Rock & Roll Happy Hour

The Buck is a cocktails that goes by many names and it true Cask & Coast fashion, Mark and Rich have taken this recipe and put a little twist on it. What is essentially a bourbon mule, the Christmas Buck is a fun holiday spinoff. 1.5oz bourbon, 1oz sweet vermouth, 2oz orange juice, 1oz cranberry juice, 1/2oz agave syrup, fresh cranberries to float.

Suspicions were had when Mark and Rich brought Prosecco in the studio but once their unique mixture was samples all doubt was cast aside! Something fun to try at your Christmas party or NYE celebration, a Bourbon Prosecco Cocktail. 2oz bourbon, 2tbsp simple syrup/agave syrup, 2dashes of bitters, Prosecco, maraschino cherry.

Pretty sure everyone's grandmother has given them a version of this when they were sick. The Hot Toddy is a winter staple for those chilly San Diego evenings. - 2oz bourbon, 1tbsp honey, 2tsp lemon juice, 1/2cup hot water/tea.

A fantastic way to end an amazing week promoting the Punk Rock Saves Lives Toy Drive and what's been cooking in the kettle at Burning Beard, Dylan decided to wrap things up with a naturally fermented beer from their "cool ship." A perfect beer to share with friends for the holidays In Praise of Blackberry.

Mark and Rich from Cask & Coast are back in the studio and mixing up some classic Holiday cocktails with their bourbon! First up we get into the Christmas spirit with a little Bourbon + Eggnog - 1oz Bourbon, 4oz Eggnog, 1tsp Vanilla, dash of nutmeg, cinnamon stick.

Perfect for this cold San Diego evenings (or mornings) especially around the holidays, Get Thee To A Monastery is a big flavorful Belgian Style Dubbel. It's deep, dark and flavorful like the fruitcake of beer, except that it doesn't suck!

Always willing to collaborate with local San Diego institutions, Burning Beard has hooked up with The San Diego Natural History Museum to celebrate their 150th year! To commemorate this stunning achievement they crafted an equally stunning and easily crushable beer that also pays homage to the light American Lagers, introducing Nat-Lite.

Another day of friendship, craft beer and the Punk Rock Saves Lives Toy Drive! Dylan from Burning Beard brought a seasonal riff on a family favorite, Circle of Wet Hops.

Our man from Burning Beard Brewing in El Cajon, Dylan is back in the studio this week along with Sarah from Punk Rock Saves Lives to talk about a big charity show at the brewery this Saturday for the Puck Rock Saves Lives Toy Drive! We'll get deeper into that during the week, first we need to start with a beer that was suppose to be a one off collaborate with Fuzz Coffee Roasters but has become so...

One of the latest developments in the Ketch Brewhouse is the freedom to explore and innovate different styles of beer outside of their already stellar core lineup. One of those beers is their Midwatch Coffee Stout, brewed in collaboration with DropKick Cold Brew. This beer takes a lighter approach to a stout, deemphasizing the roastyness of the malt and using instead Guatemalan sourced coffee to m...

Not very often does a new brewery knock it out of the park with their third batch of beer and their first IPA but Sam and the team at Ketch Brewing did! Celestial Navigation is a crushable San Diego Style IPA that is well balanced with tropical fruit aroma, and a light piney bitterness. Trust me there is a reason this beer has won A LOT of awards.

Is he a Dr or a Mad Scientist?! Dr Billheimer and the Ketch Brewing team have come up with an amalgamation of two very different styles; a Hazy IPA and a Blonde Ale. What came out of it Golden Haze is a drinking experience that will ensnare the senses and tantalize the taste buds with the body of a Blonde and the hop presence of a Hazy IPA but with none of the bitterness.

Yesterday Ramiro from Ketch told us about his favorite beer from the core lineup, today he delivered on that beer, Alta Mar is a Mexican Style Amber Lager that's copper hued, clean, crisp with a dry finish that makes this beer perfect to go with roast turkey or fish tacos.

Fresh off a turkey sandwich leftover food-coma, we kick back into the holiday's with beers from Ketch Brewing. Things start off with the clean crushable beer that bears the bosses name. Dr Billheimer's Magic Pilsner.

Less than 24 hours until the kick off of the Capital of Craft Fest Saturday at Kilowatt Brewing and Erick and Estela from The San Diego Brewers Guild have brought a stunner of an IPA. Necta Wave Cold IPA from Gravity Heights is an immaculate demonstration on what can be achieved with Water, Barley, Yest and Hops when you put it in the hands of a set of skilled San Diego Brewers.

Our tour of San Diego county beers continue with the San Diego Brewers Guild and the countdown to Saturday's Capital of Craft Fest! Today we drop into San Marcos' Blue Fire Brewing and their very local White Sage IPA.

Half way through the week and another day closer to The San Diego Brewers Guild, Capital of Craft Fest on Saturday! Today VP Estela and member of the Kilowatt team as bought a very unique kettle sour beer that has won the brewery a number of awards, their Peach Cobbler (and yes, it taste just like mom's peach cobbler).

It's Super Tuesday and the San Diego Brewers Guild brought a super beer to the party! This years Capital of Craft IPA! Brewed in collaboration with Fall, Black Black Plague, BLAH, Hodad's, Hopnonymous, Ketch and a few local vendors. This is a picture perfect example of what the San Diego West Coast IPA has evolved into!

San Diego Beer Week is in full swing and it all wraps this weekend with the Capital of Craft Festival. All week Erick and Estela from the San Diego Brewers Guild joins us for a tour of San Diego County beers and will give us some insight on what to expect this weekend. Our first stop in this tour of beer is San Marcos' own My Yard Live and their 4 Stone Cold Dudes Pilsner.

Bonus Beer time! Today not only kicks off San Diego Beer Week but also MEBC's Fresh Hop Fest. Tapping three fresh hop beers, on of which is this year's edition of Fresh As It Gets featuring a hop so fresh and new that the brewers stayed late to accommodate the hop delivery schedule so this beer really is as fresh as it gets.

Its the kick off of San Diego Beer Week and Andrew from Mother Earth Brewing gets the first toast! Debuting a beer that we tried very recently as a R&D beer, Ascent makes it's way into the world officially for the Capital of Craft Fest but we get to try it first now.

T'was the night before Beer Week and all Hallows eve. Not a brewer was stirring, not even a leave...of delicious hops that rest in the kettle of a West Coast IPA, to test a brewers metal. Chris Banker was the one to put it all together, but name he ran out of when he started this endeavor. He tried and he tried to conjure it's title but gave up and said "we straight outta names!"

Hey, we just saw Bay City in the studios a few weeks ago! Rob and Austin are back to talk about their newest beer they are dropping tonight and their Hockey seasonal Power Play IPA that they brew for the the San Diego Gulls season. We've got the inaugural batch of that beer on deck tonight!

I didn't expect something this blue when Hayden and Kyndall opened up the crowler of Haterade but this already very popular hard seltzer has a tribute and a story behind it that Kyndall shares in this SDBW bonus segement!

Apologies to Camfield and Mady since the Alt 94/9 studio smells like we just hot boxed it. I promise no weed was harmed in the drinking of Weir Beer's "I Don't Get Angry When My Mom Smokes Pot" IPA! A well balanced beer and a ridiculous amount of terpenes makes this IPA a real treat to enjoy as Weir officially opens their brewery on Friday for the kick off of San Diego Beer Week.