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 -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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24 July
What’s Tapping (7/24)
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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24 July
San Diego Craft Beer Con returns August 5
The San Diego Brewers Guild, a nonprofit 501(c)(6) organization, will host the 2025 Craft Beer Con on Tuesday, August 5 at Mira Costa College’s San Elijo campus in Cardiff. The annual half-day conference for…
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23 July
Beer Briefs: The Lost Abbey gets its own HQ!
When I reinstituted my Beer Briefs quick-hit style of reporting, I figured it would make occasional, rather sporadic appearances. I prefer digging into developments so I can provide longer-form articles, but with…
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23 July
Homebrew Summer: X Extra Pale Ale
There are certain local beers that hold a place in the pantheon of all-time trailblazing creations conjured by San Diego County breweries. Venerable Miramar outfit, AleSmith Brewing has several to its credit,…
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22 July
Brewers Guild director opening his own brewery
Erik Fowler has witnessed a great deal from many different perspectives during his dozen years in the craft brewing industry. Over that span he tended taps for Ramona-based ChuckAlek Independent Brewers, was…
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21 July
Burning Beard signs lease on new HQ
East County regulars cramming in elbow-to-elbow with bar-staff banter and the clinking of hop-skull embellished glassware spiking above the high-volume alt-rock and punk tunes blaring from the tasting room’s juke box. Over…
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21 July
Portrait of a Brewer: Tom Nickel, Nickel Beer Co.
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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20 July
I Like Beer the Podcast: CoLab Public House
It’s the summer of supporting local and CoLab Public House in Vista has been one of the ILB crew’s regular haunts since it first opened. In this episode, the team sits down…
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