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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Jan- 2026 -27 January
GABF relocates and heads outdoors
The Great American Beer Festival (GABF) is stepping outside! In a historic first, the nation’s favorite craft beer celebration will move outdoors on Saturday, October 10 and Sunday, October 11, relocating from the…
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27 January
Poway’s lone brewery to close
When Jim Crute opened Lightning Brewery in an industrial-zoned business suite in Poway, it was the inland North County municipality’s lone beermaking facility. That was 2006. Fast-forward two decades and nothing has…
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26 January
Stone Brewing celebrates 30 years
It’s been 30 years since Stone Brewing sold its first keg of beer, helping to fuel the craft beer revolution that has defined generations of beer fanatics. Throughout 2026, Stone is celebrating its passion…
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26 January
FOX 5 Morning News: Local Non-alcoholic Beverages
It’s the first month of the year, which means many will be observing Dry January and exploring the world of non-alcoholic craft beer. What they’re likely to find is that there is…
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25 January
ALT 94.9 FM: Burgeon Beer Co.
This week’s septet of Happy Hour happiness was served up in advance of last weekend’s invitational festival commemorating a whopping nine years of excellence for Carlsbad’s Burgeon Beer Co. Listen in as…
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24 January
91X Beer for Breakfast: Harland Brewing
Born in the ‘burbs of Scripps Ranch, Harland Brewing has opened multiple locations spanning from Bay Park to South Park. In the process, they’ve built up a culinary program that’s been so successful, they…
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23 January
Super Bowl specials at PB AleHouse
Pacific Beach AleHouse, San Diego’s official Denver Broncos HQ, is known for delivering one of the most electric game-day atmospheres in the city. With wall-to-wall TVs, full sound, multiple seating areas, a…
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23 January
Beer of the Week: Hazy Weekend
As many of you know, prior to becoming a full-time journalist, I was a marketing professional for more than 20 years, and spent the better part of a decade working in that…
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22 January
What’s Tapping (1/22/26)
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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21 January
Brewery tour company for sale
In the early 2000s, large groups boarding a chauffeured high-occupancy vehicle and spending an afternoon touring multiple wineries in nearby Temecula was commonplace. Many were – and still are – the companies…
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