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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Feb- 2026 -15 February
ALT 94.9 FM: Pure Project Brewing
This week, ALT 94.9 FM‘s Jeremy Pritchard caught up with Brewmaster Winslow Sawyer of Pure Project Brewing ahead of their 10-year anniversary. That’s right, a year divisible by five, which means it…
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14 February
91X Beer for Breakfast: Protector Brewery
It takes more than filling out a few forms for a brewery to become USDA-certified as all-organic. Just ask the head of Miramar’s only such-certified beer company, Protector Brewery. For the past eight…
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13 February
Beer of the Week: Japanese Dark Lager
Koo Miyake is a maker of many things. Not only does he brew beer. He’s also a distiller of spirits, as well as a crafter of hard sparkling teas and other alternative…
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12 February
What’s Tapping (2/12/26)
Welcome to San Diego Beer News‘ weekly list of beers tapping for the first time or returning to beer lists at breweries throughout San Diego County, including links where you can find…
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11 February
Beer Briefs: Fresh, Fair & Finished
As evidenced below, sometimes San Diego-related beer news takes place well outside the geographical limits of San Diego County. Keep scrolling for the story of a local brewer returning to the area…
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10 February
New year, new blood for Pink Boots Society
As with most entities within the craft brewing industry – trade associations, brewers guilds, non-profits – it takes a village to help the Pink Boots Society reach its full potential. Founded in…
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9 February
Rear View Beer: Benchmark Brewing
San Diego’s brewing industry and overall beer scene didn’t spontaneously occur. It was forged over decades by thousands of entrepreneurs, craftspeople, employees and fans. And key to it all have been the…
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8 February
I Like Beer the Podcast: The Curtain Has Been Lifted
For 335 episodes, you’ve heard the voices of the ILB crew. Now, for the first time in history, you can see the “charisma overload” for yourself as they make their video debut…
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7 February
91X Beer for Breakfast: Blind Lady Ale House
It seems like only yesterday that Blind Lady Ale House opened its doors in Normal Heights, but that reliably outstanding bar and nanobrewery just celebrated 17 years of pints, pies and all-around awesomeness. In…
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6 February
Beer of the Week: La Chona
In illustrating their passion for live music, the family behind The Roadies Brewing could have slapped some concert posters on the walls of their tasting room and called it a day. Instead,…
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