Exporting the Craft
via Antenna America’s Facebook page (Japan) 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...
View ArticleBrews in the News September 2014
Our September 2014 issue is out around town and available online! Check it out by clicking here. Busy Times @ Twisted Manzanita In addition to putting the finishing touches on their Pacific Beach...
View ArticleSan Diegan Brewers Earn 14 Medals at the 2014 Great American Beer Festival
Ballast Point Brewing Co. (photo courtesy of The Brewing Network) San Diegan brewers earned fourteen medals at the 2014 Great American Beer Festival; 5 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 6 bronze medals...
View ArticleRecent San Diego Beer News Roundup
We’re only halfway through the month but October 2014 has been one of the busiest months in San Diego beer to date. Here’s a glimpse of everything that’s been going on. The Virginia Connection In...
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 ArticleGreen Flash Acquires Alpine Beer Company
via Press Release: At Alpine Beer Company this morning, Green Flash founders, Mike and Lisa Hinkley and Alpine Beer Company founders, Pat and Val McIlhenney announced that their breweries will join...
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 ArticleQualcomm Stadium: It’s Time To Embrace San Diego Craft Beer
Chargers game at Qualcomm Stadium (image source: Wikipedia) The future of food and beverage concessions at Qualcomm Stadium will soon be up for a vote at San Diego City Hall, giving local craft beer...
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 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 ArticleCityBeat’s Best of SD
Today San Diego CityBeat released its annual Best of San Diego issue, with the redesigned Tom Ham’s Lighthouse receiving a mini-feature. Then in the Readers Poll sections, several San Diego beer...
View ArticleSan Diego Beer Week 2015: Publisher’s Picks
Each year, San Diego Beer Week arrives and rains down a myriad of events. Like a Vegas buffet, planning and strategy are key. Otherwise, you’ll end up asleep somewhere and missing out on the fun. This...
View Article15 in ’15: Best of San Diego Beer 2015
One of our main missions at West Coaster is to showcase the talented humans and businesses that create the San Diego brewing community. For this feature, we asked our readers for help. The 15 in ‘15...
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 ArticleGreen Flash Acquires Alpine Beer Company
via Press Release: At Alpine Beer Company this morning, Green Flash founders, Mike and Lisa Hinkley and Alpine Beer Company founders, Pat and Val McIlhenney announced that their breweries will join...
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 ArticleQualcomm Stadium: It’s Time To Embrace San Diego Craft Beer
The future of food and beverage concessions at Qualcomm Stadium will soon be up for a vote at San Diego City Hall, giving local craft beer enthusiasts a chance to be heard in the public process. If...
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...
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