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 -15 April
Northern Pine Brewing out, but not over
With the emotion and logistics involved, it’s understandably difficult for brewery owners to announce they are closing their businesses. That chore is made even harder when something unexpected triggers a sudden shutdown.…
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14 April
Portrait of a Brewer: Derek Lauridsen
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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13 April
I Like Beer the Podcast: Keystone Check-in
Join the ILB team as they hit one of their favorite streets in North County San Diego: Keystone Way! With several amazing breweries all on one walkable avenue, beer-lovers can’t go wrong…
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12 April
91X Beer for Breakfast: Pure Project Brewing
This week’s adult-beverage breakfast sesh focuses on a local brewing company that releases beers nearly as often as we run this segment. That prolific Vista-based operation is Pure Project Brewing, a nine-year-old…
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12 April
Local-legend collab beer returns
Karl Strauss Brewing and Pizza Port Brewing, two legends of the San Diego brewing scene, have re-released their fan-favorite collaboration, Nectaron of the Gods IPA. The tropical West Coast IPA returns as part of…
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11 April
Beer of the Week: Shoot from the Hip
There’s no industry quite like craft brewing. Beyond the sharing of would-be trade secrets, ingredients and equipment, and beer companies’ unabashed affinity for one another and their products, individuals from different businesses…
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10 April
What’s Tapping (4/10)
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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10 April
FOX 5 Morning News: East Village Pre-game Spots
The San Diego Padres are off to a historically good start, leading the pack in the National League West as of the time of this writing. That means more sell-outs at Petco…
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9 April
New name, same San Diego dominance!
San Diego’s largest and most prestigious brewing competition not only has a brand-new scoring system, having adopted the same model as the Great American Beer Festival and World Beer Cup, it also…
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8 April
White Labs celebrates 30 years of innovation
It’s midafternoon on a weekday in 1994. A lanky young man is huddled in a phone booth, the receiver sandwiched between his ear and shoulder as the mercenary device sounds out ring…
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