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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Jan- 2025 -28 January
El Cid Brewing’s owners have a plan…and a plan B
Last summer, Eric Bridges and Terry Kellar were bullish on their 14-month-old North Park business, El Cid Brewing. Located near the intersection of 30th Street and El Cajon Boulevard in the building…
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27 January
Guild names 2025 Board of Directors
The San Diego Brewers Guild, a nonprofit 501(c)(6) organization that promotes local small businesses and entrepreneurs of craft beer, has appointed its 2025 Board of Directors and determined event dates for the calendar…
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27 January
Meet the CCBA’s new executive director
With challenges abounding for craft brewing companies, particularly those operating in heavily regulated California, representation of those businesses by beer-industry trade associations is more important than ever. So, too, is the caliber…
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26 January
I Like Beer the Podcast: Beer in Review
The crew is back in the studio with new beers and some stories to tell, along with friends of the show, The Rotorheads, dropping in to share their new release, “The Beer…
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25 January
91X Beer for Breakfast: Shōgun by Embolden
This week’s episode of Beer for Breakfast features a Miramar-based operation that always provides something both different and delicious, Embolden Beer Co. This time around, the crew tastes through a pair of…
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24 January
Thorn Brewing moving out of Barrio Logan HQ
In 2017, five years after debuting as Thorn Street Brewery in a smallish spot in North Park, Thorn Brewing grew by leaps and bounds, constructing a large production facility equipped with a…
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24 January
Beer of the Week: Invaders from Idaho!
The Pacific Northwest is our country’s premier hop-growing region. Due to the prominence of farms in Washington’s Yakima Valley, that state is synonymous with the word “hops”, with neighboring Oregon also well…
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23 January
What’s Tapping (1/23)
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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23 January
2025 FWIBF brewery lineup announced
Firestone Walker Brewing today announced the lineup for the 2025 Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Festival happening on Saturday, May 31, featuring an all-star cast of more than 65 breweries from around the…
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22 January
American Homebrewers Association files for 501(c) status
Today, the American Homebrewers Association (AHA) filed for incorporation in Colorado and seated a founding board of directors in steps to become an independent 501(c). Founded in 1978, the AHA has operated…
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