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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Apr- 2025 -26 April
91X Beer for Breakfast: Deft Brewing
Admit it. You heard us talking about Frühlingsfest last week and were like, “That kinda sounds made up.” We understand your skepticism (although there should never be any hesitation about a beer…
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25 April
Locals’ Brewers Cup runeth over
Originally introduced as a companion event to the California Craft Brewers Association’s annual California Craft Beer Summit, the Brewers Cup of California competition is now prestigious enough to stand all on its…
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25 April
Pure Project collabs with Tablas Creek
San Diego’s Pure Project Brewing continues to expand its product offerings in a collaboration with the world’s first Regenerative Organic Certified winery, Tablas Creek Vineyard of Paso Robles, California. Together, they have…
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25 April
Beer of the Week: Deftoberfest Märzen
Each September, my wife and I arrive at brewery tasting rooms and grocery-store beverage aisles with an enhanced sense of hope, excited to see which Oktoberfest-inspired lagers will be waiting for us.…
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25 April
Be part of Homebrew Summer 2025!
It was 2021 when San Diego Beer News launched its Homebrew Summer program as an initiative built to help maintain and advance the all-important connection between the county’s professional and amateur brewers. Over the…
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24 April
What’s Tapping (4/24)
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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23 April
Homebrew supply venture starting out online
If there’s one thing homebrewers love to do – other than brew, of course – it’s talk about beer and the process of making it. This extends to owners and staffers of…
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22 April
Craft brewers take concerns to Capitol
Regular readers of San Diego Beer News know of the San Diego Brewers Guild (SDBG), a volunteer-driven non-profit trade organization working with the local breweries comprising its membership to, among other things,…
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21 April
Portrait of a Brewer: Daniel Cady, TapRoom Beer Co.
There are hundreds of talented brewing professionals giving their all to help maintain the San Diego beer industry’s storied reputation. While these industrious practitioners share numerous similarities, each is their own unique…
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20 April
I Like Beer the Podcast: Copper Kings
A rare tandem of one Jeff and one Joe find themselves at Copper Kings Burgers. Dermot Owens and Alfredo Vega shared the origin story and the unique experiences available at their San…
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