Ryan Lamb

March is Women's History Month, and many local beer businesses are getting in the spirit with female-focused events. Tonight at Stone Liberty Station is the Beer U: Women & Brewing event, … [Read more...] about Women in Beer Events

This afternoon we visited Saint Archer Brewing Company in Miramar to speak with head brewer Kim Lutz about canning, Europe trips and more... Saint Archer is getting ready for its first canning run. … [Read more...] about Q&A w/ Saint Archer’s Kim Lutz

At the Rip Current one-year anniversary party on Saturday, AleSmith Brewing Company owner Peter Zien told West Coaster that big expansion plans are underway... By January 1, 2015, Zien and the team … [Read more...] about AleSmith: Expanding

West Coaster invites you to check out the debut of our new "Behind the Brew" video series featuring Ballast Point Sculpin IPA! The production team was headed by Sheldon Kaplan, creator of Suds … [Read more...] about “Behind the Brew” Video Series Debut

Tonight is officially the third anniversary of Ciro's Pizzeria & Beerhouse in Pacific Beach. The last three nights have seen a food pairing dinner featuring Bourbon County Brand Stout, a Dogfish … [Read more...] about Ciro’s Birthday Week Continues

Churchill's Renaissance & Beer Release Up in San Marcos soaked suds seekers will be camping out Friday night for a chance to get their hands on Churchill's Finest Hour, an annual creation by The … [Read more...] about Super Rare Saturday

Over three sessions this past weekend 555 beers were judged for the annual America's Finest City homebrew competition by local club QUAFF. Scoring the beers were some serious heavyweights, including … [Read more...] about America’s Finest City Competition Winners

Culture turns 1 (2/21-22) The Solana Beach brewery will celebrate their first year in business with two days of events this weekend. Friday will see the first-time release of four different … [Read more...] about Anniversary Parties Coming Up

The Bistro’s Double IPA festival began in 2000, and has since become one of the staple events of San Francisco Beer Week. Two San Diego breweries, listed in bold below, received plaudits: Double … [Read more...] about Winners: The Bistro Double IPA Fest

Craft beer establishments are starting to spread into zip codes that had previously been barren, or close to it. Two examples include newly-opened neighborhood spot The Ugly Dog -- located at 6344 … [Read more...] about New College Area Pub: The Ugly Dog