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Downtown Johnny Brown’s (pictured on the cover) is downtown San Diego’s first craft beer bar and celebrated its happy 24th anniversary last month. The prolific beer bar is tucked inside the Civic Center Plaza, and we’re looking forward to


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the 21-tap, multi-bottle barrel-aged beer night to help kick off San Diego Beer Week on Nov. 4th at 4:45pm. In the meantime, stop in for a game of pool or shuffleboard – craft beer and free popcorn in hand. 1220 Third Ave., San Diego, CA 92101


Fixtures Living (pictured here) specializes in high end, custom designed home solutions. When you’re willing to spend top dollar on


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building or renovating your home, Fixtures will deliver. Planning a granite counter for your next remodel? Want a seamless tap tower and built-in draft system with that? Visit Fixtures Living for more information, and don’t forget that every Friday their in-house Executive Chef Bridget Bueche cooks up something amazing—free to shoppers and visitors. At the Miramar location (right around the corner from AleSmith) enjoy hunting for the tap handle in the 21,000 sq. ft. showroom. 9340 Dowdy Dr., Ste. 102, San Diego, CA 92126


Holiday Wine Cellar, whose iconic liquor sign is grandfathered into Escondido’s city code, recently expanded their beer cooler in order to provide a more diverse selection for customers. Established in 1965, this bottle shop now hosts


an annual homebrew competition, a recipe they’ll use for their anniversary beer. This year’s winner was Indra Kunindra, an India-style curry export stout created by local Alex Tweet (find the homebrew recipe for it and food pairing recipe in June’s Plates & Pints column, archived online). 240 cases brewed and bottled by Ballast Point went on sale September 22nd at HWC. 302 West Mission Ave., Escondido, CA 92025


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98 Bottles recently opened in Little Italy. When you walk in, your eyes will undoubtedly flow from the bottom floor lounge and retail space up the stairs to the serving bar where four taps are purposed to pour a variety of styles; cold bottles


wait in fridges below. Behind the bar, a hardwood floor live entertainment space sits checkered with tables meant for shared-dining and conversation. Upcoming “Taste Thursday”


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beer educational sessions, with special deals on the featured beers to-go, include Merchant du Vin beers on October 6th, Mission Brewery on October 13th, and Sam Adams on October 20th. 2400 Kettner Blvd., Ste. 110, San Diego, CA 92101


Firefly Restaurant & Bar at the Dana Hotel in Mission Bay—better known as Firefly at the Dana—boasts a picturesque view of the marina, a 12-tap lineup of all local brews and a menu that focuses on locally-sourced, sustainable


ingredients. They even use produce from their own garden! Firefly’s SDBW events are still being finalized, so until then drop in for $1.50 off your craft beer pint during the daily 3:30- 5:30pm happy hour. Craft beer taster flights are available as well. 1710 West Mission Bay Drive, San Diego, CA 92109


West Coaster has a dedicated beer hotline, meaning YOU – the San Diego craft beer drinker – should call in with tips on new spots opening up, beer


releases we should know about, and whatever else is happening in your beer world that should be in ours. Start calling! (619) 796-5719


One of San Diego’s oldest and best craft beer bars, Live Wire, is now open at 1pm on Sundays for football season—in case Saturday night’s


shenanigans weren’t enough.


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Craft & Commerce in Little Italy (26 taps) expanded its space last month, finally giving some elbow room to craft beer cocktail-toting


patrons. The new square footage comes complete with a beer hall-style table, additional booths and our favorite decoration – a real lion rug – on the ceiling, of course.


The official San Diego Beer Week t-shirts, with art from contest-winner Robert Mitchell, will be available on the San Diego Beer Week website


(sdbw.org) in early October. West Coaster will be sure to make a webpost when the merch site is finally up!


Rosaria’s Pizza in North Park is under new ownership and is now called The Foundry, and their current selection of bottles will soon be complemented


by an addition of 24 taps. University at Utah.


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