Knotty Barrel in San Diego
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844 Market Street
San Diego, CA 92101
619-269-7156
www.knottybarrel.com
Monday - Thursday 11am-midnight
Friday & Saturday 11am-2am
Sunday 11am-midnight
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AleSmith’s interpretation of this classic English-style ale is smooth, dark, and rich. A variety of specialty malts produce a brilliant dark brown color and a wonderful malt complexity. A light dose of East Kent Goldings and Styrian Goldings hops from England balance the malt sweetness without adding bitterness to the flavor profile. Reintrodcued at AleSmith in 2002, Nut Brown Ale has quickly become one of our most popular beers. Rich chocolate malt flavors create complexity and drinkability in this classic English-style Nut Brown ale. Although dark in color, Nut Brown Ale is an extremely easy drinking, relatively low alcohol beer.
Traditional Belgian wheat style beer. Brewed with a generous portion of wheat and spiced with coriander and Curacao orange peel, this beer is fruity, refreshing and slightly cloudy in appearance.
A fairly substantial English dark ale with restrained roasty characteristics.
A pale, spicy, fruity, refreshing wheat-based ale.
Introduced nationally in 1982, Bud Light is brewed with a malt and hops ratio different from Budweiser for a distinctively crisp taste with fewer calories.
An ale brewed with apple cider and spiced. A positive combination of Fuji cider, slow-roasted farro, a bit of cayenne and fresh cilantro. This beer part of our Music Series of beers... this one is an amalgamation of hip-hop, beer, cider and a DIY culinary experience! Sam and Dan the Automator of Deltron 3030 teamed up to create Positive Contact, based on Dan's favorite ingredients and Dogfish Head's innovative brewing practices. Named after a key track on the first album, Positive Contact is a 9% ABV hybrid of beer and cider brewed with wood-pressed Fuji apples, roasted farro, a handful of cayenne peppers and a late dose of fresh cilantro. This sweet-and-sour Belgian-ish brew is a light straw color with fruity, cider-like notes. The cayenne and alcohol give it a warming finish. For the inaugural release (2012), the beer was packaged in a dynamic box set of six 750-ml champagne bottles, with a 10-inch vinyl EP of four new Deltron 3030 remixes created exclusively for this project, and a list of Deltron 3030-inspired recipes from a small group of renowned chefs. Subsequent releases did not include the vinyl or recipes.
Belgian Golden Strong Ale 6.8%
Brouwerij Duvel Moortgat, Breendonk-Puurs, Belgium
Created by the Moortgat family, bottled Duvel is one of Belgium’s favorite ales. The secret of its success lies in using only best-quality ingredients, and in the well-balanced, very specific, complex brewing and refermentation process that takes over 90 days. After brewing and first fermentation – which takes about 30 days – the beer is tasted by the brewmaster and his staff. At this stage this beer is called “single-fermented.” Typical Duvel flavors and aromas are already emerging, but the beer is lower in alcohol and carbonation, and the taste is slightly lighter and crisper.
Imperial IPA 8.2%
Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co., Buellton, CA
Hurricane Deck IPA is an aggressive IPA designed with hopheads in mind. We blend four hops, Columbus, Centennial, Chinook and Cascade, to recreate the ruggedness and intensity of the Trail. The higher alcohol content and skillful use of specialty malts emphasize the clean, crisp hop character.
Specialty Beer 5.0%
Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Paso Robles, CA
A harmonious marriage of ingredients, processes and beer. The key attributes of the underlying style (if declared) will be atypical due to the addition of special ingredients or techniques; do not expect the base beer to taste the same as the unadulterated version.
A decidedly hoppy and bitter, moderately strong American pale ale.
A deep reddish, moderately strong, malty, complex Belgian ale.
Resinous hop characteristics emerge from an enormous hopping with Columbus, Nugget and Amarillo overtaking the rich caramel malt base. To add luscious hop flavors and enticingly floral hop aromas, we dry-hop the brew with bucket loads of Amarillo hops. Welcome to the world of Red IPA.
Sharp like a Saison. Less perfumey than some examples of the Kölsch style, and certainly a more robust mouthfeel with a hint of lemongrass. Crisp and refreshing.
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Premium American Lager 4.6%
Kona Brewing Company, Kailua-Kona, HI
Refreshing and thirst quenching, although generally more filling than standard/lite versions.
An intensely hoppy, very strong pale ale without the big maltiness and/or deeper malt flavors of an American barleywine. Strongly hopped, but clean, lacking harshness, and a tribute to historical IPAs. Drinkability is an important characteristic; not a heavy, sipping beer.
A decidedly hoppy and bitter, moderately strong American pale ale.
