In the fiery wake of the Camp Fire, Sierra Nevada brews up a liquid aid package

Help — and Beer — is on the Way

The Camp Fire’s toll is still being calculated — at least 14,000 homes destroyed, 85 people killed, hundreds still missing — but Northern California’s Butte County faces a long, expensive road to recovery.

Sierra Nevada, the craft beer pioneer headquartered in nearby Chico, is determined to do its part.

On Tuesday, Sierra Nevada brewed its batch of Resilience IPA. Every penny from this beer’s sales will be donated to the Camp Fire Relief Fund, launched last week with a $100,000 donation from the brewery’s founders.

Sierra Nevada asked other breweries to make Resilience IPA, donating their sales to the fund. More than 300 agreed, including many from San Diego County: AleSmith, Ballast Point, Belching Beaver, Bitter Brothers, Coronado, Fourpenny House, Green Flash, Karl Strauss, Mason, Mike Hess, Mikkeller, Modern Times, Rouleur, Saint Archer, Second Chance, Societe and White Labs.

There may be more, as the list grows every day. The fundraiser’s impact won’t be felt for awhile, as the IPA needs several weeks to ferment and finish.

Still, mark your calendar: Second Chance has announced that its Resilience IPA will be poured at its Rancho Bernardo brewery, 15378 Avenue of Science, Suite 222, and its North Park tap room, 4045 30th St., on Dec. 22.

85 Years Later…

Since Wednesday is the 85th anniversary of Prohibition’s end, it’s a great day to hoist a beer — in Valley Center.

The Valley Center History Museum, 29200 Cole Grade Road, notes that the town’s Kellogg Store was one of three San Diego County locations to secure a license to sell beer on Dec. 5, 1933, the day the booze ban was lifted.

Founded in 1920, the year Prohibition began, the Kellogg Store closed a few years ago. The museum’s new Prohibition display notes that the store sold its first bottle of beer for 10 cents.

Admission to the museum is free. It should be noted that this establishment, alas, does not sell beer.

Nero48

Migrant caravans, border closures, asylum debates. With all the dire headlines, it’s easy to forget the border is a vibrant region that stimulates plenty of healthy creativity.

Nero48 is a pop-up store of Mexican-designed clothing, jewelry, spirits, foods and music, plus the beers of San Diego’s SouthNorte. This here-today, gone-the-day-after-tomorrow venture appears on both sides of the border — in November, it appeared in Liberty Station.

It will return Saturday and Sunday, this time at Calle 2da #6696 in Tijuana’s Zona Centro.

There’s more information at the web site, nero48.com.

Good Beer, Good Cheer

For a nearby getaway this holiday season, consider the “Oh Hoppy Day!” package at Harrah’s Resort Southern California in Valley Center, or as Harrah’s calls it, “Funner.” Thursday through Monday until Dec. 31, the deal includes a room; a tour of the resort’s brewery, SR76 Beerworks; a flight of beers and two pints.

Rates start at $125.99.

Founded in 2016, SR76 is Southern California’s first tribal-owned brewery. The little brewery has a cozy tasting room in its own building adjacent to the casino. Its beers are also found at several of the eateries inside the main complex.

Reservations can be made at the casino’s web site, harrahssocal.com, or by calling the reservations desk, (760) 751-3100 and mentioning the promotion.

Kings of Beer

After Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday, how about Kick Back Thursday? Adopt a four-pack of Trail Dog (7.25 alcohol by volume), a weary beer fan’s best friend.

Part of Benchmark Brewing’s Parks Collection, Trail Dog is a no-fuss, no-muss West Coast IPA. No hydroponic Mongolian hops or cruelty-free goji berries here. Instead, the beer relies on Simcoe and Amarillo hops which yield aromas of white peaches and lemons while delivering orange, grapefruit and biscuit flavors, laid over a little pine oiliness.

Trail Dog is an old school treat, an IPA that harkens back to the days when the West Coast styles ruled. Good doggie!

Game of Beers

The final season of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” won’t begin until April, but New York’s Brewery Ommegang is winding up its “Game of Thrones” beer series.

King in the North, a barrel-aged imperial stout, is a dark and strong (11 percent alcohol by volume) salute to the noble Jon Snow. The last in Ommegang’s GOT line, King is available in 750ml bottles and, in a “Royal Reserve” gift pack, 12-ounce bottles. That set includes Mother of Dragons, a smoked porter; Hand of the Queen, a barleywine; and Queen of the Seven Kingdoms, a sour blond, as well as a GOT chalice.

Next spring, will we drink King in the North at Jon Snow’s funeral or his victory feast?

Words to Drink By

“Tyrion’s mouth was full of bread and fish. He took a swallow of strong black beer to wash it all down, and grinned up wolfishly at Jaime, ‘Why, Jaime, my sweet brother,’ he said, ‘you wound me. You know how much I love my family.’” — Beer eases sibling tensions, ever so briefly, in George R.R. Martin’s novel, “A Game of Thrones.”

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