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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Aug- 2025 -5 August
NPBC flagship named top of IPA crop
Each summer, a battle for geo-specific hoppy-beer supremacy takes place in The Beaver State. That myrcene-marked melee is organized by the Oregon Brewers Guild and is called the Best of the West…
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4 August
Homebrew Summer: What’s Cooler Than Being Cool? Ice Cold!
Aptly, no local brewing institution has been more involved in our five-years-strong Homebrew Summer program than Home Brew Mart (HBM). Not only has veteran shop-keep Derek Lauridsen transcribed each and every one…
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3 August
I Like Beer the Podcast: The Roadies Brewing
It’s hard to believe, but it’s already been a year since The Roadies Brewing opened up in North County. In this episode, the ILB crew ventures to their stage-equipped, musical-instrument-riddled Vista tasting…
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2 August
Homebrew Summer: I’m Not Bitter, You’re Bitter
When sharing the list of San Diego breweries participating in this year’s Homebrew Summer program, Fall Brewing wasn’t on it. But when we heard about their pro-am collaboration with local amateur Jeff…
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2 August
91X Beer for Breakfast: Smoking Cannon Brewery
Afew months back, Ramona’s lone craft-beer operation, Smoking Cannon Brewery, was purchased by a married couple with roots in the community extending to its live-music scene. That’s perfect since the original owners were also…
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1 August
Beer of the Week: Acid Drops
The world of hops used to be so simple: a finite assortment of varietals available as pellets or, come harvest time, in whole-cone form. Oh, how times have changed…and for the better.…
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Jul- 2025 -31 July
What’s Tapping (7/31)
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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30 July
A brewer and his barrels are reunited
On Friday, August 8, The Original 40 Brewing will release Magnetic Ribbon: Final Cut Edition, a pastry stout that was aged in Elijah Craig eight-year-old bourbon barrels for 45 months beginning at Modern Times Beer in October…
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30 July
13 new brewery venues in the past 12 months
Over the past year, more than a dozen brewery-owned venues have popped up throughout San Diego County. From brand new businesses to spinoffs, satellite venues and new faces in old places, the…
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29 July
The book on Thorn Street, Thorn & Little Bird Brewing
“Little Bird Brewing is a rebrand of Thorn Street Brewery, which was the inspiration for Thorn Brewing, but not the same company or ownership as Thorn Brewing Company, but it does have…
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