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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Aug- 2020 -25 August
BattleMage Brewing ascending to Level 3
As fans of Dungeons & Dragons and other such fantasy franchises know, creativity is at the core of role-playing games (RPG). Without a clever dungeon master (DM) to devise a riveting plot…
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24 August
Yakima Chief Hops takes harvest virtual
For professional brewers, there are few times of year as wondrous as autumn’s hop harvest season, and few experiences more exciting as heading to the Pacific Northwest for hop selection. It’s a…
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21 August
Beer of the Week: PB & Haze
From the Beer Writer: Double IPAs and hazy IPAs tend to fall victim to the same shortcoming: undesirable sweetness. So, when coming across a double New England-style (i.e., hazy) India pale ale,…
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20 August
Team Stone Relief Fund assists former employees
It’s long been said that San Diego’s restaurant industry can be a bit copy-cat. If one dining establishment does something good, you can expect numerous others to follow suit. It’s a catty…
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19 August
Oceanside Brewing owner takes reins
When longtime homebrewing friends Tomas Bryant and Greg Distefano set out to build Oceanside Brewing, they were amazed by how many people from throughout its eponymous community offered to help them out.…
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18 August
Meet Ballast Point’s new owners – Part 2
Today’s post is a continuation of a two-part article about Chris Bradley and Brendan Watters, heads of Kings & Convicts Brewing, which last year purchased Ballast Point Brewing from Big Beer entity…
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17 August
Meet Ballast Point’s new owners – Part 1
Last December, when news broke that multi-national corporation Constellation Brands was selling Ballast Point Brewing to Highwood, Illinois’ tiny, two-year-old Kings and Convicts Brewing, it raised eyebrows and numerous questions, the most…
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14 August
Beer of the Week: Browner Than Ivan
From the Beer Writer: The Great American Beer Festival (GABF) is the largest annual brewing competition in the world. It’s produced some great American memories for numerous San Diego brewers, including the…
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13 August
Cerveceria el Destino a Baja brewing side hustle
Jim Millea put OB Brewery on the map in 2018 when his medal-winning beer earned the Ocean Beach interest the title of Small Brewpub of the Year at the Great American Beer…
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12 August
Three Frogs deprived of a truly grand opening
For entrants into the brewing industry, opening a tasting room is a big deal. Often, it comes after months or years of hard work for business owners and their staff. For small…
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