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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May- 2021 -19 May
Modern Times CEO steps down amid harassment allegations
Yesterday, Modern Times Beer founder Jacob McKean announced that he is stepping down from his role as CEO. This organizational change was announced in a blog post on the company’s website, and…
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19 May
Shootz in Oceanside’s pipeline
One meets a lot of interesting people in Chris Slowey’s line of work. The CEO of CLTVT, a local design-build firm specializing in brewery and assorted hospitality-venue projects, his clientele tend to…
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18 May
Business is Brewing
In 2019, the most recent non-pandemic year, local brewing companies fitting the San Diego Brewers Guild’s definition of “craft” had an economic impact of $1.2 billion and were responsible for nearly 6,500…
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17 May
Debut set for Ataraxia Aleworks
There are some old-guard San Diego brewing companies, the influence of which on the county’s craft-beer scene extends well beyond their own walls. Ex-employees of Pizza Port, Stone Brewing, Karl Strauss Brewing…
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15 May
Education: Preaching the gospel of beer
In my eyes, an instructional book on beer is just like a museum, with well-appointed rooms providing insights on rich brewing cultures, histories and techniques. If you are in the market for…
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14 May
Beer of the Week: India Pale Whale
From the Beer Writer: “Big C” hops served as the foundation for West Coast IPAs, growing that niche all-American take on a tame English ale archetype into the most popular beer style…
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12 May
Chase dreams
Few brewers are as tightly interwoven into the fabric of San Diego’s craft-beer scene as Lee Chase. Growing up a teenage skate punk in Ramona, Chase was anti-establishment in all ways. So,…
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11 May
New territories, teammates for SouthNorte
Like many local brewing operations, SouthNorte Beer Co. was able to pivot during the pandemic, shifting from a draft-heavy concept to a revised, can-focused business model. Doing so has put the three-year-old,…
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10 May
Craft Q&A: Arsalun Tafazoli
Back in 2007, San Diego craft beer was not as available, recognized or bankable as it is today. There was just a handful of bars in the entire county offering local beer,…
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7 May
Beer of the Week: Shades of Daylight
From the Beer Writer: There are few business-to-business collaborations that seem as fitting in San Diego as a sunglass company and brewery confabulation. Vista’s Helia Brewing recently teamed with RAEN Optics in…
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