Westwood Brewing Company

This used to be THEEE spot back in the mid-​late 90s. Wow I’m sorry to find out it’s gone. Best wings ever. Microbrew. Enough said.

Goodbye Brewco… You will always be remembered.
5 for the karaōke and UCLA memories. Everything else is quite literally, just a blur.

These guys are now closed… so I will give them 5 stars for the nostalgia and great memories that this bar has provided me and many other people.
But let’s be perfectly honest… this was not a classy establishment… that’s why they are closed. :)

Good place. I’ve always enjoyed myself here because a lot of my friends will be out here any day of the night. It’s spacious and got room to sit and just chat with friends, which certainly beats Maloney’s or Barney’s. It’s a great place.
The bad parts: the bartenders take forever to get you drinks. But bring a female friend, because they get drinks fast (if they’re cute) and a lot of times, for free (shady male bartenders). If your female friends are extra nice, they’ll just get drinks and throw them your way.
Not much else to it. They sell food, but I’ve never personally bought any here. And it can get super crowded on some days.

At first I was excited at the chance to have a variety of good beer on tap while hanging out in Westwood. But looks like they just changed owners, the change of ownership notice from the city in the window was the give away. I guess I should give them a break because that is always a difficult time, but 3 stars is giving them a gift for that as well as they had obsidian stout on nitro, one of my favorite beers, which I can’t get back east.
But when the bartender is not interested in us or the one other table in the place, and the place has no ventilation, and it has one of the scariest bathrooms I’ve been to in a while, they are lucky to have 3 stars and not 2. So if you can get the bartender to stop watching TV there is a good selection of drafts and if you want to be left a lone then it is a good place. But if you like places where the bathroom faucet is not attached to the sink and there is standing water in the john, then have at it. So one beer for my group and we were out of here and went somewhere else.

Good food, good crowd. Mostly students from UCLA of course. Came when it was Game 7 of the NBA playoffs. Surprised it wasn’t as crowded as it should be, but there’s tons of room, there’s a back room. It isn’t so visually appealing, but hey, there’s a lot of room for people to watch.
Food is okay, typical bar food I guess — when you look back, it’s not worth what you pay for, but at the time of the game it sure was. Small selection of beer, but they have good unconventional choices! Kitchen managed to serve food at a good timing too considering it was really busy, and they keep track of where you sit — even if the one who took your order wasn’t the one delivering it!

I came to the establishment thinking «Great, a brew house». Walked in and saw a ton of beers on tap and what appeared to be giant holding tanks like you see at any other brew house. Got up to the bar:
Me: «Hi what beers are on tap that you brew in house»
Bartender: «Oh, we don’t brew beers in house»
Me: «But your a brew house and you have tanks behind you»
Bartender: «Those are just for décor»
Seriously guys??? I mean this is the epitome of Los Angeles… what a bunch of posers. They should just call themselves a bar.

#146. Stumbled upon BrewCo with my friends. There’s definitely a sense of homieness here. The jukebox at the front, massive crowds here and there, people singing off-​key… such joy.
The drinks aren’t anything to write home about, but it’s a good atmosphere for students to let loose. Sad to hear that it’s closing soon. I didn’t go to UCLA, but I can see how people will miss it. Reminds me of MacLaren’s from HIMYM.

Oh BrewCo, I’m going to miss you. For those of you who don’t know, Boiling Crab will be replacing this place in the near future. I’ve had lots of great college memories here, from karaōke upstairs, $ 3 Long Island on Wednesdays, and of course their STDs (it’s a drink).
This place is as close as you can get to that «college bar» so come enjoy it while you still can!

Brewco, I miss you! You have so many of my memories! So many weekly trivia and karaōke nights. Happy hours, games, birthdays, and holidays were spent here. My grad school life would have been seriously lacking if it weren’t for my good friends (and lots of beer) at brewco. The classic nachos and fries never let me down. George is my favorite and he’s the BEST bartender in the world!!! My best advice to all the impatient drinkers who come here– realize that you’re in a college bar, don’t wave your hands frantically and don’t shout at the bartenders, they already see you! If you’re not acting like a dick, you’ll get served!
I can’t wait to be back in LA and stop in to say ‘hi’ and drink a beer on the patio!

So, the truth is, I’m a drinking noob. Some great friends took me here for the first time after I turned 21, so this was my first bar experience. And I think BrewCo’s a pretty fun place to have a first bar experience, especially with all the different rooms, but then again, is this what all bars are like? …anyway.
I’m giving this four stars because it was enough fun and a overall great experience. Can’t comment on the dranks ’cause dranks are dranks to me or prices ’cause I didn’t really spend any money… but soon. Soon.

Uggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. That is how I feel about Westwood in general, and the fact that Westwood Brewing Company is the afterschool bar of choice for UCLA grad students. Like the neighborhood in which it is located, Brewco has zero character, mediocreish boring cuisine, and is just… blah. Not to mention most of the bartenders are rude and dismissive. If it weren’t for the happy hour prices on food and drinks, there’d be absolutely NO appeal for going to this bar. At all.
Brewco’s only other saving grace is ONE bartender I met a couple visits back who is absolutely the bomb. His name is Kua, he usually works at the bar on the right side of the place, and he actually treats you like a human being (unlike the socially inept jerks working the front bar). We stopped by on my friend’s birthday and Kua hooked us up with some fun shots. He’s awesome. Another possible highlight of the place is the fact that it has late-​night karaōke. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to check out that scene, since I make it a point to spend as little time in Westwood as I possibly can without failing my classes. Suchhhhhh a blah piece of LA.
Blah.