A delicious vanilla porter inspired by the melting pot that is America. Loosely based on an English porter but spiced up with whole vanilla beans from Mexico and Madagascar, it’s a deep, rich brown with a mocha head and plenty of luscious vanilla notes in the nose. The flavors are sweet chocolates, spices and smooth cream with just a hint of hoppy bitterness and enough kick to know this is no ordinary porter.
With the color of a pilsner and the character of an ale, our blonde settles into the realm of restorative. Endowed with an authentic Kolsch yeast strain for a peck of fruitiness that compliments the blend of noble hops. Lager-like with its delicate dryness, it really is redolent of ales from Koln, Germany.
An intensely flavored, big, dark ale. Roasty, fruity, and bittersweet, with a noticeable alcohol presence. Dark fruit flavors meld with roasty, burnt, or almost tar-like sensations. Like a black barleywine with every dimension of flavor coming into play.
Rare Vos is flemmish for "Sly Fox," and the name of one of Brussels’ great cafes. It has a sweetly fruity malt character and yeasty spiciness. A fine dose of yeast permits the beer to mature and mellow in the bottle.
Brace yourself, bereaved fans of Stone 11th Anniversary Ale, for your joyous new day has finally come! It?s like your first crush?you know, the one who broke your heart when she/he decided to go to the junior prom with what?s-their-name?has suddenly come back to you to go for a cruise down the main drag on Friday night. It?s like?it?s like finding that long lost gold watch, given to you by your father, who got it from his father, who got it from his father. It?s like when your best buddy in the world, Sam the family dog, finally sauntered up the front porch steps one sunny afternoon after having been on a six-week runaway. Yes, it?s just like that. And it?s like this: A brilliantly hopped double IPA?providing a wake up call of floral and citrus aromas?backed up by a deliciously smooth and dark roasted maltiness. You get the best of both worlds with this black double IPA.
Strongly resembles a Strong Golden Ale but slightly darker and somewhat fuller-bodied. Usually has a more rounded malt flavor but should not be sweet.
Bottles/Cans of Craft Beer at Knotty Barrel - 70
$5.00 12 oz **Bottle**
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American Amber Ale 5.3%
Alaskan Brewing Company, Juneau, AK
INGREDIENTS -- Alaskan Amber is made from glacier-fed water and a generous blend of the finest quality European and Pacific Northwest hop varieties and premium two-row pale and specialty malts. Our water originates in the 1,500 square-mile Juneau Ice Field and the more than 90 inches of rainfall we receive each year.
$23.00 750 ml **Bottle**
Belgian Golden Strong Ale 11.0%
AleSmith Brewing Company, San Diego, CA
This is the AleSmith incarnation of a Belgian Strong Ale. Horny Devil is an authentic Belgian Style ale, from the Belgian candi sugar right down to the yeast, a Belgian strain from a Trappist monastery in Belgium. In addition to the malts, candi sugar and fresh hops, there is also a little added twist from coriander seeds, which impart a refreshing citrus flavor to an outstanding ale. Belgian ale lovers around the world have raved about Horny Devil, and you will too. Bright straw/light yellow color and good head formation and retention when properly served. Appealing Brussels lace. Intriguingly complex.
$23.00 750 ml **Bottle**
Russian Imperial Stout 12.0%
AleSmith Brewing Company, San Diego, CA
An intensely flavored, big, dark ale. Roasty, fruity, and bittersweet, with a noticeable alcohol presence. Dark fruit flavors meld with roasty, burnt, or almost tar-like sensations. Like a black barleywine with every dimension of flavor coming into play.
AleSmith X is our refreshing Extra Pale Ale. Pale Yellow color, bright white head. Aroma of fresh hops with notes of citrus and pine. Light bodied, smooth on the palate, with a dry finish and superb aftertaste.
$4.00 16 oz **Bottle**
Standard American Lager 5.0%
Anheuser-Busch, Inc., St. Louis, MO
Very refreshing and thirst quenching.
This is an aggressive beer. You probably won't like it. It is quite doubtful you have the taste or sophistication to be able to appreciate an ale of this quality or depth. We would suggest you stick to more familiar territory - maybe something with a multi-million dollar ad campaign aimed at convincing you it's made in a little brewery, or one that implies that its tasteless fizzy yellow beer will give you more sex appeal.
A truly authentic Belgian style wheat or “white” ale, this Rascal is unfiltered (yup, that’s yeast on the bottom) and cleverly spiced with coriander and Curaçao orange peel producing a refreshingly zesty classic ale. Food pairing: Spicy Thai or Mexican dishes provide a level of heat and spiciness required to balance the semi-sweet, citrus flavors found in White Rascal. Our favorites are pad thai, green curry, blackened codfish and ceviche.
