredibly small batch beer is one to see out for those who love a crisp malty lager on a warm San Diego Spring day.