Stone Brewing – including the Stone Brewing World Bistros & Gardens in Liberty Station – Mike Hess Brewing in Ocean Beach and AleSmith Brewing Co. will partner with Girl Scouts San Diego in February for the third annual Cookies on Tap event for adults. For details and locations, go to www.sdgirlscouts.org-cookies-on-tap. Held during National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend (Friday-Sunday, Feb. 24-26), Cookies on Tap will pair craft beer with America’s favorite cookies. Flights will be priced at $15 for five Girl Scout Cookies and five beers.
During 2017, Girl Scouts across the U.S. are celebrating 100 years of selling their iconic cookies. In addition, local members, alumnae and friends of Girl Scouts San Diego are observing a century of Girl Scouting in our city.
The participating brewers will donate a portion of the Cookies on Tap proceeds to Girl Scouts San Diego for programs, financial assistance, and Operation Thin Mints, a local Girl Scout program that sends “a taste of home and a note to show we care” to deployed military troops. Since Operation Thin Mints originated here in 2002, generous San Diegans have donated more than 2.7 million boxes of Girl Scout Cookies to U.S. service members around the world. Cookies on Tap customers will have an opportunity to write notes of support to accompany the cookies overseas.
For its first-time participation in Cookies on Tap, 100 Years of Cookies AleSmith Brewing Company will pair lemon Savannah Smiles with X (an extra-pale ale), shortbread Trefoils with Lil’ Devil (Belgian-style pale ale), peanut butter and chocolate Tagalongs with Nut Brown (English-style brown ale), Thin Mints with English-style Robust Porter, and chocolate and coconut Samoas with Speedway Stout (Russian imperial stout with coffee). The tasting room is at 9990 AleSmith Court (formerly Empire Street) in Miramar.
Stone Brewing’s pairs include Savannah Smiles with Stone Go To IPA, Thin Mints with Stone Coffee Milk Stout, Trefoils with Stone Ripper, Samoas with Stone Pataskala Red X Double IPA, and Tagalongs with Stone Give Me Stout or Give Me Death. Stone Brewing locations participating Friday through Sunday are 1202 Kettner Blvd. in downtown San Diego and 310 N. Tremont St. in Oceanside. On Saturday, Feb. 25 only, the Stone Brewing World Bistros & Gardens at Liberty Station (2816 Historic Decatur) and Escondido (1999 Citracado Parkway) and the Stone Brewing Tap Room at Petco Park (795 J Street) will also participate in Cookies on Tap.
Mike Hess Brewing returns to Cookies on Tap for a third year. Chief brewing officer Mike Hess – a retired naval officer – calls Cookies on Tap “a great opportunity to support a great cause.”
Hess will match the brand new, marshmallowy chocolate and graham Girl Scout S’mores cookie with Coffee Grazias Cream Ale. Other Hess cookie/beer combos include Trefoils with 8 West Orange Honey Wheat, Savannah Smiles with Session IPA, Thin Mints with Deception Black IPA and Samoas with Umbrix Rye Imperial Stout. Mike Hess Brewing is located at 3812 Grim Avenue in North Park, 7955 Silverton Avenue in Miramar, and 4893 Voltaire St. in Ocean Beach. Those who visit all three Hess Brewing locations and have a bartender at each sign their flight cards can receive a Hess patch.
“Cookies on Tap is an experience adults won’t want to miss!” says Girl Scouts San Diego CEO Carol M. Dedrich. “Event proceeds will help us provide exciting and relevant programs for nearly 23,000 local girls and treat our military troops far from home.”
The Girl Scout Cookie Program continues until March 12. San Diegans are predicted to purchase more than 2.5 million boxes from local Girl Scouts. To locate the nearest booth, download the Cookie Finder app at www.sdgirlscouts.org.
All Girl Scout Cookie Program proceeds stay in San Diego to fund troop activities and service projects, events, camps, volunteer training and financial aid for more than 35,000 girl and adult members.
