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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Apr- 2022 -29 April
Beer of the Week: Flight of the Kiwis
From the Beer Writer: Being in the business of covering the local beer industry, I’ll occasionally be invited to a brewery’s friends-and-family pre-open event. They are always memorable, but there’s one I’ll…
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27 April
Santa Rosa, California Brewery Guide
For many, Santa Rosa is rightfully synonymous with wine. After all, the charming NorCal city is in the heart of viticultural hotbed, Sonoma County, which is home to well over 400 wineries.…
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26 April
Bringing something new to Old Town
Over its first eight years in business, Kearny Mesa’s Societe Brewing was a relatively small operation with limited distribution. That was the plan, after all. In 2012, its founders set out to…
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25 April
Portrait of a Brewer: Matt Akin, Duck Foot Brewing
There are hundreds of hard-working brewing professionals giving their all to help maintain the storied reputation San Diego’s brewing scene has earned over the past several decades. Some have risen to great…
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22 April
Beer of the Week: White Sage
From the Beer Writer: With so many beers being produced in San Diego, it’s pretty tough for upstart ales and lagers to gain traction. Typically, when I start seeing a new beer…
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20 April
Craft Q&A: Doug Pominville
Doug Pominville spent a decade plying his trade at Ballast Point Brewing, Fall Brewing and Thorn Brewing, before pulling up stakes and jetting across the country to head up brewing at 603…
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19 April
The Space Pad cleared for lift-off
While the pandemic presented myriad challenges for everyone, scores of individuals were able to unearth and realize opportunities. Such was the case with Steve Kozyk and Rachel Fischer, the owners of Kilowatt…
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18 April
Portrait of a Brewer: Rob Wyngard, Modern Times Beer
There are hundreds of hard-working brewing professionals giving their all to help maintain the storied reputation San Diego’s brewing scene has earned over the past several decades. Some have risen to great…
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15 April
Beer of the Week: Lush
From the Beer Writer: Some beers are close to the hearts of the brewers who conceive them. Fittingly, they take them with them wherever they go, allowing them to transcend vocational notches…
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14 April
And he’s off…again
They say you don’t buy beer, you just rent it. To some extent, the same could be said for local brewer Cosimo Sorrentino. When he started his pro-brewing career with Monkey Paw…
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