As a prequel to LA Beer Week (which starts today, should I reiterate that more?), I headed up to the Santa Barbara area and Goleta, California specifically to sample Hollister beers for the very first time.
Overall solid beers and good food even though the football was on too loud and the outside patio overlooked a parking lot.
I was surprised that my favorite beer was Tiny Bubbles a sour wheat beer. It was tart but not super sour with a nice little grain taste. Second was the Hippie Kicker IPA, which was better than two other IPA’s sampled. The Pope which was more a pale ale and Maiden Voyage which was a bit of a mess to me. The other surprise was that the Irish stout was better than their touted Black Ice in my beery opinion.
I was sorry not to get to taste the pumpkin saison though.