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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Mar- 2021 -24 March
Itza Brewing to start out online
Not only have the majority of San Diego’s craft-beer producers survived during the pandemic, but the overall number of breweries has increased in the COVID-19 era. To-date, newcomers to the industry have…
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23 March
Ballast Point San Francisco en route
Today, Kings & Convicts Brewing, the San Diego-headquartered owner of Ballast Point Brewing, announced it is moving forward with a retail expansion of the 25-year-old craft brewery into Northern California. Plans to…
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23 March
Scout expanding to Arizona
Last month Rancho Bernardo-based Abnormal Beer Co. shared the welcoming reception it’s received since opening a tap-equipped airstream trailer as a satellite “tasting room” at an art collective in Phoenix. Since that…
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22 March
MiraCosta earns “Master’s” degree
Boasting a world-renowned brewing scene, the manufacture of beer is big business in San Diego County. As such, the region’s educational institutions have developed programs to assist individuals looking for a leg…
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19 March
Beer of the Week: DoubleDeft Secret
From the Beer Writer: Hops are glorious, drinkable beers divine, but malty beers fueled to high-alcohol glory care of energetic yeast strains with character are things of beauty, too. Unfortunately, they are…
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17 March
Beyond the norm…and hard seltzer
Entering 2020, Tomme Arthur had grand aspirations of introducing the beer-drinking world to the fun-loving antics of a character of his joyous design, Brutus T. Bubbles. The co-founder of San Marcos’ multi-brand…
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15 March
Rouleur Brewing entering North Park
The thematic of Carlsbad’s Rouleur Brewing is competitive cycling, but its beers have proven popular beyond the two-wheeling crowd. Enough that in 2020 owner and Brewmaster Rawley Macias was able to graduate…
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12 March
Beer of the Week: Blackberry Pie
From the Beer Writer: After a year spent in varying states of quarantine staving off a global pandemic, most people are looking for any excuse to celebrate something, to bring a glint…
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11 March
Align back online
Align Brewing enjoyed a nice little following as one of the longest-tenured occupants of Miramar’s artisan colony, the Miralani Makers District. Many of those who frequented the beermaking establishment were of the…
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10 March
New Motion leads with hard teas
Though it boasts a beer operation that was impressive enough to be named Best New Brewery by members of the local brewing community at last week’s San Diego Beer News Awards, Miramar’s…
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