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 -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)
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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27 October
Praising the Bar: Black Plague Brewing
When planning our annual spotlight series for front-of-house all-stars at local breweries, we were excited to include staffers from Black Plague Brewing. It takes a lot to lighten up venues with pitch-black…
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26 October
I Like Beer the Podcast: Moto Sonora Brewing
This week the Jeffs meet up with Jeremy DeConcini, the co-owner of Moto Sonora Brewing. That Arizona operation’s origin story is a heck of a tale, which includes a journey through South…
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25 October
91X Beer for Breakfast: Capital of Craft – Part 1
San Diego Beer Week will take place from November 7 to 16, but its official kickoff event, the Capital of Craft Beer Festival, will take place on Saturday, November 8. Now in its second year, the…
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24 October
Beer of the Week: Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Picture it – a hot summer day on the open-air patio of Weir Beer Co. in the North County inland community of Vista. There I am, my forehead coated in a film…
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23 October
Thora hops roar onto the scene
The Hop Quality Group (HQG), in collaboration with the United States Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), is proud to announce the release of USDA-ARS Thora, a new public hop…
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