Dionysus raises pint to eight years in business
Eight is great for Dionysus Brewing Co. The local brewery is celebrating its eighth year in business on Saturday with a celebration featuring special brews, live music and food trucks.
Dionysus opened in 2016 with five beers on tap. Heading into a saturated craft beer scene, it aimed to stand out with a focus on sours and barrel-aged beer.
These days its offerings include beers like Rose Sauvage, an American sour ale aged in oak with raspberries, and Arcadian, a Brett saison aged in tequila barrels with citrus, as well as hard seltzers and beer slushies.
Beer lovers will have plenty to celebrate on Saturday with Guava Paradise, a sour ale with guava and ginger, which will be available on tap and in cans to go.
The brewery will also serve new barley wine along with its other brews, michelada flights, beer slushies and hard seltzers.
Food trucks Bucky’s Hot Chicken and Oh, Boy! Po’boy will be set up serving plenty of snacks to enjoy all day.
Local band Dancing Tommy will perform from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
The fun runs from noon to 9 p.m. Saturday at the brewery, 6201 Schirra Court, Suite 13. Visit @dionysusbrewing on Instagram for more details.
Also on tap for the brewery is a hot new expansion. Soon it will launch the first in a line of Dionysus Hot Sauces.
These unique hot sauces can be paired with your food, micheladas and beer slushies.
The first flavor released will be Citrus Tears, a habanero citrus hot sauce with carrots, garlic and other spices that will be perfect on chicken and shrimp.
Follow @dionysushotsauce on Instagram for updates.
CHEERS TO A HOME RUN
Speaking of beer, Visit Bakersfield is offering local beer lovers a chance to win Los Angeles Dodgers tickets for four.
Up for grabs is a fourpack of tickets to a Los Angeles Dodgers home game ($600 value) this season.
In the contest that opened Thursday, those who have (or download) the Bakersfield Kern County Brewery Trail Pass just need to check in at one of the 10 participating locations via the app to enter.
Each check-in made now through 3 p.m. April 15 is another chance to win.
Participating locations are Crusader Brewing (5880 District Blvd., Suite 18), Temblor Brewing Co. (3200 Buck Owens Blvd., Suite 200), all three Lengthwise Brewing Co. locations (9000 Ming Ave., 7700 District Blvd. and 2900 Calloway Drive), Bakersfield Beer Co. (6201 Schirra Court, Suite 11), Beer Billy’s (4208 Rosedale Highway, Suite 207 and 208) and Off the Rails (1517 18th St.) in Bakersfield; Black Gold Brewing (508 Center St.) in Taft; Kern River Brewing Co. (13415 Sierra Way) in Kernville; and Local Craft Beer (365 Enterprise Way, Suite G) in Tehachapi.
The winner will be drawn on April 15 and will be contacted by email.
Checking in with the Brewery Trail Pass also allows you to earn points toward winning a custom Brewery Trail t-shirt or pint glass. Participants must earn 800 points (100 per visit) to win these prizes.
HOT OFF THE PRESSES!
Saturday is National Hot Chicken Day, which can be celebrated at any number of hot chicken spots in town.
If you’d like a deal, though, head to Angry Chickz, which is offering discounted chicken sliders.
From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., enjoy $3 chicken sliders in store.
Angry Chickz is located at 5041 Gosford Road, Suite 300.