Eureka

Lost Coast Brewery: Great Beer on the Lost Coast of California

Lost Coast Brewery & Cafe is nominated for a Luxist Award for Best Brew Pub

On California's northern coastline, the mountains along the Pacific are so rugged and steep that Route 1 veers back inland in order to avoid the treachery. Along this stretch, known as the Lost Coast, the towns have names like Shelter Cove and Petrolia. Route 1 finally finds the ocean once again in Eureka – home of the Luxist-nominated Lost Coast Brewery.

The brew pub offers weary travelers a delicious break from the winding roads that likely conveyed them to Eureka. Proprietors Barbara Groom, a former pharmacist, and Wendy Pound, a former family counselor, gained their expertise by sampling pubs in the British Isles in the 1980s. They returned to the U.S. and purchased the Pythian Castle, a century-old edifice in Eureka, from the Fraternal Order of the Knights of Pythias and started Lost Coast Brewery in 1990.

Gallery: The Lost Coast Brewery and Cafe

Lost Coast's offerings include Alleycat Amber, a caramel-flavored ale with a dash of medium-bodied malts and hops; Downtown Brown, a nutty ale with a hint of hops and roasted malts; Great White, a citrusy beer with unmalted wheat, barley and a "secret blend" of herbs. For those more interested in solid nourishment, there's a wide selection of seafood, burgers, vegetarian fare and other victuals in Lost Coast's café.

Boosted by a banner year in 2005 that saw 24,000 barrels of beer produced, Lost Coast moved into an even larger building down the road. It's currently the 46^th-largest brewery in the U.S., and distributes beer in 19 different states

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A Tent with Power Outlets to Keep Your Gadgets Going

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Gadgets

Die-hard campers will think this gadget is for sissies, but I think it's outrageously handy for the majority of "casual" camping types. Whether there are some creature comforts you just can't live without or you simply need some light for a card game on a rainy day, the Eureka N!ergy tent will take care of it with three 12 volt power outlets handy for plugging in everything from a fan to a reading light, or even a laptop computer. However you will need the Eureka E Power Pak (which is sold separately) to make it all work.

The Eureka N!ergy tent comes in three different sizes, the middle size (8 person/3 season) sells for $199.90.

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