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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Aug- 2024 -22 August
SDBC brews for Urban Surf 4 Kids
San Diego Brewing Co. (SDBC) is collaborating with a local hops farmer, Horsethief Hops, on a special project to benefit the lives of local foster children. The seventh-annual, limited-edition Wet Hops Fundraiser will…
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21 August
San Diego’s ultimate Bavarian celebration returns
Raise your glasses and don your lederhosen – the La Mesa Oktoberfest is set to return on October 4 – 6 for three days of festive fun! Since 1973, La Mesa Oktoberfest…
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21 August
David Walker is a true believer
Conditions are tougher for craft breweries than at any point during my 17 years of covering the beer industry. From a global pandemic to an incredibly crowded marketplace, changing consumer preferences to…
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20 August
Culture Brewing brings on new owners
Most local breweries that have been in operation for a decade or more have achieved household-name status among San Diegans. Strauss, Stone, Societe, San Diego Brewing…and those are just the ones that…
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19 August
Homebrew Summer: High Tide
If there’s a fermentationist in America’s Finest City who knows what it takes to brew up a super-drinkable beer that’s perfect for savoring along with sunny San Diego weather and coastal views,…
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18 August
I Like Beer the Podcast: Cask Ale Quest
It’s official…the Jeffs have spent so much collective time across the Pond that it’s influencing their craft-beer yearnings back in America. Case in point, their current hankering for cask beer. Take a…
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17 August
91X Beer for Breakfast: Fox Point Brewing
It’s always fun to feature a brand-new brewery, but it’s especially meaningful when that rookie operation is a community’s first local craft-beer producer in decades. Enter Fox Point Brewing, which brings beermaking…
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16 August
Beer of the Week: Pitted Peach
If you ask most beer fans what they’re favorite base ingredient is, most of them – especially in Southern California – will say hops. Move to the midwest and you’re likely to…
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15 August
What’s Tapping (8/15)
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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15 August
OG40 releases two new IPAs
North Park’s The Original 40 Brewing has released Sinfully Wicked West Coast IPA and Rye You Crying? Hazy IPA. Both beers are available on draft and in four packs of 16-ounce cans. Sinfully…
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