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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Jun- 2024 -15 June
91X Beer for Breakfast: Protector Brewery
There’s a grand total of one USDA-certified all-organic brewery in all of San Diego County, and that beer biz, Protector Brewery, is the focus of this week’s episode. Get some background on…
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14 June
Athletic Brewing takes over Ballast Point’s HQ
Though word has been spreading throughout the local brewing industry for more than a month, both of the parties actually involved in a major business deal involving San Diego’s largest beer manufacturing…
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14 June
Protector Brewery ready for downtown debut
As any combination craft-beer and Padres fan will tell you, downtown San Diego is stocked with plenty of breweries, brewpubs and tasting rooms operated by local brewing companies. This is particularly true…
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14 June
Beer of the Week: It’s All in the Hops
Growing up, we didn’t have much. My mother and I lived in a cheap apartment, and that household was of the single-income variety. Of course, I didn’t know that. In childhood, life…
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13 June
What’s Tapping (6/13)
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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13 June
Lederhosen and lagers in La Mesa
Since 1973, La Mesa Oktoberfest has been a cornerstone of San Diego and Southern California’s Oktoberfest celebrations, drawing revelers for three days of vibrant live music, authentic German cuisine, and a plethora…
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12 June
Hometown beer celebrates 10th season
As AleSmith Brewing marks a decade since the debut of San Diego Pale Ale .394, the iconic collaboration with Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, the brewery is thrilled to announce a special week-long…
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12 June
FOX 5 News: The Craft Beer Experience
The San Diego County Fair is a longtime supporter of local beer, but this year they’re taking that to another level, setting up a special area called The Craft Beer Experience, which…
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11 June
This year’s Homebrew Summer participants
As has been a tradition since 2021, San Diego Beer News put out a call to local breweries to participate in our fourth-annual Homebrew Summer program. Nineteen businesses heeded said call, enthusiastically volunteering to brew…
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10 June
Karl Strauss squares things up
Karl Strauss Brewing, San Diego’s longest continuously operating post-Prohibition brewing company, will release Tower X² Double IPA on draft and in four-packs of 16-ounce cans on at its five San Diego locations on Thursday,…
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