Interview: brewmaster Kevin Clark (Peter B’s Brewpub)

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How do you go about naming your beers?

It’s funny, I kind of just lay in bed when I’m thinking of beers when I’m naming, try to think of stories or random things. I called my pale ale 40 Acre Pale because I grew up on 40 acres in Northern California. That was just a great memory to me. I had 40 acres, a dog, a BB gun, and anything a boy could want, right? Fun memories equate to a fun beer, so that’s how I like to name beers.


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Is your beer available anywhere off site?

A few sites. We have one at the Del Monte Golf Course, that’s run by Pebble Beach. Then we also have beers at Post No Bill’s, a little taproom. Right now, until we actually increase our production capacity, we can’t really do too much off-site.

Who’s a brewer that you’ve never brewed with before that you’d most like to brew with?

Man, that’s a good question. Well, I would love to brew with Ken Grossman.

How come?

I love Sierra Nevada. That’s always been one of my beloved beers. It’s just the classic West Coast style. Their pale ale tastes like you’re drinking a pine cone in the Sierra Nevadas. I’m a huge Sierra Nevada fan because of their history, their love and passion for beer and their passion for everything they do at their brewery. Growing hops and doing estate beers, they have a great thing going and I would love to brew with Ken Grossman. That would be amazing.

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If you could travel to any city in the world, primarily to drink beer, what would it be and how come?

Man, all these questions. They’re good, but I don’t know if I could narrow it to one city though, but I have to, right? Well I love San Francisco, but I always go to San Francisco, so it would have to be, right now, San Diego. There’s a lot of good beers going on down there. I love Green Flash. I love Stone. I love hoppy beers and West Coast beers are what I really enjoy, so it would probably be San Diego right now.

If you could only drink one more beer, and it wasn’t one of yours, what would it be and how come?

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. I could pick a ton of different beers that I would love to drink, but again, when I work on making a beer, I like the memories that I get when I smell that aroma. When I smell a dry hopped beer, the floral aspect reminds me of gardening. I’m a huge climber, so we always drink Sierra Nevada when we’re in the Yosemite Valley, or whatever we’re doing. That always brings back all these memories. So if that’s the last beer I’ve got to drink, that would be a Sierra Nevada.

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