Have a 'milkshake' with Mikkeller Brewing San Diego

Vanilla Shake is on tap at Mikkeller San Diego's two locations in Miramar (pictured) and Little Italy.

Jan. 30, 2020 6:15 AM PT

Beer: Beer Geek Vanilla Shake

From: Mikkeller Brewing San Diego

Why: Even before opening his San Diego brewery in 2016, Danish brewer Mikkel Borg Bjergsø was renowned for his Beer Geek Breakfast beers, a line of imperial stouts. The vanilla shake edition is sweet and creamy, with a hop nip keeping it from getting too sticky. This is a strong beer, so enjoy with someone you love and trust.

Geek out: 13 percent alcohol by volume.

Seek out: 16-ounce cans are available at some of the area’s better bottle shops, while Vanilla Shake has been on tap at Mikkeller’s tap rooms in Little Italy (2021 India St.) and Miramar (9366 Cabot Dr.), mikkellersd.com.

Peter Rowe

Peter joined The San Diego Union-Tribune in 1984. A native Californian who grew up in Encinitas, Rowe is a graduate of UC Berkeley and Northwestern University. He is past president of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists and a former Fulbright scholar. He has won a few journalism awards, but would trade them all for a chance to avenge his 1994 “Jeopardy!” loss. Married to a terrific woman who has saved him from errors in writing and in life, he has three sons. At the U-T, Rowe writes profiles and features and is even paid to review beers, which hardly seems fair.

Have a ‘milkshake’ with Mikkeller Brewing San Diego