Six Beer Trends

From my old hometown San Diego newspaper the Union Tribune. Worth a look (via Appellation Beer).

No. 6 is interesting:

6. Distilled wisdom: In Scripps Ranch, Ballast Point's brewer Yuseff Cherney worked until 3 a.m. the morning before the conference distilling his first batch of whiskey. The Point joins Anchor, Rogue and a handful of other craft brewers dabbling in spirits. More will follow, Cherney said: “This is the next step in brewing.”