Bacon cooked in beer, moonshine milkshakes, and so much music

By Sara Norris

Published on 5/16/2013 at 3:00 AM

Bacon at the Aztec Brewing Bacon and Brews competition in San Diego.

Event of the Week: The 2nd Annual Bacon & Brews is happening at Aztec Brewing. Teams will be competing for prizes by creating dishes with bacon as the main ingredient. Find out what happens when bacon and beer combine...
Thursday, May 16th As if San Diego needed another reason to drink beer, it’s American Craft Beer Week! Stone Brewing is celebrating with 12 casks of Stone brews that will be tapped simultaneously at 445p by 12 brewers with 12 mallets, and there's a national toast happening at 5p. Don't miss the chance to raise a glass with the entire country...
Friday, May 17th Solare is hosting a Forteleza Tequila Dinner starting at 7p. They’ll be pairing their Italian fare like coffee-encrusted pistachio pork filetto and Pacific scallop carpaccio with some Forteleza selections. Reserve your seat at the table for some multi-cultural boozing…
Saturday, May 18th The North Park Festival of Arts is happening at University and 30th with six stages of music, a craft beer block with 25 local breweries, and, of course, there’ll be some art. Ride your bike. They’ll valet it for you. Cruise an entire block of beer
Seven Grand and whiskey connoisseur Clarke Boyer are hosting The Art of Whiskey Tasting three times today, featuring award-winning whiskies and Scotches. Let Clarke show you why whiskey is so good...
Tuesday, May 21st Barley Mash is turning one year old, and they’re throwing themselves a birthday bash with DJ Jazzy Jeff spinning live starting at 9p. Shake the room with DJ Jazzy Jeff, because that's the closest you'll probably ever get to Will Smith...
El Dorado is bringing in a killer Function One sound system to host a Daft Punk listening party with 3 DJs playing the highly anticipated Random Access Memories album in its entirety. Stay up all night to get lucky...
Ongoing Every Sunday from 9a-3p, Chaplos is hosting a BYOB (build your own brunch) with the typical brunch staples like pancakes and eggs, but also chilaquiles and a fresh ceviche bar. The Kelis is also on the menu, a boozy milkshake made with Catdaddy Moonshine. Start your Sunday Funday here...