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- 2020 -22 October
Pure Project pursuing Iron Fist facility
Two weeks ago, the owners of Resident Brewing were working toward a solution to their lack of sufficient production capabilities to meet consumer demand. The company, which produces its beers at a…
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21 October
Alpine Beer’s eatery revamped, reopening
After acquiring Alpine Beer Co. in 2014, Green Flash Brewing expanded distribution of the East County interest’s core beers across the country. On a local level, they converted Alpine Beer’s former bar…
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20 October
Of mice and men (and mead and märzen)
And now, a dramatic reenactment of a conversation I like to imagine took place in mid-2019: “I have to tell you, I’m incredibly excited about this new patio concept,” gushed Mo. “Indeed,”…
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19 October
Craft Q&A: Peter Rowe
Most people are surprised to discover that beer journalism is real, much less some peoples’ vocation. Nowadays a growing number of writers, bloggers and multimedia mavens cover the brewing scene in their…
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16 October
San Diego winners from the 2020 GABF
Due to the pandemic, the beer-tasting free-for-all that is Denver’s Great American Beer Festival (GABF) did not take place this year, but its highly anticipated competition component did. Thanks to the ingenuity…
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16 October
Beer of the Week: Executive Pour
From the Beer Writer: Being summoned by the big cheese at one’s place of employment can really wreck a work day for even the cleanest-nosed subordinate. Palms sweat, the heart races, the…
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15 October
Burgeon Beer takes over former Escondido Brewing facility
In May, the founders of Escondido Brewing announced that, after three years of operating the smallest brewery in San Diego County, they would be shuttering the business. Built into the exterior of…
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15 October
Horus Aged Ales hatches Ferrous Falcon
Kyle Harrop has travelled the world, not only drinking in some of its finest beers, but collaborating to create some with brewers across the globe via his Oceanside-based brewing interest, Horus Aged…
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13 October
Lakeside getting first brewery-owned venue
From the early days of drawing up their business plan, Greg and Jade Malkin knew they wanted to maximize the reach of their business, Little Miss Brewing, by opening as many offshoot…
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12 October
The Original 40 replaces original brewer
Since opening in North Park last June, The Original 40 Brewing has had one person handling every aspect of the brewpub’s fermentation program. That individual is Chris “Giggles” Gillogly, who has six…
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