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Night @ Jake’s on 6th Thursday, September 8th 6pm – 9pm Join brewers Daniel and Kamron Love of Mother Earth and try four of their beers ($4 pints or $8 flights): Los 4 Amigos Saison, Deuces Wild ESB, Hop Diggity Double IPA and Roundabout Chocolate Oatmeal Stout. The first 25 attendees receive a Mother Earth pint glass and a certificate for a “Free Beer on Jake’s on your next visit!” Call to ensure your spot: 619-291-9463.


San Diego Festival of Beer @


Columbia & B St. Friday, September 9th 6pm – 11pm Join more than 6,000 beer lovers at this 17th annual event benefitting local area cancer-fighting causes. $40 gets you 10 tasters from more than 70 breweries; extra taster tickets are available for purchase. For more info visit sdbeerfest.org


2nd Saturday featuring Ballast


Point @ Hamilton’s Tavern Saturday, September 10th 5pm – close What sounds better than a total tap-takeover by Ballast Point, complimentary food and Hamilton’s second to none beer-bar atmosphere? Munch on spit-roasted pig and all the fixings and ponder what beer to order next: Sculpin, Habanero Sculpin, Indra Kunindra, Abandon Ship 5g, Barmy 2009,


Bourbon Barrel Black Marlin, Brother Levonian Saison, Dorado Double IPA, Fathom India Pale Lager, Ginger Big Eye, Longfin Lager, BA Navigator, BA Piper Down, Reef Rye, BA Sea Monster, Sextant Stout (nitro), Sour Wench, BA Three Sheets, Tongue Buckler, BA Tongue Buckler, Tongue Monster, Victory at Sea, BA Victory at Sea (co2), Pale Ale, and Wahoo Wheat. Look forward to “dueling casks” of Reef Rye Brown Ale and Dorado Double IPA. Arrive early!


Beer University: Double IPAs @ Stone Brewing World Bistro &


Gardens Monday, September 12th 7pm – 9pm Sample some of the best Double IPAs available as Stone’s Beverage Supervisor and Certified Cicerone “Dr.” Bill Sysak leads guests through “the history and tasty variations of this decidedly big and bold So Cal classic.” Partial beer list: Russian River Pliny the Elder, Moylan’s Hopsickle Imperial Ale, Marin Eldridge Grade White Knuckle IPA, Kern River Citra DIPA, Avery The Maharaja, Baird / Ishii / Stone Japanese Green Tea IPA. Tickets are $25 at the Stone Company Store or online at brownpapertickets.com/event/193129


Brewers Dinner with Iron Fist


@ Local Habit Wednesday, September 14th 6:30pm –


9:30pm Local Habit Chef Nick Brune and Iron Fist Head Brewer Brandon Siemenski host a five-course pairing dinner at the new Hillcrest hotspot. First course: beets with shaved goat cheddar, marjoram and balsamic paired with Hired Hand Saison.


Second: duck breast confit with root vegetable slaw paired with Spice of Life Belgian Style Spiced Ale. Third: smoked paprika pork belly with Dubbel Fisted Caramel and bleu cheese sauce paired with Dubbel Fisted Abbey Style Dubbel. Fourth: IPA braised short ribs with pearl onions and tomato paired with The Gauntlet Imperial IPA on cask. Fifth: classic cheesecake with glazed carrot, raisin rum, and ancho chile-chocolate paired with Velvet Glove Stout with vanilla bean, allspice and nutmeg on cask. Cost: $50. Reserve your spot by emailing info@mylocalhabit.com


Downtown Johnny Brown’s 24th


Anniversary Friday, September 16th 5pm – close Downtown’s premiere craft beer bar is celebrating another year of greatness with a birthday menu packed with rare beers, complimentary food and a big raffle. Partial tap list (at the time of press): Lost Abbey Red Poppy, Lost Abbey Deliverance, Deschutes Abyss 2010, Lost Abbey bourbon barrel- aged The Angel’s Share, The Bruery Cuir, Port Ad Lib, Rodenbach Grand Cru, Deschutes Black Butte XXIII, Stone 15th Anniversary, Ballast Point Barrel Aged Victory at Sea, Ballast Point Barrel Aged Piper Down, and Ballast Point Sour Wench. Check back on WC’s event calendar for tap updates as they come.


Churchill’s Sour Fest


Saturday, September 17th 11am – close Join Churchill’s for a menu of extremely rare sour beers for one day only. According to Jordan Wilson of Churchill’s, “If you’re a sour-head, just getting into sours, or want to try sours for the first time,


then this is an event for you.” All beers are available individually as 4oz tasters, or in a 10oz glass. Partial beer list: Allagash Interlude, Deschutes Dissident, Jolly Pumpkin Luciernaga, Karl Strauss bourbon barrel aged Flan-diddly-anders, Lost Abbey Red Poppy, New Belgium La Folie, New Belgium La Terroir, New Belgium/Allagash Vrienden, Ommegang Aphrodite, Rodenbach Vintage 2008, Russian River Consecration (batches 2 and 6), Russian River Sanctification, Russian River Temptation, Russian River Supplication, The Bruery Marron Acidifie.


REGIONAL EVENTS


Ten San Diego breweries join the OC Brew Ha Ha lineup on September 10th from 11am – 3pm in Irvine, California. VIP ticket- holders get to join a rare beer seminar by “Dr.” Bill from Stone Brewing Co. For more information and tickets, visit ocbrewfest. com. Septemberfest on Saturday the 24th at the Santa Monica Pier also features five San Diego breweries; organized by the LA- based production company behind San Diego Beer Festival, this event promises to be “America’s answer to Oktoberfest.” More info at drinkeatplay.com/septemberfest. San Diego is well represented yet another year at the Great American Beer Festival, September 29th – October 1st in Denver. Last year, San Diego breweries won an impressive 17, highly-coveted medals. Stay tuned to West Coaster’s website the week after Labor Day as it chronicles the impending journey of SD’s righteous brews across state lines.


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