Slater’s 50/50 Backyard Brewfest

Not great. Poor service. Looks run down and dirty tables. Not impressed with food either. Was very disappointed

It’s closed, no lights, no sign. Sorry it’s gone, food was good.

This place is awesome! Half beef and half bacon burger. Great concept. Lots of tvs and everyone on staff was super friendly. Our server Leia was great. All smiles and super helpful and patient. I’ll be back.

Leia is simply amazing. We always come here for the GREAT Friendly service and delicious food!!! I love slaters ⁵⁰⁄₅₀!!!

Love the ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ burger big selection of beer. Fries were hot when they came out. Service was great. Highly recommend.

First Time Here. Friendly Staff knowledgable of there food products and drinks. 100 beers on tap… Food and drinks were delicious… A Must place to try. Great burgers. I was satisfied. Great Place

I have to say I do’t know what the big deal is, ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ had only a hint flavor of bacon. Maybe I put way too much toppings on but was not flavorful. Also the bitch waitress gave one of my two male friends more attention because he was better looking (I care for them both equally). Service was another let down.

The beer is pretty good. The food not so much. No way I am coming back after having their burgers. The taste was beyond mediocre. Not worth the price by any means.

I have to say the people at Slaters ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ toook a admirable position after I wrote a poor review and asked me to try again as their guest. I went in September 7^th, for dinner with my wife and son. The service was much much better. The waiter we had was very nice and courteous, very professional. The food was brought out hot this time and cooked right. I had the flagship 50/​50, my son customized and my wife had the sriracha burger. My was fine, son’s was ok. My wifes was a DISASTER (I put a pic up, you will see if look up the restaurant). There was no patty, it was like a sloppy joe. The waiter said it wasn’t right, The manager was nice, but he wasn’t sure what it should look like. He offer do another but wife had lost her appetite
They do stand behind their food, I will give them that, they took the uneaten burger off our already on the house meal.
Too bad I like the concept.

Just going back with the food we got to go. It was all cold and hubby’s turkey burger tasted weird. Got our money back but would have much rather had good food and no trip back especially since we are both suffering from a cold. That’s why we got it to go in the first place.
This place is just not consistent. Sometimes it’s good and other times I’ve sent my burger back 2 – 3 times. We won’t be going back after this last fiasco.

Love this place! We don’t have relative visits without showing off our favorite burger joint.

This beer festival is as good as it gets!
Unlimited beer samples and Slater ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ food samples, you can’t go wrong. Definitely worth the price of admission. The DJ added to atmosphere of the festival, which we enjoyed.
I liked that you received a pint glass on the way out, instead of the small glass sample glass that could be easily dropped and broken during the festival.
I was also glad to see one of my new favorites, Bottle Logic, serving up Leche Mole and Double Actuator.
Keep up the good work Slaters and breweries!

Let me get the bad thing out of the way that I think can be better.
*Small plastic cups for beer
*If you don’t drink beer or is allergic to peanuts, then you can only have pretzels and the B’B’B Bacon burger here. (I love craft beer, but I brought a non beer drinker)
*More food would be nice.
*Special release beer don’t start until 2:45 or later
*I came at 1:30, I left at 2:30 because I was hungry
*I did not see the Hard Cider booth from Reverend Nat
Here are the good things:
*Parking wasn’t as bad as I thought
*Check in was fast and easy (Thanks for the tix OCBeer Blog)
*Once inside, plenty of seating were available.
*The BBB burger was delicious (thumbs up) the PB&J was not cooked well
*Beer choices were plenty
*My favorite was the Cismontane Rye IPA (I voted on my way out, not Unilocal booth)
*Nice to see some new up and coming brew places (I got to meet Oceanside Ale Works, nice folks, the Dudes, Hoparazzi)
*Port o potty were plenty
*Benefits Boys and Girls Club, 4H club
I was here last year as well, I would have to say last year was a bit better. Better in term of number of beer vendors and better in term of more food and more choices of food. I got to meet Scott last year as well. In addition, I remembered Chapter One Modern Local was there last year serving some appetizers. I also remembered a chocolate brownie that was out of the park and went great with a stout.
Definitely come here as a beer lover, you won’t be disappointed. Don’t come hungry and expect to have a balanced diet here. Perhaps a liquid diet. The glasses on the way out were nice, just wished we could’ve used a smaller version of that for tasting.

Yes a great beer event! It was a lovely day, wish for next year: more tables and chairs… And perhaps a food offering of another burger and another side (fries??!) thanks for the über credit… We had a great time tried 31 beers and met great folks

Thank you Unilocal & Ryan C. for my comp tix to this fantastic event! Unilocal had a booth set up with free Unilocal goodies with a check-​in. There was also a gigantic Jenga setup. It was entertaining to watch people compete & it seemed to draw in a huge crowd! Also, at the Unilocal booth guests were able to vote for their favorite beer to determine the champion of this year’s Backyard Brewfest!
We got to sample beer from SoCal’s best and newest breweries as well as some special out of town guests, which included: Allagash, Ballast Point, Bottle Logic (which I was most excited to try), Cismontane, Ensenada (currently only brewed in Mexico, but will be coming to the U.S. soon), Hangar 24, Tap It, and Rough Draft to name a few.
It seems like everywhere we turned we heard people talking about the Grapefruit Sculpin India Pale Ale with Grapefruit Rind brewed by Ballast Point. We also agreed that this beer was unique with it’s hints of apricot, peach, mango and lemon flavors. Another beer that stood out for me was the Horchata Obscura Porter by Ensenada Brewing Co. It has slight cinnamon & vanilla notes. I was excited to try the brews at Bottle Logic. All three brews we tried did not disappoint & the staff was super friendly! Honestly, everything we sampled was good in it’s own way. It was hard to pick a favorite.
Slater’s ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ offered the B’ B’ B’ BACON BURGER, which is their famous ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ patty with bacon, American cheese, sunny side up egg, thick cut bacon and bacon island dressing on a bacon pretzel bun. This burger was ridiculously good & juicy! We also sampled the PEANUT BUTTER & JELLOUSY, which is an all natural, ground beef patty topped with thick cut bacon, creamy peanut butter and strawberry jelly on a honey wheat bun. I wasn’t feelin’ this one because of it’s overwhelming sweetness. The BUFFALO CHICKEN MAC ‘N’ CHEESE was bangin’! It’s made with a three-​cheese alfredo sauce, buffalo chicken bites, chopped celery, topped with blue cheese crumbles and a toasted Cheez-​It crust! This paired perfectly with the beers we were sampling! For dessert, Slater’s offered their ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ BACON BLONDIE, which is two stacked brown sugar-​vanilla blondies with a creamy peanut butter frosting and candied bacon, served á la mode. This beast looked ridiculously good, but I don’t crave sweets when I’m drinking beer so I took a pic of it, but didn’t actually try it.
Über had a booth setup and were offering a $ 50 credit for creating an account with them. They also offered a bunch of goodies, including keychains, coffee mugs, sunglasses & pens!
The weather was perfect for the outdoor event. There were a good amount of tables for people to take breaks & sit down real quick to eat their food before moving on to more beer sampling. Upon leaving the event, attendees were given a free Slater’s ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ commemorative tasting pint glass.
The proceeds from the event went to a good cause, the Boys & Girls Club of Lake Forest, 4 H Superstars, Soroptimist and South County Outreach.
This was an awesome event! I’m so looking forward to next year! Thanks again Unilocal for the hookup!

The beer selection was fantastic! I also loved getting to sample some of Slater’s best recipes. I will definitely add this event to my calendar for next year.