Feast with Yeast at White Labs in Miramar

White Labs is a major supplier of brewer's yeast, and also operates a unique brewery and tasting room in Miramar.

March 4, 2020 6 AM PT

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Micro: A major supplier of brewer’s yeast, White Labs also operates a unique brewery and tasting room. Sip beers made with identical ingredients — try, for instance, the barleywines — except for the microscopic yeast.

So?: Different yeast strains impart distinct flavors and aromas. California ale yeast gives White Labs’ barleywine notes of citrus zest, strawberries and toffee; London ale yeast reorients this beer toward cherry, caramel and honey flavors.

Know: Tasting room opens daily at noon and closes 6 p.m. Sundays; 8 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays; and 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

9495 Candida St., Miramar, whitelabs.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.

Feast with Yeast at White Labs in Miramar

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