Brews in the News 8/13
“Just like the universe, we’re expanding. All the time.” That’s how Randy Clemens from Stone Brewing Co. started a recent blog post covering the ground breaking ceremony of Stone Packaging Hall, a...
View ArticleExporting the Craft
Shawn DeWitt now knows what it feels like to be a rock star. On a recent trip to Japan, the co-founder and director of brewery operations for Coronado Brewing Company was in a beer bar when the owner...
View ArticleSan Diego Beer Week 2014 – Publisher’s Picks
Kegs have been hoarded, tap lines cleaned, and lineups finalized. It’s go time in the San Diego beer world. Lots of hard work has gone into this 6th incarnation of the 10 day confederation of beer...
View ArticleThe 14 in ’14: Best of San Diego Beer
In past years, West Coaster ran a feature covering who we thought would be the movers and shakers of the upcoming year. Now, for 2014, we’ve opened up the feature to our readers by way of an online...
View ArticleBagby Opens With a Bang
March 28th was a near perfect day in North County, San Diego, and there was a clear excitement in the air at Bagby Beer Company in Oceanside. Brewers and volunteers were busy running back and forth...
View ArticleThe Brazilian Connection
Tiago Carneiro and José Felipe Carneiro of Wäls Brewing Brazil’s Wäls Brewing first landed on our radar at the 2014 World Beer Cup in Denver. There, Tiago Carneiro and José Felipe Carneiro were two of...
View ArticleComing up: Brew & Food Festival 8/29
Brew & Food Festival is an immersive craft beer and culinary experience managed and produced by the event innovators at Motley Brews on behalf of San Diego Coastkeeper. Standing apart from your...
View ArticleHamiltons 9th Anniversary Continues
There aren’t many beer drinkers in San Diego who haven’t heard of Hamiltons Tavern. Its vocal publican Scot Blair — an instructor in SDSU’s Business of Craft Beer program — has helped push the local...
View ArticleThe Eleven Best Beers of SDBW Guild Fest 2016
San Diego Beer Week (henceforth known as SDBW because I’m not getting paid by the word) is upon us and I have already passed my first hurdle – the annual Guild Fest at Port Pavilion on Broadway Pier....
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