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PRIDE Collaboration with Ballast Point

June 1, 2018 by Bryan

Media Contacts: Lukas Volk, Marketing Director, Hillcrest Brewing Company
lukas@mosuniverse.com 619-564-1952

Amy Liu, Field Marketing Manager, Amy.Liu[a]cbrands.com, 949-231-0496

Ballast Point and Hillcrest Brewing Company Collaborate on Annual PRIDE Brew for 2018

SAN DIEGO (May 23, 2018) – Local Craft Brewery Ballast Point and Hillcrest Brewing Company come together to collaborate on Hillcrest Brewing Company’s annual PRIDE Brew for 2018.

Hillcrest Brewing Company was honored to be approached by the nationally renowned Ballast Point Brewing in a collaboration to show support for the LGBTQ community.

In early 2018, Kelly Tidwell of Ballast Point Brewing, sat down with the head brewer Clinton Shaver for Hillcrest Brewing Company (HBC) and pitched the idea for a collaboration brew with HBC during Pride. Knowing that HBC has an annual PRIDE brew, Kelly recommended working on this brew together at Ballast Point’s brewing facility.

“Since joining Ballast Point four years ago, I’ve wanted to integrate my LGBT and craft beer communities. Last year we made coozies, coasters and stickers to hand out at Pride, but this year we wanted to do more. Shaver and I were having a beer last December and the idea of doing a collaboration beer for Pride came together. It still hasn’t sunk in that this idea has become a reality, and it means the world to me how supportive Ballast Point has been to me and the LGBT community as a whole,” stated Tidwell.

Kelly, who is a member of the LGBTQ community, initiated a campaign last year to show Ballast’s support for LGBTQs last year by incorporating a rainbow design into the Ballast Point’s logo on their tap handles. These were provided to accounts all across Hillcrest, San Diego’s prominent LGBTQ neighborhood and nationally to those who requested.

“When Kelly presented the idea to the HBC team, we were all super excited by the idea. Being that we are just a small barrel brewery, this collaboration allowed HBC to participate in a batch much larger than we could ever produce. The ability to get our name into similar LGBTQ markets in northern california including San Fran and LA is fantastic for such a small brewery that’s gay owned and operated,” explains Marketing Director Lukas Volk.

Volk goes on to say, “The LGBTQ community frequently travels between cities for Pride celebrations, festivals and vacations – name recognition for Ballast and Hillcrest Brewing is important to us when visitors come to San Diego.”

The PRIDE ‘18 Brew is set to release first in June for National Pride Month and will only be available in San Diego at Hillcrest Brewing Company and Ballast Point locations. The brew will later be available for LA Pride on June 10th in select West Hollywood bars and also available during Out at the Fair in Del Mar, Ca.

Described as a Cucumber Lager, PRIDE ‘18 is described as a classic, crisp traditional lager with German Pilsner malt and Bock yeast with a dash of cucumber offering ripe melon and slightly bitter notes, followed by pleasant spicy and floral characteristics from the German hops.

For purchase information, please contact Ballast Point at (858) 790-6900

For additional questions, please contact Lukas Volk at lukas[a]mosuniverse.com

For images to use with this story please visit http://bit.ly/ballasthbc
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Filed Under: Brew Blog Tagged With: ballast point, hillcrest brewing company, san diego beer, san diego brewing

Did you know… HBC

August 21, 2014 by Bryan

Hillcrest Brewing Company Did You Know...

