HOMEBREWING
Our annual Homebrew Summer program brings professional brewers and homebrewers together to share info and craft collaborative pro-am beers that are then tapped at brewery tasting rooms across San Diego County during the sunny season. Get the recipes for all of those beers as well as homebrew-scaled versions of popular beers from local breweries here along with other homebrewing-related news items.
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Release & Recipe: Citra! Fasho?
When it comes to homebrewing, few are the locales, here or anywhere, with as much history and significance as Home Brew Mart. The starting point for Ballast Point Brewing and thousands of…
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Recipe: The Cure
As part of our third-annual Homebrew Summer program, several San Diego County breweries are generously allowing us to share homebrew-scaled versions of recipes for some of their most popular beers with our…
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Release & Recipe: Crowd Pleaser
The latest pro-am beer release for our third-annual Homebrew Summer program is a pale ale developed by local homebrewer Justin Fix and produced on a professional level at Pacific Beach AleHouse. That…
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Breweries expanding homebrewers’ options
When trusted Escondido homebrewing supply outlet Smokin Beaver Brew Shop closed during the pandemic, Tim McClintic set out on a mission to not only preserve the space but create a business model…
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Release & Recipe: Hippy Hoppy Hazy
The latest pro-am beer release for our third-annual Homebrew Summer program is a hazy IPA, the recipe for which was developed by local homebrewer Buck Schott (yes, that’s his real name) and…
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Recipe: Wild Child
As part of our third-annual Homebrew Summer program, several San Diego County breweries are generously allowing us to share homebrew-scaled versions of recipes for some of their most popular beers with our…
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Local 2023 NHC Winners
Last Thursday through Saturday, the largest annual amateur-brewing event in the country was held in America’s Finest City. Presented by the American Homebrewers Association, that convention goes by the name Homebrew Con,…
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Release & Recipe: Your Cousin from Boston
Our third-annual Homebrew Summer program kicks off today with the release of a Vienna-style lager dubbed Your Cousin from Boston, which was concocted by local homebrewer Jared Rowley and forged into liquid…
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2023 Homebrew Summer pro-am beers
Next week will mark not only the start of summer, but the launch of our third-annual Homebrew Summer program, wherein we connect San Diego’s professional and amateur brewers in a variety of…
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Be a part of Homebrew Summer!
In preparation for San Diego Beer News’ third-annual Homebrew Summer program, we are inviting amateur brewers to send in recipes for their favorite homespun ales and lagers for the chance to have…
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