On a very hot Saturday, October 10, 2015,  Rancho Bernardo Sunrise Rotary Club held their second annual IPA Tasting Festival called Rancho BEERnardo.  Members converged on the Sikes Adobe Farmstead venue at 7 pm to begin the setup of the site.  By noon all of tables, chairs, the stage for the bands, the beer items and the shade tents for the guests and beern and food vendors were in place. A horseshoe game was also set up as a fundraising activity.
 
By the beginning of the event at 2 pm., a crowd had already gathered.  Many were guests who attended and enjoyed last year's Rancho BEERnardo event at this same location.  Throughout the next three hours the over 425 people who attended this year were able to choose from 50 IPA beer offerings from 19 different local craft breweries.  Food this year was supplied by three Rancho Bernardo Restaurants, The Barrel Room, The Urge Gastro Pub and the Brothers Provisions.  Volunteer beer pourers came from club members and volunteers from the Rancho Bernardo chapter of the American Association of University Women, a group that holds a girls science camp at UCSD that RB Sunrise supports.
 
 
Despite the heat that caused a dropoff of last minute ticket sales, everyone seemed to again enjoy this event. In fact, the band that was playing at the end was having so much fun that they played for 20 minutes past the closing of the event at 5 pm.  
 
This year's event had a greater number of sponsors, a greater number of breweries who participated and raised over $45,000, a significant increase over last year. We have feedback and a thank you letter that tells us that everyone enjoyed this event and are telling their friends so they can enjoy it together next year.
 
Many members and other volunteer again worked very hard to dismantle all of the tables, chairs, shade tents and any other things so that by 7 pm the site was restored so that the museum and site was ready for the Farmers Market that is held there on Sunday.