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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Apr- 2026 -15 April
Vet Colby Chandler’s back in the game
For decades, Colby Chandler was deeply entrenched in the San Diego craft beer industry. Not only did he work for Ballast Point Brewing for 25 years, serving as a specialty brewer and…
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14 April
El Cajon brewery taking a brief intermission
Last July, Burning Beard Brewing’s ownership was happy to announce that, after years of searching and with the lease on the 10-year-old company’s headquarters coming to a close, they had secured a…
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14 April
Ex-Ballast Pointer takes his beer biz to the next level
In 2015, Pulkit K. Agrawal (pictured above, far right) brought an analytic, inventive mind and a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering degree from Harvard University to the local beer industry as…
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13 April
Portrait of a Brewer: Mo Nuspl, Deft Brewing
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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12 April
I Like Beer the Podcast: Brandon Hernández
In this episode, the crew welcomes back San Diego Beer News founder and Executive Editor Brandon Hernández, cracks open a rauchbier brewed with Blue Fire Brewing, and talks about the kinds of…
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11 April
91X Beer for Breakfast: Citizen Brewers
For the past 10 years, a Grantville business has been helping civilians brew and bottle their very own beers. Going by the handle Citizen Brewers, that brew-on-premise operation works with everyone from veteran…
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10 April
CCBA’s Summit Beer Festival is back
On November 7, the Summit Beer Festival will make its return for the first time since 2019. The California Craft Brewers Association (CCBA) is excited to once again showcase the creativity and…
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10 April
Monday Morning takes over San Marcos brewery
Zane Curtis came up loving San Diego craft beer – not just the ales and lagers, but the quality, creativity and the culture surrounding them. It was a big part of his…
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10 April
Beer of the Week: Rauch Me
Whether most people realize it, humankind largely adheres to a concept called situational drinking. During cold seasons and times of yule, we tend to seek out darker, heavier beverages that are higher…
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9 April
What’s Tapping (4/9/26)
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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