I started lunch with one of the restaurant's specialty ales, an ebulum — a strong, dark brew fermented with elderberries.
Among them are Videri Chocolate Factory, which will feature a chocolate production factory and pastry training center for chefs; Locals Seafood, an oyster bar, restaurant and seafood market focusing on North Carolina seafood; Burial Beer Co. which crafts a selection of specialty ales; Che Empanadas; Dank Burrito and more.
Specialty beers and ales, $4 to $21. THE BILL -- Lunch sandwiches, $8 to $12; small plates, appetizers and raw bar, $9 to $13, except for the seafood tower, $48.
Part of the appeal of craft breweries is Ballast Point's specialty: India pale ales.
What they are offered, at least on the current summer menu, is a best bitter --the Halls' specialty -- a wheat beer, a Welsh ale, an India pale ale, and a light brew called paddlewheel pale ale.
Its gose-style ale is a specialty of Leipzig, Germany, that was almost unknown in this country before the Iron Curtain fell and is rarely brewed today.
A local microbrewer is offering a specialty brew, "Kim Jong Ale," a kimchi sour ale with gentle and refreshing tart notes that belied the dictator's ignominious reputation.
San Diego County brewers pioneered the specialty beer style known as Double India Pale Ale (Double IPA), sometimes called San Diego Pale Ale.
By 1986, he was marketing Pete's Wicked Ale to pubs and food specialty stores in Silicon Valley.
The beer enthusiasts in our foursome were impressed by the range of suds: 12 ales, 17 lagers and 17 specialty brews, though we grumbled that the prices were on the high end for such beverages.
