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- 2026 -22 July
FOX 5 Morning News: New Brewery Venues
San Diego is world famous for its wealth of breweries and brewery-owned spots spanning the county. It’s almost difficult to envision that sudscape growing, but several breweries have opened, or will soon…
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21 July
Big changes for the Brewers Guild
”Flux” may be the term that best describes 2026 for the San Diego Brewers Guild. A non-profit that’s been advocating for its member breweries for 29 years, the volunteer-led entity lost its…
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20 July
Homebrew Summer: Farmer Greg’s Witbier
When the ingredients for a beer are grown on a brewery’s home turf, the resultant ale or lager can feel “homebrew” in nature. After all, many are the recreational fermentationists who incorporate…
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19 July
CBS 8 Brewing Local: Karl Strauss Brewing
In this episode of Brewing Local, Karl Strauss Brewing Brewmaster Paul Segura joins Neda Iranpour in-studio to talk about the history of San Diego’s longest-operating post-Prohibition beer company. That discussion covers the…
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18 July
91X Beer for Breakfast: Fall Brewing
From its humble beginnings as an upstart brewery in North Park to its current state as a large, established operation headquartered in Miramar, Fall Brewing has maintained a solid portfolio of beers and managed…
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17 July
Ballast Point owners embroiled in legal battle
Last August, Ballast Point Brewing CEO Brendan Watters enthusiastically announced the onboarding of new investors in the 30-year-old company, following the exit of individuals who had been part of his Kings &…
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17 July
Locals regain form in national brewing competition
San Diego’s performance at the 2024 U.S. Open Beer Championship was incredibly memorable, with the county’s breweries earning an all-time high medal count of 20, 11 of which were gold. The same…
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17 July
Beer of the Week: The Labyrinth
To say San Diego beer fans are spoiled is an understatement. For decades, we’ve had breweries stocked with extensive lineups of stellar core beers…yet still we thirst for more. This has a…
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16 July
What’s Tapping (7/16/26)
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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16 July
Homebrew Summer: Flight to Cancun
As a major brewing company that was born in the backroom of a local homebrew-supply store, it’s fitting that Ballast Point Brewing is once again taking part in our annual Homebrew Summer…
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