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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Mar- 2024 -14 March
Brewers Cup of California honors locals
Over the past five years, the California Craft Brewers Association’s biggest annual event, the California Craft Beer Summit, has featured a companion competition that’s become one of its most brilliant highlights. Dubbed…
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13 March
Capital of Craft the Podcast: Brandon Hernández
In addition to having covered the craft-beer industry as a journalist for the past 17 years, San Diego Beer News founder Brandon Hernández also spent nearly a decade working for local craft…
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12 March
Common Theory expands to Otay Ranch
Common Theory Public House, known for its diverse, ever-evolving draft beer list and Asian-influenced gastropub menu in the Convoy District, last week opened a second location in Otay Ranch. The new Common Theory…
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12 March
A dash of Pico Rivera in Chula Vista
Patrons who have made recent visits to Chula Vista restaurant, El Cruce +241, may have noticed some beers from an operation called Brewjería Company. The half-dozen exotic, hoppy and fruity ales are…
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11 March
Portrait of a Brewer: Jeff Lozano, Ballast Point Brewing
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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10 March
A Metamorphosis for Mother Earth
Mother Earth Brew Co. is adding another stellar release to its lineup of rotating hazy IPAs. The latest Project X Series brew follows the series’ trend of keeping the malt bill somewhat…
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10 March
I Like Beer the Podcast: Central Coast Field Trip
Once again, Jeff and Jeff hook up their travel trailers ad head north for their annual Central Coast pilgrimage. Even rain couldn’t deter them from finding cool new breweries and returning to…
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9 March
Karl Strauss debuts core lager
Karl Strauss Brewing, San Diego’s longest continuously operating post-Prohibition brewing company, recently released Follow the Sun Lager as a new core beer. The 4.2% alcohol-by-volume brew is available on draft and in six packs…
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9 March
91X Beer for Breakfast: Rouleur Brewing
The Beer for Breakfast crew never needs an excuse to talk about a cool local brewery, but this week they have a particularly delicious excuse: the addition of an on-site deli. Carlsbad’s…
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8 March
O’Brien’s named best in the U.S.
O’Brien’s Pub has been a beloved beer bastion since 1994 and was one of the very first San Diego establishments to make craft ales and lagers – or “microbrews” as they were…
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