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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Oct- 2023 -11 October
Quantum Brewing’s owner looking to pass the torch
Martin Beaulieu had zero entrepreneurial or commercial-brewing experience when he put in an offer to purchase two-years-young Quantum Brewing from founder Dylan Wallace in 2016, but he really liked what he saw.…
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10 October
Mesa College bolsters brewing education capabilities
The 2010s were a time of massive growth in the San Diego County brewing industry. Over that decade dozens of new breweries—many of which are still in operation today—opened at an unprecedentedly…
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9 October
Karl Strauss nabs old digs, new blood
It was 1989 when local entrepreneurs Chris Cramer and Matt Rattner started San Diego’s modern craft-beer era with the opening of Karl Strauss Brewing’s original brewpub on the corner of Columbia and…
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8 October
I Like Beer the Podcast: Beer Fridge, Remastered
This week, the crew defrosts an episode of the podcast recorded in early 2020, right at the onset of the pandemic. In it, they explore the beers they had in their home…
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7 October
91X Beer for Breakfast: Nickel Beer Co.
It’s the freshest season of the year: wet-hop season! Brewmaster Paul Segura brought in a couple of wet-hop beers from Nickel Beer Co. That Julian-based brewery is headed by the county’s number-one…
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6 October
Beer of the Week: State Champ
It’s easy to see them coming. They roll deep; their calves bulging, their laughter robust. They are more than just co-workers. Heck, they’re more than family. They’re a clan bound by mutual…
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5 October
What’s Tapping (10/5)
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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5 October
Fundraiser hits home for Fall Brewing
The Keep A Breast Foundation (KAB) brings its 2023 Breast Cast Exhibition home to San Diego for a nearly month-long artwork exhibition and virtual auction benefiting the organization. The exhibition’s opening night and virtual…
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4 October
Prescott & Sedona, Arizona Brewery Guide
Arizona’s craft-beer scene has been on the rise for the past decade-and-a-half, seeping beyond the greater Phoenix area to saturate cities like Flagstaff and Tucson and everywhere in between. Pack in and…
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3 October
Marketing on a Budget
As a marketing professional of a quarter-century who spent nearly a decade working in the brewing industry, I marvel at the widely held misconception that marketing is some above-and-beyond non-necessity for craft…
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