Ah, the place where I used to go when work sucked. So that was pretty much most days about a few months back.
I’ll keep the review of this short as this is a pretty average bar. You get drinks and food. But, don’t expect anything special.

Okay, I’ll admit it, I’m a fangirl for BrewCo, but that’s most likely because I graduated from UCLA and pretty much everyone who works here is such a pleasure to talk to. Don’t just bellow out your orders for the laundry list of drinks meant to help you forget the obnoxious mistakes you’re about to make that night at the bartender or carelessly shove through the doors past the bouncers who let you in — they’re people, too! They can be extremely personable and they’ll be real with you (whether you like it or not), which is honestly what sets them apart from the other bars I’ve been to (at least in NY/​LA).
This is the only bar I ever want to go to in Westwood — Maloney’s is full of skeezes and fratboys (I guess they’re synonymous), Palomino’s crowd is older and the atmosphere is less lively (and it shuts down early), and the crowd at the Glendon is too reserved (but everyone just goes there for the happy hour anyway).
Another thing I love about BrewCo is that they have a little bit of everything here: Margarita Mondays, Comedy Nights, Karaōke Nights, Club BrewCo Nights, etc. I will admit that some nights are a little off because it’s either dead during exam week or the crowd is just plain weird, but give it another shot. Even if the crowd is weird or the karaōke performances are just plain bad, you can always just have a laugh about the spectacles around you with your friends.
My only qualm with the place is that since it’s technically a «microbrewery,» they offer a limited selection of mass market beers. It makes sense, but I can be pretty picky, especially when it comes to things going in my mouth (ba dum cha!), so I stick to what I know, and that’s Dos XX, Pacifico, and Sam Adams Seasonal. Their Sudworks is closest to what I like, but I also love that they brought in Pacifico on tap for Cinco de Mayo (thanks, George!).
(Free) street parking is pretty easy to find, but it can be a pain on the busier nights, but I can’t complain about free metered parking after hours.
In sum, it’s a great choice for a college bar in Westwood, you’ll have a great time (just come with the right people), and if you talk to the staff, you’ll probably make this your homebase for a watering hole, too.

Plus:
— thursday night karaōke with impressive crowd
— jukebox with good selection
— good location
— large courtyard, large downstairs, large upstairs rooms
— good selection of beers with many offerings of the same brewery (full sail, anchor, oskar blues, angel city, stone, bear republic)
— only $ 3 beers are draft full sail or 16 oz. miller high life
Minus:
— food is underwhelming
— despite the good selction, most other beers on tap are a steep $ 6 or $ 7
— don’t be fooled, despite its name, this place does not brew their own beer

Why are well drinks now $ 8? Brewco, i am a BROKE ass college student who cannot afford to spend so much on drinks.
Midori Sours are a dollar cheaper ($ 6), but in a short glass that is half the size of what it was before. DO NOT LIKE.
Still can’t drink a STD without having bad memories flood back to me…

I came here on a Saturday night at midnight with a few graduate school UCLA engineers. Popped in at the karaōke section upstairs. Everyone seemed to be having the time of their life. Checked out the free standup comedy upstairs also. The comedians had a few misses but mostly hits. Bottom line was that my funny bone was decently tickled. The whole room had a potpourri of people and everyone in the crowd was the butt of a joke. It was awesome.
One thing I didn’t like was that the beer cups are not chilled, so your pint of beer gets warm rather quickly. A very good thing is that parking right across the street free after 8pm.
If you want to grab a beer, sing your heart out, or laugh your ass off, you can go to Brew Co. and do all three.

I came here recently for the first time. Even though I graduated from UCLA, I knew even then that this wasn’t my kind of place. Usually, any place that dirties me up with a cheesy hand stamp is a no-​go. But, years later, I let some friends sucker me in.
It was sad :(
I know that bars don’t get too busy at 9pm, but they shouldn’t be THIS dead, especially on a Saturday. There were a few guys at the bar with us, and another group at a table. That was it. The beer selection is limited and not impressive — but, it’s not the worst I’ve seen. The food is standard bar fare. We paid $ 6 for a small pile of mediocre onion rings. Meh.
I thought that maybe the enormous brewing containers were, um, real, but when I saw a sweatshirt and lots of dustbunnies piled on top, I figured out they were props.
The TVs were just showing TMZ on mute. We tried to guess what the stories were about. That was fun for about 2 minutes.
I’m sure that at 11:30 on a Thursday, this place is full of people. Then again, for college kids, any place that sells beer is automatically cool.

BrewCo!
I only recently learned (ok. more like last quarter) that they have karaōke! WAAHHHTT??? I LOVE TO SING! DON’T EVEN NEED TO DRINK TO DO IT! but of course the drinks help :] so I guess karaōke night is every weekday except for Wednesday because…
WILD WEDNESDAYS!!!
Or at least that’s what my frat has dubbed it. $ 3 Long Island Iced Teas… holy moly! SO CHEAP YET SO STRONG! which obviously is conducive to a good night.
Even if I go and don’t sing, it’s still pretty cool to chill with friends. Lots of tables (especially spacious on Mon-​Wed. usually really busy on Thurs & Fri).

Great beer selection but pretty dead. Is anyone at UCLA old enough to drink? Or have a fake ID? I guess those days are over. :(But lots of people were standing in an insanely long line for ice cream sandwiches at Diddy Riese around the corner.
They had a variety of Stone beers on tap as well as Point the Way IPA and Lost Coast beers. We were able to sit wherever we wanted but no table service so we just ordered from the bar.
Music was from a jukebox and it was kind of startling when it would play. Quiet and then suddenly, loud noises. This bar was A-​OK, and probably the only choice you have for decent beer in this part of town.