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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Jul- 2025 -31 July
What’s Tapping (7/31)
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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30 July
A brewer and his barrels are reunited
On Friday, August 8, The Original 40 Brewing will release Magnetic Ribbon: Final Cut Edition, a pastry stout that was aged in Elijah Craig eight-year-old bourbon barrels for 45 months beginning at Modern Times Beer in October…
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30 July
13 new brewery venues in the past 12 months
Over the past year, more than a dozen brewery-owned venues have popped up throughout San Diego County. From brand new businesses to spinoffs, satellite venues and new faces in old places, the…
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29 July
The book on Thorn Street, Thorn & Little Bird Brewing
“Little Bird Brewing is a rebrand of Thorn Street Brewery, which was the inspiration for Thorn Brewing, but not the same company or ownership as Thorn Brewing Company, but it does have…
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28 July
Homebrew Summer: Wheels of Confusion
Like so many of his craft-beer industry colleagues, Peter Perrecone was an avid, award-winning homebrewer before going pro. And like so many of his contemporaries, he has maintained his connection with San…
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27 July
I Like Beer the Podcast: Shark Beer Week
This episode needs very little introduction. Well, OK, maybe just a little (like, a nip versus a full-on bite out of crime.) Enjoy our annual ode to Shark Week with Doc and…
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26 July
91X Beer for Breakfast: Villains Brewing
The latest Orange County beer company to make a splash in the San Diego beer scene goes by the name of Villains Brewing. About a month ago, this two-year-old venture celebrating cinematic bad…
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25 July
Beer of the Week: Local Lager
Earlier this month, I flew across the Atlantic Ocean to embark on a cruise along the Rhine River. It was a dream scenario where I not only had the pleasure of spending…
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25 July
Homebrew Summer: Paddle Boat
Few, if any, American beers have been as inspirational or played such a significant role in escorting drinkers to the craft-beer subculture as Sierra Nevada Brewing‘s namesake pale ale. Introduced to the…
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24 July
Karl Strauss inks deal with Brewery X
Karl Strauss Brewing, San Diego’s first post-Prohibition craft brewery, continues the growth of its distribution arm, Karl Strauss Distribution (KSD). KSD and Brewery X have entered into a distribution agreement that makes the Anaheim…
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