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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Jun- 2025 -14 June
91X Beer for Breakfast: East Village Brewing
This week, we have good news and bad news. The good news is that we’re featuring beers from East Village Brewing, a small-but-mighty business founded by a pair of high-ranking brewers who quit Ballast Point Brewing to…
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13 June
Beer of the Week: Crystal Vision
A few years back, when cold IPAs started making their way onto beer boards across the county, I wasn’t impressed. While some were nice and dry, a lot of them lacked any…
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12 June
What’s Tapping (6/12)
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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11 June
The story behind Books & Brews
Beer’s effectiveness as a social lubricant is well known, but sometimes it goes beyond starting a friendship and helps build something even more enduring. Case in point, Books & Brews, a women’s…
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10 June
Why out-of-town breweries are coming to San Diego
May 11 marked the last day of business for Half Door Brewing, a 10-year-old brewpub run by the family behind downtown’s venerable Irish pub, The Field. Installed in a charming two-story house…
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9 June
Portrait of a Brewer: Chad Keeley
There are hundreds of talented brewing professionals giving their all to help maintain the San Diego beer industry’s storied reputation. While these industrious practitioners share numerous similarities, each is their own unique…
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8 June
I Like Beer the Podcast: Roman Holiday
In this week’s episode, the ILB crew celebrates Joe‘s recent trip to Rome, providing the perfect opportunity for Influencer to share a bit about papal history as it relates to, what else,…
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7 June
91X Beer for Breakfast: Duck Foot Brewing
For the past 10 years, Miramar-based Duck Foot Brewing has been brewing up solid beer that’s not just tasty, but also gluten-reduced across the board. Pleasantly weird in the best way, the team behind…
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6 June
Barrel & Stave moving out of CoLab Public House
In July 2022, a new beverage collective debuted off State Route 78 in Vista. Dubbed CoLab Public House, it brought four beverage-makers and a restaurant together under one roof in a two-story,…
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6 June
Beer of the Week: Coastin’
When the subject of best grocery-store beer buys comes up, be it with beer fans or professional brewers, the gravitational pull of a certain company’s cans is typically part of the conversation.…
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