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- 2021 -4 October
Portrait of a Brewer: Anthony Chen, AleSmith 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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1 October
Beer of the Week: Tangible
From the Beer Writer: Fruited IPAs hit the height of their popularity in the mid-aughts. Almost overnight, Southern California brewers who had boasted about the bitterness of their West Coast IPAs were…
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Sep- 2021 -29 September
Bay City’s back in business
There was a sense of elation for employees of Bay City Brewing through much of the first quarter of last year. The Point Loma-based company was riding the annual high of hockey…
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28 September
L.A. to house Mujeres Brew House
It was 2018 when Border X Brewing tapped into something special, an altruistic concept that started as a monthly activity and grew to become so much more. Conceived by then podcast host…
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27 September
Poway getting second brewery venue
In 2005, Lightning Brewery opened as Poway’s first-and-only brewery. Sixteen years later, the business still holds that distinction. It’s not that Powegians lack a taste for craft ales and lagers. Beer-centric bar…
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24 September
Beer of the Week: Palm Sway
From the Beer Writer: Anticipation can really up the expectations of a beer, especially when one has heard some pre-sample chatter about said brew. This is true in the case of comments…
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23 September
Release: Belgian Blauw Wit
As part of our San Diego Homebrew Summer program, a dozen local breweries are producing recipes from local homebrewers at their breweries during the sunny season. The next to debut will be…
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22 September
The Indie Beer Show to end
While not the first podcast to tackle the subject of San Diego’s beer scene, The Indie Beer Show has been one of the most prolific productions of its kind over the past…
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21 September
Blue Fire Brewing making it official
Many are the offspring who owe a great deal to their parents for helping shape them into the individuals they eventually become. Count Charlie and Tommy Gordon among them. Their father attained…
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20 September
Going back to college
It was 2007 when Kevin Dyer planted his fermentation flag in Temecula, opening up Black Market Brewing. While the Riverside County community was replete with purveyors of Pinot Gris and Zinfandel, it…
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