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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Apr- 2025 -17 April
What’s Tapping (4/17)
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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16 April
Jake Cronenworth teams with Harland Brewing
Fan enthusiasm is through the roof over the San Diego Padres’ phenomenal start to the 2025 baseball season. America’s Finest City is backing the club with Major League Baseball’s (MLB) finest record…
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16 April
QUAFF is “America’s Finest” homebrew club
There have been so many different brewing competitions going on of late that it’s getting tough to cover them all. To be fair, that’s always the case with the America’s Finest City…
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15 April
2024’s top 50 U.S. craft brewing companies
This morning, national trade organization, the Brewers Association (BA), released its annual lists of the country’s top 50 craft brewing companies and overall U.S. beer entities. Rankings for both lists were based…
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15 April
Northern Pine Brewing out, but not over
With the emotion and logistics involved, it’s understandably difficult for brewery owners to announce they are closing their businesses. That chore is made even harder when something unexpected triggers a sudden shutdown.…
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14 April
Portrait of a Brewer: Derek Lauridsen
There are hundreds of talented brewing professionals giving their all to help maintain the San Diego beer industry’s storied reputation. While these industrious practitioners share numerous similarities, each is their own unique…
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13 April
I Like Beer the Podcast: Keystone Check-in
Join the ILB team as they hit one of their favorite streets in North County San Diego: Keystone Way! With several amazing breweries all on one walkable avenue, beer-lovers can’t go wrong…
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12 April
91X Beer for Breakfast: Pure Project Brewing
This week’s adult-beverage breakfast sesh focuses on a local brewing company that releases beers nearly as often as we run this segment. That prolific Vista-based operation is Pure Project Brewing, a nine-year-old…
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12 April
Local-legend collab beer returns
Karl Strauss Brewing and Pizza Port Brewing, two legends of the San Diego brewing scene, have re-released their fan-favorite collaboration, Nectaron of the Gods IPA. The tropical West Coast IPA returns as part of…
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11 April
Beer of the Week: Shoot from the Hip
There’s no industry quite like craft brewing. Beyond the sharing of would-be trade secrets, ingredients and equipment, and beer companies’ unabashed affinity for one another and their products, individuals from different businesses…
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