Inaugural SD Beer Weekend coming

San Diego Brewers Guild (SDBG), a non-profit organization promoting local small businesses and entrepreneurs of craft beer, will celebrate its 25th anniversary with the inaugural SD Beer Weekend from June 10-12. The number of independent craft-brewery locations has grown to more than 150 in 2022 from only 15 in 1997, a tenfold increase. 

SD Beer Weekend complements the Guild’s annual San Diego Beer Week, which will take place this year from November 4-13 with its 14th installment. San Diego County, known as “The Capital of Craft™, has the most craft-brewery locations among all counties in the US.  

“We simply couldn’t wait for Beer Week to celebrate such an important milestone for the Guild, its more than 150 members, and, frankly, all of San Diego,” said SDBG Executive Director Paige McWey Acers. “We are named ‘The Capital of Craft’ for a reason and singling out this commemoration is yet another way to promote so many wonderful breweries and help get beer lovers back through their doors as we re-emerge from the pandemic.”   

Participating breweries of SD Beer Weekend will sell limited-edition commemorative pint glasses with 25th anniversary artwork. Boelter, the maker of the glassware, is donating $1 of each unit sold back to the SDBG.  

The weekend extravaganza for the craft-beer community will also feature a proprietary, exclusive hop blend named Zamba that is available to commercial brewers to make a beer of their choice for serving during SD Beer Weekend and beyond. Zamba was offered to breweries through the “SD Beer Hop Blend” program, a partnership between the Guild and BSG Craft Brewing. BSG is donating 20% of each order back to the SDBG. 

The list of participating breweries can be found here.