BEER NEWS
San Diego Beer News provides regular reporting on the county’s craft-brewing industry and its 200-plus brewery-owned venues, along with a variety of features and coverage of the area’s world-famous craft-beer culture. The following is a collection of articles and other content presented in chronological order dating back to San Diego Beer News’ inception in 2020.
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Nov- 2025 -6 November
What’s Tapping (11/6/25)
Welcome to San Diego Beer News‘ weekly list of beers tapping for the first time or returning to beer lists at breweries throughout San Diego County, including links where you can find…
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5 November
FOX 5 Morning News: San Diego Beer Week
Has it been 12 months already? Believe it or not, San Diego Beer Week is only two days away. Taking place from November 7-16, the county’s annual 10-day celebration of ales, lagers…
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4 November
AleSmith celebrating 30 years and its founder
Three decades of continuous operation in any line of business is something special, but in the case of the brewing industry it’s particularly impressive. A company with such longevity would not only…
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3 November
Get a peek into Lyons Peak Brewing
In recent years, as San Diego’s craft-beer landscape has shifted and metamorphosed, the county’s newcomers have largely been, well…not large. Nor have the majority of their owners been interested in growing them…
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2 November
I Like Beer the Podcast: Dogleg Brewing
This week, the Jeffs head back to links-themed Vista beer biz, Dogleg Brewing, to chat with co-owner Christina Lumsden about the company’s origin story and sense of community. According to that marketer…
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1 November
91X Beer for Breakfast: Capital of Craft – Part 2
It may be Halloween, but Marty and Brandon have their sights set a week in the future when San Diego Beer Week will be in full swing and they’ll be joining in that 10-day…
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Oct- 2025 -31 October
Beer of the Week: Bailey’s Ghost
Our Beer of the Week features always run on Fridays, so it’s only once every seven years (OK, yes, because of leap years, it’s actually every six, and maybe even five years,…
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30 October
What’s Tapping (10/30/25)
Welcome to San Diego Beer News‘ weekly list of beers tapping for the first time or returning to beer lists at breweries throughout San Diego County, including links where you can find…
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29 October
Look who’s back on the brew deck
In March, GOAL. Brewing held its final service, closing the doors to its lease-to-brew suite in H.G. Fenton’s Craft by Brewery Igniter facility in North Park after just 19 months in business.…
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28 October
Brewers Guild welcomes pair of Directors
It’s that time of year again. No, not Oktoberfest or the Great American Beer Festival. They’re long gone. And not San Diego Beer Week, as that annual 10-day test of one’s hepatic…
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