The Brew Review

February 1, 2018

Rooting for the Brew

By Marisa Ratchford

The beer you drink is just as important as the team you root for.

July 29, 2017

Rincon Brewery Isla Vista, Where Everything But Good Beer Remains Untapped

By Simone Dupuy

Gio's replaced suddenly by Rincon Brewery, but will it make a lasting impression?

October 20, 2016

The Beer Necessities: Pints for the Park 2016

By Simone Dupuy

"....we confidently surveyed the field of flowing taps below, ready to conquer the 2016 Santa Barbara Beer Fest"

October 13, 2016

Santa Barbara’s Pints for the Park Preview

By Simone Dupuy

"As a German-French-Irish gal — obviously predisposed to like beer, wine and drinking too much, respectively — I can’t wait to get my hands on that tasting glass"

September 21, 2016

The Cider Series: Return of the Fermentalist

By Simone Dupuy

The Fermentalist is back and and ready to taste her concoctions. Four different varieties, including a hard lemonade, make for some interesting results.

August 16, 2016

The Cider Series: Capped and Carbonated

By Simone Dupuy

The end is in sight as the final touches in bottling, flavoring and carbonation are added to the first Proulx Brew.

July 25, 2016

The Cider Series: The Second Coming

By Simone Dupuy

This installment of homebrewing adventures brings firsthand taste tests, secondary fermentation and a third jug of brew.

July 15, 2016

The Cider Series: The Brew Begins

By Simone Dupuy

Part one of a series documenting one girl's quest to brew her own hard cider

February 18, 2016

A Beer Virgin’s (Unreliable) Guide to State Street

By Collin McLeod

"Let’s get this straight: I don’t like beer. As a kid, my dad would offer me a few sips of his hellacious, hoppy, bubbly brew, and within seconds I’d realize precisely why I promised myself that beer would never di...

April 9, 2015

Bomber Diary 3: One Girl Drinks One Beer, Because Science

By Allison Wright

Science quickly devolves to live-Tweets in this journal-entry-esque beer review.

March 3, 2015

The Rotating Tap

By On The Menu Editor

For those too lazy to check each individual restaurant, we do it for you. Check "The Rotating Tap" every week for the latest information on craft beer draughts in I.V.

February 11, 2015

Bomber Diary 2: Testudo Gets Tight with Shmaltz and Terrapin

By Jordan Grace

A beer review disguised in a short story. Pop open a "beer for hope" and prepare to giggle.

February 9, 2015

The Rotating Tap

By On The Menu Editor

For those too lazy to check each individual restaurant, we do it for you. Check "The Rotating Tap" every week for the latest information on craft beer draughts in I.V.

February 4, 2015

Bomber Diary 1: Victory at Sea

By Allison Wright, Peter Mounteer, David Jackson

Welcome to the Bomber Diaries. These may be beer reviews, but they may not come in conventional forms. Historical fiction, poetry, a sensory exploration, anything is possible! This week we explore Ballast Point's coffee ...

January 8, 2015

Utah’s Microbrewery Problem

By Allison Wright

Whose problem is it? The state's, the drinkers, or the brewers themselves? All of the above. Craft beer faces incalculable obstacles in the Beehive state, where absurd laws lead to a world of typically low ABV, subversiv...

December 12, 2014

…and a Happy New Beer

By Allison Wright

On The Menu amassed a collection of six limited release and holiday beers, (all conveniently available at I.V.’s KnB), with the intent of determining which are worth the hype.