Hillcrest Brewing Company is known for it’s extraordinary craft beer brewed right here in Hillcrest, San Diego, but did you know…

#1 We make our own HBC Root Beer
#2 We brew all of our Home Brews on sight from our own Secret Recipes
#3 Our Specialty Grains are imported from Belgium and Germany
#4 Our Beers are brewed True to Style with the finest ingredients
#5 We feature Rotating Styles and Seasonal Beers throughout the year
#6 Crotch Rocket Irish Red won a Bronze Medal in the Irish Red Ale Category for 2014 Best of Craft Beer Awards
#7 We make a House Infused HBC Beer every other Thursday
#8 We marinate and grind our own Italian Sausage in house, from scratch
#9 We make all of our own Pizza Sauces with house recipes
#10 We make our own Salad Dressings
#11 Ours Salads are chopped fresh to order
#12 We have Hoppy Hour everyday from 3-6PM ($2 off all beer and wine)
#13 Our Wings are marinated for 24 hours, then Oven Baked daily, always fresh
#14 Our Produce is ordered Daily
#15 We make our own Pizza Dough
#16 We make our own Pretzels

Filed Under: All Things HBC, General HBC Tagged With: hillcrest beer, hillcrest brewing company, hillcrest gay brewery, hillcrest gay pub, san diego beer, san diego gay brewery

Live Deal Gift Card Contest

August 19, 2014 by Bryan

LiveDeal Gift Card at HBC

Hey #BeerLovers! Do you want to win a $100 gift card to Hillcrest Brewing Company? We’ve partnered with LiveDeal, where they’re giving away a $100 Gift Card EVERY DAY This Week!! Click Here to Enter

Filed Under: General HBC Tagged With: gift card contest, hillcrest brewing company, live deal hillcrest brewing company, live deal san diego

Best Craft Beer Awards

February 19, 2014 by Bryan

Award Winning Beer in San DiegoHillcrest Brewing Company is proud to announce our win in the 2014 Best of Craft Beer Awards for our Irish Red, the Crotch Rocket, taking the bronze award.

Congratulations to our brew masters! We are all excited to have this title and look forward to bringing Hillcrest even more award winning beer.

#queensofbeer #hillcrestcrafts #hbc #sandiego

Filed Under: All Things HBC Tagged With: best beer in hillcrest, best beer in san diego, hillcrest brewing company, irish red beer san diego, san diego local craft beer

San Diego Beer Week 2013

October 31, 2013 by Bryan

San Diego Beer Week Hillcrest

November 1 & 2, 2013 @ The Port Pavilion on Broadway Pier

SDBW Brewers Guild

The San Diego Brewers Guild Festival is the OFFICIAL kickoff event for San Diego Beer Week!  Come out to the beautiful Port Pavilion on Broadway Pier in downtown San Diego to enjoy samples from 50+ craft breweries from around the county!  And to make the FIFTH ANNIVERSARY of Beer Week really special, we split this year’s festival into TWO days:

 

VIP Brewer Takeover: Friday night (Nov. 1) from 6-9PM come rub elbows with some of San Diego’s award-winning brewers and see why San Diego beer is taking over palates everywhere. This exclusive event will showcase San Diego’s finest, rare, and specialty beers from local breweries, including offerings brewed just for this event.  All-inclusive ticket includes unlimited beer samples offered throughout the evening coupled with unlimited food samples from local craft-beer friendly restaurants.

 

SD Brewers Guild Festival: Saturday (Nov. 2) from 2-5PM come enjoy the Guild Festival with a commemorative tasting glass and 15 X 3 oz. beer samples.  The event showcases San Diego County’s finest craft breweries!  Food will be available for sale from local, craft-beer friendly restaurants and food trucks.

 

And to top it all off, musical entertainment will be provided by some of San Diego’s most talented musicians!

 

But there’s more… To get the most out of the SD Brewers Guild Festival we are offering a Premier Access pass. This pass will allow you to enter the festival 1 HOUR early, a commemorative tasting glass and 20 X 3 oz. beer samples (that’s 5 more tasters than our General Admission ticket!).

 

And if that isn’t enough… you can enjoy the festivities on BOTH Friday and Saturday at a discount!  For $100, you will get one Friday night (6-9PM) ‘VIP Brewer Takeover’ ticket and one Premier Access pass for Saturday’s Guild Festival (1-5PM). [$130 value!]

Filed Under: All Things HBC Tagged With: beer hillcrest gay, beer in hillcrest, gay beer club, hillcrest beer, hillcrest brewing company, queens of beer, san diego beer week

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