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 -11 October
Portrait of a Brewer: Kyle Harrop, Horus Aged Ales
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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8 October
New life for Hamilton’s Tavern site
For 14 years Hamilton’s Tavern stood as a bastion for seekers of quality ales and lagers in a laidback atmosphere; a standout beer bar that breathed new life into the South Park…
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8 October
Beer of the Week: Protect Ya Neck
From the Beer Writer: It’s the time of year when hop farmers are harvesting the bine-borne fruits of their labor. While the bulk of those hops are bound for pelletizing for use…
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7 October
Local International Beer Cup winners
Though not as well known locally as U.S.-based competitions such as the Great American Beer Festival and World Beer Cup (WBC), the International Beer Cup (IBC) is Japan’s largest annual professional brewing…
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6 October
San Diego brewers make Brave Noise
In May, mass allegations of gender discrimination, racism, sexual harassment and assault within the beer industry made headlines when professional brewer Brienne Allan posed a question via her Instagram account (@ratmagnet): “Have…
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5 October
Stumbling into San Marcos
Ingenuity and inventiveness are at the heart of the craft-beer industry, but few lead with these traits quite like the fermentationists at Creative Creature Brewing. A small El Cajon brewery operating out…
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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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