Brewer wins at World Beer Cup Marty Mendiola, head brewer at Rock Bottom Brewery, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, won three awards for his handcrafted beers at the 2010 World Beer Cup on April 12. Mendiola won a gold award in the American-style Amber/Red category for Rudolph’s Red, a silver award in the English-style Brown Ale category for Longboard Brown and a bronze award in the Irish-style Red Ale category for Ragtop Red. More than 3,400 beers from 44 countries were entered in the event, which took place in Chicago, but only 8 percent of the beers took home a prize. Mendiola has earned nine other awards in the last four years for his beer-crafting skills. Gepetto’s offers eco-friendly toys In honor of Earth Day, Gepetto’s Toys is promoting dozens of eco-friendly games, toys and books that it sells at each of its seven locations, including the La Jolla store at 7850 Girard Ave. The selection includes toys made from recycled milk containers and organic materials, books about the natural world printed with 98 percent post-consumer recycled materials and puzzles made from sustainable resources that feature endangered wildlife and their habitats. Prices for the green projects range from $2.99 to $99.99. Gepetto’s will open an eighth location at Flower Hill Promenade in Del Mar on May 1, with a grand opening party taking place on site from 11:08 a.m. to 3:08 p.m. Eight percent of sales that day will be donated to charity.