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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May- 2021 -11 May
New territories, teammates for SouthNorte
Like many local brewing operations, SouthNorte Beer Co. was able to pivot during the pandemic, shifting from a draft-heavy concept to a revised, can-focused business model. Doing so has put the three-year-old,…
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10 May
Craft Q&A: Arsalun Tafazoli
Back in 2007, San Diego craft beer was not as available, recognized or bankable as it is today. There was just a handful of bars in the entire county offering local beer,…
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7 May
Beer of the Week: Shades of Daylight
From the Beer Writer: There are few business-to-business collaborations that seem as fitting in San Diego as a sunglass company and brewery confabulation. Vista’s Helia Brewing recently teamed with RAEN Optics in…
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6 May
Brewer’s Deck set to debut
Two years ago, developers announced plans for a $120 million renovative construction project that would add 120,000 square feet of retail space at Carmel Valley’s Del Mar Highlands Town Center. The project,…
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5 May
Reviving Oceanside Ale Works
Oceanside is home to 13 breweries and brewery-owned venues, but before any of them existed, there was Oceanside Ale Works (OAW). That operation was largely brought to life by former high-school teacher,…
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4 May
FOX 5: New Local Brewery Venues
The FOX 5 San Diego Morning News‘ latest San Diego Beer News segment provides details on four recently opened breweries and tasting rooms from Pure Project Brewing, One Season Brewing, Harland Brewing,…
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4 May
California Wild Ales opening in OB
They say timing is everything, and that’s certainly the case where California Wild Ales’ new tasting room in Ocean Beach is concerned. Founders Bill DeWitt and Zack Brager have been hard at…
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3 May
Sweet Homebrew San Diego!
As part of our San Diego Homebrew Summer program, a dozen local breweries have agreed to bring county homebrewers’ recipes to life by brewing them at their facilities and releasing them to…
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Apr- 2021 -30 April
Beer of the Week: Barrel-aged Baba Yaga
From the Beer Writer: From the Beer Writer: What’s in a name? If you’re a brewery in a county awash in suds sporting over 150 operating brewhouses and even more brewery-owned public…
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28 April
A second exit from North Park
When longtime North Park bar and restaurant Waypoint Public shuttered last September, owner John Pani reached out to friends and fellow business owners Todd Warshaw and Stephanie Eppig to see if they’d…
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