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- 2025 -16 August
91X Beer for Breakfast: Collaboration Beers
Beer for Breakfast co-host Brandon Hernández has been busy of late, collaborating with local breweries on a pair of special beers. Listen in as the crew tastes through both, starting with a West Coast IPA…
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15 August
Beer of the Week: Nestor
Two weeks ago we went into great details about Thorn Street Brewery’s founders rebranding their 12-year-old North Park enterprise. In doing so, they chose the name Little Bird Brewing for the business…
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14 August
What’s Tapping (8/14)
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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14 August
Homebrew Summer: Battles for Bavaria
Chris Hotz is used to taking aspiring brewing professionals under his wing. For years, he did so as an instructor for the University of California, San Diego‘s Brewing Certificate Program, allowing him…
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13 August
New local investors and venues for Ballast Point
When Brendan Watters assembled a group of investors to purchase Ballast Point Brewing back in 2019, he was familiar with the brand, high on the opportunities he saw in it, and determined…
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13 August
Resurrection Sunday is on “Draft”
On the morning of Sunday, August 16 from 6 to 10 a.m., 91X FM will host its third annual “Resurrection Sunday Live” broadcast at beachfront bar and restaurant Draft inside Mission Beach’s…
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13 August
Pizza Port culinary program goes mobile
Many San Diego Beer News readers know Pizza Port for its constantly rotating array of award-winning beers, particularly its seemingly inexhaustible wellspring of West Coast IPAs. But for some, beer isn’t the…
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12 August
Five years, two events & one stellar anniversary IPA
As hard as it is to believe, it’s been five years since the San Diego Beer News (SDBN) website launched. Over that span, we’ve posted something new – be it breaking or…
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11 August
Beer & BBQ fest returns to SeaWorld
SeaWorld San Diego is firing up the flavor with the return of its Bayside Brews & BBQ festival starting on Friday, August 15 and running through Monday, September 1 on select dates. Guests can enjoy more…
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11 August
Portrait of a Brewer: Matt Davis, Home Brew Mart
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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