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- 2025 -7 March
Beer of the Week: More Fun Blonde
When locals with a penchant for beer think of Escondido, it’s most likely the castle-like estate that is Stone Brewing comes to mind. Let me be clear – there is nothing wrong…
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6 March
What’s Tapping (3/6)
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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5 March
Local pub repeats as country’s best beer bar
Local beer fans may have noticed a recent flurry of social-media posts geared toward inspiring them to cast votes in an online competition. No, not the various posts from San Diego breweries…
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4 March
OG40’s new brewer dropping first beer
The Original 40 Brewing’s new Head Brewer Kyle Fjalstad will release his first beer, Wired Fences West Coast IPA, on Thursday, March 6. Fjalstad was hired in January after spending the previous…
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4 March
Burgeon Beer branching into Orange County
Thus far, 2025 has been a year of contraction for many local breweries, but San Diego’s beer industry is not a monolith. Numerous brewing companies are still performing well and focused on…
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3 March
GOAL. Brewing exiting Brewery Igniter facility
For well over a year now, the lease-to-brew suites at North Park’s CRAFT by Brewery Igniter facility has boasted the most compelling array of beers of its nine-year lifespan. Operated by a…
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3 March
Tons on tap for the 2025 SDBN Awards Ceremony
Over the past half-decade, we’ve been proud to present the annual San Diego Beer News Awards Ceremony. What started as a virtual celebration in 2021 has blossomed and grown into one of…
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2 March
I Like Beer the Podcast: Central Coast Brewing
Tis week, the ILB crew visits one of the founders of the Central Coast beer scene, George Peterson of, what else…Central Coast Brewing. George is a risk-taker who clearly thrives when there’s…
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1 March
91X Beer for Breakfast: Mission Brewing
One of San Diego’s legacy beer operations, Mission Brewing is perhaps best known among locals for its historic digs in the circa-1910 Wonder Bread factory in downtown’s East Village. The company has…
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Feb- 2025 -28 February
No more namesake beer for Oceanside
Over the past decade, Oceanside had two namesake craft-beer operations. The first was Oceanside Ale Works, a 16-year-old concern started by a local high-school teacher and firefighter, which was founded in 2006.…
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