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- 2024 -10 July
Local U.S. Open Beer Championship winners
Yesterday, winners of the 2024 edition of the U.S. Open Beer Championship were announced. San Diego County breweries racked up 20 total medals, half of which were of the gold variety. On…
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9 July
El Cid Brewing expands footprint in North Park
It’s been two years since Eric Bridges and Terry Kellar took over the 2,000-square-foot North Park spot that once housed retail outlet, The Homebrewer, and its in-house beer operation, Home Brewing Co.…
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9 July
Athletic Brewing closes $50 million equity financing round
Athletic Brewing, America’s largest non-alcoholic brewery, today announced it has closed a $50 million equity financing round led by General Atlantic, a leading global growth investor, with participation from multiple existing investors. …
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8 July
Homebrew Summer: Daywalker
One of the reasons local brewers take part in our Homebrew Summer program is because they fondly remember their days as amateur fermentationists and remember what it was like to spend countless…
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7 July
I Like Beer the Podcast: ILB Ireland
Deep in the foothills of Crough Patrick near Westport, Ireland, the ILB crew found a magical nanobrewery craft, of all things, Belgian beers! Cillian O’Morain, the owner and head brewer at that…
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6 July
Homebrew Summer: BLAH Brewing
Each year when breweries sign-up to take part in our Homebrew Summer program, they typically team with a single homebrewer to brew up one of their recipes in their professional environs. Every…
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5 July
Beer of the Week: Hermit’s Graff
From the beginning, brewer-entrepreneur Daniel Guy wanted his business, Arcana Brewing, to be different. Actually, if we’re going back to the very beginning, he wanted his then-named Fezziwig’s Brewing to be different.…
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4 July
What’s Tapping (7/4)
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
Booze Brothers carrying on in Fallbrook
As the name suggests, Booze Brothers Brewing has always been a family affair. The business was founded in Vista by fraternal siblings Donny and David Firth in 2013. Eight years in, the…
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2 July
WestBrew closing venues, focusing on distribution
This time last year, Joshua and Heather Lynn Schreer, the married owners of Vista-based craft-beer company WestBrew, were readying to unveil their extensively remodeled Del Mar bar and restaurant. The relaunch followed…
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