{"id":15682,"date":"2014-03-11T01:53:09","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T08:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=15682"},"modified":"2014-03-11T03:41:31","modified_gmt":"2014-03-11T10:41:31","slug":"beefests-and-blarney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/beefests-and-blarney\/","title":{"rendered":"Beerfests and Blarney"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photos: Monterey Beer Festival June 14, 2014 is filled with gusto and great brews!<\/p>\n

When Californians\u00a0brought home the gold<\/a> from the Golden, Colorado beer competition, it was a coup for local brewers. Standing in the shadows of the prestigious California wine industry with its international awards and accolades, beermakers worked hard and created their own buzz, as judged by international experts. As millions grab a Guinness Stout on St. Patrick’s Day, they’re probably not aware that California crafted stouts & ales have plenty to offer. \u00a0California’s beer narrative is very similar to the Guinness story.”It all starts with just one man, but it’s not down to a single ‘eureka’ moment.” – Guinness Stout, The Story. Wait a minute–California wrote the book on Eureka moments!<\/p>\n

Spring 2014 Gold Discoveries:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fairfax Brewfest March 15 \u00a0at the Pavilion (fairfaxbrewfest.com)
\nFort Bragg Beerfest March 15 (call 707-349-3071)
\nPleasant Grover Sacramento Ball Sack & Beer Fest Apr. 5 (sacramentoballsackandbeerfest.com)
\nMartinez Bay Area Craft Beer Festival Apr. 12 at Waterfront Park (bayareacraftbeerfestival.com)
\nSan Diego Craft Beer Festival March 28 at The Abbey, Bankers Hill (brownpapertickets.com\/event\/584637)
\nBuellton Brew Fest May 3 at River View Park (buelltonbrewfest.com)
\nTurlock Central Valley Brewfest May 10 at Stanislaus County Fairgrounds (centralvalleybrewfest.com)
\nBoonville Beer Festival May 14 (avbc.com)
\nEscondido Wine, Brews & Blues Festival May 17 (bonsallrotary.com)
\nMonterey Beer Festival June 14 at the Monterey County Fair & Event Center (montereybeerfestival.com)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photos: Monterey Beer Festival June 14, 2014 is filled with gusto and great brews! When Californians\u00a0brought home the gold from the Golden, Colorado beer competition, it was a coup for local brewers. Standing in the shadows of the prestigious California wine industry with its international awards and accolades, beermakers worked hard and created their own […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15682"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}