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 -1 August
Homebrew Summer: None Shall Pass
Often homebrewing is as much about hanging out as cooking up a beer. After all, the beermaking process is a lengthy one marked by downtime spent waiting for science to do its…
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Jul- 2024 -31 July
Pure Project partners with Empanada Kitchen
Pure Project Brewing is partnering with Empanada Kitchen, a San Diego-based restaurant, to offer freshly baked empanadas at its Balboa Park taproom. Empanada Kitchen was born in 2016 from a desire to…
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31 July
SoCal Brewing Supply materializes in Vista
Travis Johnson got into homebrewing in a big way during his early-twenties. It’s a hobby he stuck with, crafting batch after batch, until taking a six-year hiatus while serving his country in…
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30 July
Karl Strauss sets up camp in Poway
When brewing companies add locations, it’s typically big news, but when those sites lack a public component there’s a lot less hubbub. Often even large beer manufacturers can go about their business…
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29 July
Homebrew Summer: Hop Water
Bine-borne character and hydration collide in the brewing industry’s latest and most unexpected trend: hop water. A non-alcoholic beverage conveying hop flavors and aromas while quenching one’s thirst, the it-is-what-it-is offering has…
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28 July
I Like Beer the Podcast: South O Brewing
The ILB crew is back after a lengthy sojourn to the United Kingdom. For their first stateside broadcast, they welcome the owners of South O Brewing into the studio. Listen along as…
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27 July
91X Beer for Breakfast: My Yard Live Beer Co.
“Ruh-roh, Shaggy!” Here comes the Beer for Breakfast crew, and they’ve got a pair of crowlers from My Yard Live Beer Co. That family-, and especially kid-friendly San Marcos brewpub is celebrating…
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26 July
Beer of the Week: Garston Gold 2.0
For the longest time, far too many local breweries acted as though craft beer and sports were mutually exclusive interests. Much of that belief was tied to old-school macrobeer advertising that leaned…
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25 July
What’s Tapping (7/25)
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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25 July
Homebrew Summer: Ryeders of Rohan
Before he was hired as a brewer for vaunted North County operation, The Lost Abbey, Andrew Konopak (pictured above, at left) was infatuated with local beer yet oblivious to how it was…
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