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 -9 March
Stone Brewing hires new VP
Last month, Stone Brewing announced it was parting ways with man of many hats, Chief Commercial Officer Dan Lamb, who oversaw the North San Diego County company’s sales and marketing. The announcement…
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8 March
Fallbrook’s upcoming brother-sister act
Vista-based Booze Brothers Brewing opened in 2013 as the shared passion project of siblings Donny and Dave Firth. As the beermaking duo behind a business named for them, they have been spotlighted…
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5 March
And the winners are…
Earlier this week, winners in the first annual San Diego Beer News Awards were announced. Fans nominated 386 beers produced by San Diego County breweries in 19 different style categories, setting up…
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5 March
Beers of the Week: Wee Gus & Big Gus
From the Beer Writer: Small, neighborhood breweries and brewpubs have a luxury that larger operations don’t in that it’s relatively easy to brew up beers on a small scale (because it’s the…
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3 March
San Diego Beer News Awards Virtual Awards Shows
The entire month of January, craft-beer fans and members of the brewing industry nominated their favorite beers and breweries for the first-ever San Diego Beer News Awards. Then, in February, we received…
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2 March
BJCP exam best practices – Part 2
Last week, myself, nationally ranked BJCP Judge Geoff Bragg and master-ranked BJCP Judge Oleg Shpyrko took readers through two of the Beer Judge Certification Program’s trio of examinations, the Entrance Examination and…
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1 March
Craft Q&A: Doug Hasker & Jacob Bauch
Over his decades in the craft-brewing industry, Doug Hasker has made a name for himself, not just as the lager sage of San Diego County, but as an effective mentor. While directing…
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Feb- 2021 -26 February
Beer of the Week: Guava 250 kWh
From the Beer Writer: Much like an elaborate restaurant dish, a brewery’s beer recipes often get many tweaks along the way. Sometimes, there are enough adjustments that an entirely new beer is…
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25 February
Kegseeker easing business of beer
Organic relationships are at the heart of so many facets of the San Diego craft-beer community. At the end of the day, beer is a beautifully simple medium. People of all walks…
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24 February
Exploring multiple distribution avenues
Since opening in 2006, Tomme Arthur’s San Marcos brewing facility has housed multiple brands under one roof. Those familial entities made almost completely different beers and appealed to different types of craft…
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