Mark visiting a brewery in the City of Bell off my list as last weekend, I made my 1st visit to Border X Brewing.
Right across the street from the Bell House is the expansive corner space of San Diego born, Border X Brewing. The brewery opened this weekend with a slate of festivities from political speakers, a blessing ceremony, some serious drumming skills and big crowds.
The big space has a large balcony a long bar stacked with branded merchandise and lots of great art on the wall. There is actual parking in back too as well as some unfinished sections of the space.
There were 13 taps flowing at the start and only one was an IPA. But there was Horchata, hibiscus, pepino, agave and a laundry list of ingredients that you don’t normally see in beer and certainly not in one space outside of say, Pacific Plate.
I should have ordered the taster tray of four. The tray was well constructed and gave a bridge effect. I went straight for the Biere de Garde since I so rarely see that style then went back and waited in the slow moving opening day line for the Horchata Golden Stout. Below are my little capsule reviews:
Biere de Bohrder
pours orange, Big sweet agave notes, Caramel, notes of nuttiness, ABV kicks in with each sip
Horchata Golden Stout
Cinnamon, spice, Big ABV tasting, Not as sweet as expected, A bit
silky.
I look forward to seeing their beers on tap around town and to sampling a wider range of their beers.