I just got back last night from a week in California. The stated purpose of the trip was to attend my cousin Kelly's wedding to XM Radio personality Matt the Cat near Big Sur. While a tasty keg of Newcastle Brown was consumed at the wedding, there was also time for some coastal brewery visitations:
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vHah4_tQx0L9EsvH4EiEKGTW208KdZSmnr0w-X6FC9URdT9iJZx6VldsJv2idqZ24jTUkYiNVBQiYWeS-EfB6KCoR3WdsZfok3pAEn8nFmgA=s0-d)
Monterey Coast Brewing, Salinas
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tikFRCqDti5ypdLL-VKRkDXeXgo3jIFb88Btnwgmy1t7biGsTu-4z-JdAcqrIHF_bMemzn4KL7x8ldY49Cr1z3YjZXVHOKfyVfjK_IPh41nSY=s0-d)
English Ales Brewery, Marina
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_v4OhZraGpTWFr14-2qxeowQeb9tLPklYzpJO_UZhwWNFLDbBlNuRRZPyjEHmhOM4UzzwF5LSs9tTQ5cBMmevUE9f-bNuvyOQKhp8U_0tl1czY=s0-d)
Peter B's Brewpub, Monterey
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vt0zgT6pRF68ABzZ8lK193rjwZ5sk73_z7fH6uu2hC_3WRYMnECIswI8tz8MBa3AG6VH8nic3JlBdEao8SzAAfeUDbqTD5oT8tbKin2n1ub4m96w=s0-d)
El Toro Brewpub, Morgan Hill
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sebsezQUHgzGxzejyI2VbXHEU1e6Bzz_qfhvnM4RGC-XPGZb266ciJq5vNKW9LivvYZe75TvCscpqbVi-DHB6qBbAjVsnnI6mVWVVj5X4JyrY=s0-d)
Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing, Santa Cruz
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uOR4Qy2u0Ec7GnyfeL_V3oGNvQLBnjmIrbLQDgVn847Vlkbk0saxf1kzVE2W1GdWWU5pQGdXHG-sIZ9VB06rkloLTv7h0Tj0siYYL2qQg2Mg=s0-d)
Boulder Creek Brewery & Cafe, Boulder Creek
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_v7ufKWRiKm1-MHC25OYfjIFI9Js7zJQaV9emVVMJzRfH7SCysH0L-Y4ILFf_cdy85m5ywLKUJi6HRijcEA-X2qVpMWcjSgCa2rMe50PusMIIs=s0-d)
Gordon Biersch Brewing, San Jose
The trip map is already posted. Notes and pictures will magically appear when as I get my typing caught up.
Today's tasks at the brewery simply involved filling kegs. They ran the Oktoberfest kegs dry while I was gone, and nobody here knows how to fill them.
Tomorrow: clean fermenters.