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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Sep- 2025 -8 September
Homebrew Summer: Gavroche
Homebrewing is more than a pastime. In some cases, it’s a necessity. Before the modern craft-beer movement, many styles of beer were largely unavailable in the U.S., requiring stateside amateurs to brew…
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7 September
I Like Beer the Podcast: Oktoberfest Insider
Join the Jeffs and Tom at Burgeon Beer Co. to hear all about upcoming Oktoberfest festivities that will take place in San Diego. Those lederhosen- and dirndl-clad events include Burgeon’s O-fest, along…
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6 September
91X Beer for Breakfast: Kairoa Brewing
Abrewpub founded by New Zealand sheep farmers with a Maori name translating to “Long Cloud”. Believe it or not, that’s not where Kairoa Brewing‘s exoticness ends. This six-year-old University Heights business also employs…
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5 September
Beer of the Week: Cloud Pleaser
As a small business owner and head of a media outlet, I rely on a variety of specialty softwares to handle everything from publishing, delivery and surveys to basic business functions such…
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4 September
What’s Tapping (9/4)
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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3 September
New digs for Capital of Craft fest
The San Diego Brewers Guild proudly announces the return of the Capital of Craft Beer Festival on Saturday, November 8 at the San Diego Harley-Davidson Festival Grounds, located at 4645 Morena Boulevard…
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3 September
It’s a strange brew world
It’s early morning at Kearny Mesa’s Kilowatt Brewing. As usual, beermaking is underway, but head brewer Brian Crecely is multitasking, applying focus to a side project that has him adding a bucket…
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2 September
Two local breweries go sans suds
Shortly after their 2015 revival of the oldest local brand of San Diego’s modern craft-beer era, Bolt Brewery, owners Clint and Molly Stromberg decided to branch out from their La Mesa headquarters.…
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1 September
Free family fun at La Mesa Oktoberfest
For more than half a century, La Mesa Oktoberfest has transformed La Mesa’s picturesque downtown into a bustling Bavarian village, drawing over 100,000 attendees each year. This year, the three-day festival returns October 3…
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1 September
Homebrew Summer: Rye Tai
While many of the pro-am pairings from our five-years strong Homebrew Summer program match brewers who have never met one another, there are plenty of cases where longtime friends come together to…
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