A pale, spicy, fruity, refreshing wheat-based ale.
$10.00 22 oz **Bottle**
Robust Porter 6.0%
Ballast Point Brewing Company, San Diego, CA
Black Marlin is a rich, dark and chocolaty Porter with a distinctive American hop character. It is a great beer to go with hearty foods and is surprisingly one of the few beers that goes well with dessert. We also invite you to blend Black Marlin with Big Eye IPA for a treat we like to call the Black Eye.
$5.00 12 oz **Bottle**
Standard/Ordinary Bitter 5.0%
Bass Brewers Limited, Burton-on-Trent Staffordshire, England
Low gravity, low alcohol levels and low carbonation make this an easy-drinking beer. Some examples can be more malt balanced, but this should not override the overall bitter impression. Drinkability is a critical component of the style; emphasis is still on the bittering hop addition as opposed to the aggressive middle and late hopping seen in American ales.
$10.00 22 oz **Bottle**
American IPA 7.0%
Bear Republic Brewing Co., Healdsburg, CA
This hoppy American IPA is a full bodied beer brewed American pale and crystalmalts, and heavily hopped with Chinook, Cascade, Columbus and Centennial. There's a trophy in every glass.
$7.00 330 ml **Bottle**
Witbier 4.5%
Brasserie Lefebvre Sa, Belgium
A refreshing, elegant, tasty, moderate-strength wheat-based ale.
$11.00 330 ml **Bottle**
Flanders Brown Ale/Oud Bruin 5.5%
Brouwerij Bockor N.V., Bellegem-Kortrijk, Belgium
A malty, fruity, aged, somewhat sour Belgian-style brown ale.
A clean, well-attenuated, flavorful American lawnmower beer.
$6.00 12 oz **Bottle**
Saison 8.0%
Boulevard Brewing Company, Kansas City, MO
A refreshing, medium to strong fruity/spicy ale with a distinctive yellow-orange color, highly carbonated, well hopped, and dry with a quenching acidity.
Generally dry, full-bodied, austere.
$5.00 12 oz **Bottle**
Lager
Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma, Monterrey, Mexico
$10.00 330 ml **Bottle**
Belgian Dark Strong Ale 9.0%
Bieres De Chimay, Canada
A dark, very rich, complex, very strong Belgian ale. Complex, rich, smooth and dangerous.
A deep reddish, moderately strong, malty, complex Belgian ale.
Strongly resembles a Strong Golden Ale but slightly darker and somewhat fuller-bodied. Usually has a more rounded malt flavor but should not be sweet.
A premium light beer with 105 calories per 12-ounce serving.
Variable, but should be a medium, refreshing drink. Sweet ciders must not be cloying. Dry ciders must not be too austere. An ideal cider serves well as a “session” drink, and suitably accompanies a wide variety of food.
A golden, complex, effervescent, strong Belgian-style ale.
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Vienna Lager 5.0%
Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma, Monterrey, Mexico
Characterized by soft, elegant maltiness without being overly sweet.
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Belgian Blond Ale 8.5%
Brouwerij Duvel Moortgat, Breendonk-Puurs, Belgium
A moderate-strength golden ale that has a subtle Belgian complexity, slightly sweet flavor, and dry finish.
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American Amber Ale 9.8%
Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Paso Robles, CA
Like an American pale ale with more body, more caramel richness, and a balance more towards malt than hops (although hop rates can be significant).
Wild in character, with a slightly fruity aroma and a spicy yeast flavor that is as unique as it is satisfying – Matilda is an intriguing choice for beer and wine lovers alike. Dry and quenching, it’s the perfect accompaniment at the dining table or for casually socializing at the bar. - See more at: http://www.gooseisland.com/pages/matilda/25.php#sthash.RsnYrgNb.dpuf
A golden, complex, effervescent, strong Belgian-style ale.
Resinous hop characteristics emerge from an enormous hopping with Columbus, Nugget and Amarillo overtaking the rich caramel malt base. To add luscious hop flavors and enticingly floral hop aromas, we dry-hop the brew with bucket loads of Amarillo hops. Welcome to the world of Red IPA.
If Green Flash were founded in historical Belgium, Rayon Vert would have been our flagship brew. A bold layering of hops finds balance from traditional malts. Bottle conditioning with fresh ale yeast and Brettanomyces finishes the beer, adding a delightful effervescence, dryness and continuously evolving character. Rayon Vert is Green Flash.
Labatt's brew a pale ale base to which is added the unfermented but hopped Guinness wort extract. Guinness Extra Stout is brewed in Canada by Labatt under license from Arthur Guinness Son & Company.
A golden, complex, effervescent, strong Belgian-style ale.
