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It can be easy to get lost in the labyrinthine trails of Nopalito Farm and Hopyard in northeast San Diego County. Hop farms are strangely evocative of oceanic kelp forests: fields filled with gently waving, upward-reaching verdant plants that can tower so high, they blot out the sun. But unlike the unsustainable and sometimes-violent mechanized kelp-dredging process, hop harvests are done delicately and by hand on small farms to ensure their perennial return.
On a recent trip into the Good Beer Hunting archives, I came across a quote that resonated with me. In his article on Brettanomyces Trois, my colleague Evan Rail wrote: “Set your time machine for five years and you’ll find yourself in a vastly different beer world.” As I read that, I thought, “Dammit—we’re exactly the same.”
Breathtaking views, long stretches of winding road, and too many food, beer and wine destinations to count; the Pacific Coast Highway has it all. According to stats from a travel survey AAA recently conducted, roughly 53 percent of the U.S. families taking vacation this year will be heading out on some kind of road trip. One of the best roads to be found anywhere in this wide country lies along the Pacific Coast.