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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Sep- 2020 -4 September
Beer of the Week: The Original Brut Ale
From the Beer Writer: I’ve long referred to a certain brewery in San Marcos as a three-headed monster. That operation is the all-under-one-roof combo of The Lost Abbey, Port Brewing and The…
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2 September
Craft Q&A: Kris Anacleto
As one would expect from a company called Booze Brothers Brewing, the manufacture of beer is the primary focus. That has never been truer than right now. The pandemic has ownership grateful…
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1 September
Stone Brewing brings on new CEO
Last month, Dominic Engels resigned from the position of chief executive officer at Stone Brewing, sending the country’s ninth-largest craft brewery on a search for someone to fill his shoes. It didn’t…
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1 September
Oktoberfest’s nixed…but not at Eppig
Oktoberfest evokes visions of tents—or brewery tasting rooms—packed with stein-hoisting, lederhosen- and dirndl-clad revelers. It’s a simple brand of gleeful decadence…and yet another casualty of COVID-19. Germany’s annual harvest festival has been…
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Aug- 2020 -31 August
New English Brewing’s new outdoor space
The great outdoors have become an essential serving space for local breweries during the pandemic. In many cases, breweries and other hospitality venues have had to scramble to shape-up makeshift outdoor areas…
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29 August
Pink Boots to host hop-rub on Zoom
On Sunday, August 30, leadership from the San Diego chapter of the Pink Boots Society (PBS), a non-profit organization advancing the causes of equality and education for women in the brewing industry,…
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29 August
Craft Coast marries two SoCal faves
New beers from a brewer with experience garnered within the famed Pizza Port family of brewpubs is plenty enough reason to look forward to the opening of a new brewing interest. But…
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28 August
Beer of the Week: Shagtastic Voyage
From the Beer Writer: Barrel-aging can be a taxing process for a brewer. In addition to sourcing viable barrels, dosing, storage, blending and contending with scores of technical matters, there’s the attachment…
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27 August
Culture Brewing to debut in Los Angeles
Culture Brewing opened to the public in Solana Beach’s Cedros Design District in 2012. At the time, it seemed like any other local brewery, but its owners had a long-term plan to…
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26 August
Urban Surf 4 Kids rides wet-hop wave
For the past three years, El Cajon-based non-profit Urban Surf 4 Kids has looked forward to wet-hop season just as much as local lupulin lovers. That’s because, each year, San Diego‘s Horsethief…
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