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 -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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28 February
Beer of the Week: We Love L.A.
San Diego has no shortage of trend-setting breweries. Of that sect, one of the businesses many in and outside our county limits look up to is North Park Beer Co. A veritable…
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27 February
What’s Tapping (2/27)
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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27 February
NBC 7: Local brewing industry in flux
Last year saw a record number of San Diego County breweries close their doors. In this report, NBC 7 reporter Omari Fleming speaks with San Diego Beer News Executive Editor Brandon Hernández…
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26 February
Brewery Marketing: Back to Basics
Much as brewers harbor intense passion for the fermentation sciences, marketing professionals love the art and intricacies of their profession. For us, demographics, conversion rates, SWOT analyses and ROI are as infinitely…
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25 February
Mission accomplished in Miramar
Since its ownership restructuring and the installation of veteran management in 2021, one of San Diego’s most staid brewing companies has joined the mover-and-shaker sect. That operation is 18-year-old Mission Brewing. Originally…
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24 February
The Lost Abbey debuts taproom with Duck Duck en route
Following a 2023 ownership split that saw Managing Partner and longtime Director of Brewing Operations Tomme Arthur take full control of 19-year-old craft-beer producer, The Lost Abbey, the company moved from its…
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23 February
I Like Beer the Podcast: Figueroa Mountain Brewing
Join Doc on his birthday as he and the Jeffs visit Figueroa Mountain Brewing, Central California’s most award-winning craft brewery. Brewer Chris Gonzalez joins the ILB gang to share about the journey…
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22 February
91X Beer for Breakfast: The Lost Abbey
Even after 18 years, The Lost Abbey keeps innovating, adjusting to meet consumer trends and find ways to keep on keeping on despite challenging times. Earlier this year, the world-renowned producer of…
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