A decidedly hoppy and bitter, moderately strong American pale ale.
A fruity, moderately malty, somewhat spicy, easy-drinking, copper-colored ale.
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Flanders Brown Ale/Oud Bruin 8.0%
Brouwerij Liefmans, Oudenaarde, Belgium
A malty, fruity, aged, somewhat sour Belgian-style brown ale.
Complex, fruity, pleasantly sour/acidic, balanced, pale, wheat-based ale fermented by a variety of Belgian microbiota. A lambic with fruit, not just a fruit beer.
A Beer Cloaked in Secrecy An ale whose mysterious and unusual palate will swirl across your tongue and ask more questions than it answers. A beer brewed clandestinely and given a name whose meaning is never revealed. Why #9? Why, indeed. A sort of dry, crisp, fruity, refreshing, not-quite pale ale. #9 is really impossible to describe because there’s never been anything else quite like it. Fermented with our 150 year old strain of top-fermenting English yeast.
A substantial, malty dark ale with a complex and flavorful roasted character.
With the color of a pilsner and the character of an ale, our blonde settles into the realm of restorative. Endowed with an authentic Kolsch yeast strain for a peck of fruitiness that compliments the blend of noble hops. Lager-like with its delicate dryness, it really is redolent of ales from Koln, Germany.
New Belgium employee-owners work in shifts to brew to life world-class beers. Those efforts are rewarded daily with a shared end-of-shift beer. We’re passing that welcomed occasion onto beer drinkers in this Shift Pale Lager. Think American pale ale meets American lager. It’s easy to drink, crisp and congratulatory. So, clock out and crack open a Nelson Sauvin-hopped Shift Pale Lager to reward your work. Or play. Or, if you’re like us, combine the two and surround yourself with drinking buddies
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Belgian Dark Strong Ale 9.8%
Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY
A dark, very rich, complex, very strong Belgian ale. Complex, rich, smooth and dangerous.
A refreshing, medium to strong fruity/spicy ale with a distinctive yellow-orange color, highly carbonated, well hopped, and dry with a quenching acidity.
A dark, very rich, complex, very strong Belgian ale. Complex, rich, smooth and dangerous.
An intensely flavored, big, dark ale. Roasty, fruity, and bittersweet, with a noticeable alcohol presence. Dark fruit flavors meld with roasty, burnt, or almost tar-like sensations. Like a black barleywine with every dimension of flavor coming into play.
Can be considered a bigger, maltier, hoppier interpretation of Northern English brown ale or a hoppier, less malty Brown Porter, often including the citrus-accented hop presence that is characteristic of American hop varieties.
A harmonious marriage of fruit and beer. The key attributes of the underlying style will be different with the addition of fruit; do not expect the base beer to taste the same as the unadulterated version. Judge the beer based on the pleasantness and balance of the resulting combination.
Refreshing and hoppy, yet with sufficient supporting malt.
An easy-drinking pint. Malt-focused with an initial sweetness and a roasted dryness in the finish
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Belgian Dark Strong Ale 10.5%
Brouwerij St. Bernardus, Watou, Belgium
A dark, very rich, complex, very strong Belgian ale. Complex, rich, smooth and dangerous.
Characterized by soft, elegant maltiness without being overly sweet.
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American IPA 10.8%
Stone Brewing Co., Escondido, CA
A decidedly hoppy and bitter, moderately strong American pale ale.
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5.0%
Brouwerij Timmermans-John Martin N.V., Dilbeek-Itterbeek, Belgium
$14.00 330 ml **Bottle**
Belgian Dark Strong Ale 11.3%
Brasserie De Rochefort, Belgium
A dark, very rich, complex, very strong Belgian ale. Complex, rich, smooth and dangerous.
$10.00 330 ml **Bottle**
Belgian Dark Strong Ale 7.5%
Brasserie De Rochefort, Belgium
A dark, very rich, complex, very strong Belgian ale. Complex, rich, smooth and dangerous.
$10.00 330 ml **Bottle**
Belgian Dark Strong Ale 9.2%
Brasserie De Rochefort, Belgium
A dark, very rich, complex, very strong Belgian ale. Complex, rich, smooth and dangerous.
Crisp, complex and well-rounded yet refreshing
This dark golden coloured ale hugs the palate with great intensity. Its malty aroma is complemented by the gentle nose of Banana. Its flavour unfolds with a sensual sparkle and a smart crispness, which balances its aroma perfectly. Tropically fruity; its ripe banana flavour, emphasised by a hint of bitterness, comes from the addition of real fair trade bananas and finishes with an emphatic, steely dryness.
A deep reddish, moderately strong, malty, complex Belgian ale.








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