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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Jul- 2025 -7 July
Asylum Brewing’s incoming “North Park Sanitarium”
Though just a block off 30th Street in the bustling North Park community, and positioned in a corner spot within the building housing popular music venue, The Observatory, the coffee shop that…
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6 July
I Like Beer the Podcast: Breakwater Brewing
Join the ILB team as they head out to Vista’s CoLab Public House to meet with the new head brewer for tenant company Breakwater Brewing, Josh Avila. Your favorite podcasters first met…
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5 July
91X Beer for Breakfast – Little Bird Brewing
Since 2013, when it debuted in a domestic space featuring a split-level tasting room, Thorn St. Brewery has been a fixture in North Park. Even after establishing a larger brewery in Barrio…
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4 July
Beer of the Week: P.O.G. Session Hazy
Speaking from experience, Fourth of July cookouts, picnics and other lengthy celebrations of our nation’s independence can present quite the conundrum for certain types of craft-beer lovers. There are plenty of people…
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3 July
What’s Tapping (7/3)
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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3 July
Homebrew Summer: Chilly Nelson
In addition to a roster of fun pro-am beers being tapped at San Diego County breweries, our Homebrew Summer will include the sharing of recipes for popular beers from local brewing companies,…
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2 July
Harland Brewing lands new resto and chef
In 2021, the team at Harland Brewing embarked on a new challenge, taking over beloved South Park institution, Grants Market & Coffee Room, and converting it into a bar and eatery. It…
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1 July
Medals and mead mastery at NHC
This weekend marked the close of the 47th edition of the National Homebrew Competition (NHC). The most prestigious event of its kind for amateur producers of beer, cider and mead, it is…
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Jun- 2025 -30 June
Portrait of a Brewer: Hayden Weir, Weir Beer Co.
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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29 June
I Like Beer the Podcast: Brandon Hernández
It’s time for the state of beer midyear report. In order to get a read on the local brewing industry, the Jeffs meet up with San Diego Beer News founder and Executive…
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