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- 2023 -23 September
Local GABF winners
Produced by trade organization, the Brewers Association, the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) is best known among craft consumers as the country’s largest annual public celebration of American ales and lagers. But…
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23 September
91X Beer for Breakfast: Coronado Brewing
This week, Beer for Breakfast is celebrating one of San Diego’s OG craft-beer operations, the islanders from Coronado Brewing. In doing so, they sample a pair of the 27-year-old company’s beers, starting…
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22 September
A forthcoming fresh-hop fest bier
The Original 40 Brewing will release Fresh Hop Special Lager on Saturday, September 23 at its North Park brewpub. The Czech-style beer was made in collaboration with North Park neighbor Seek Beer Co. and Del…
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22 September
Beer of the Week: Perfect Pilsner
Talk about being ahead of one’s time. Long before lagers were the in thing–coveted crushable quaffs of the moment–there was a locally based brewmaster crafting them with great regularity, refining his technique…
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21 September
What’s Tapping (9/21)
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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20 September
Nova releases first beer
NOVA Easy Kombucha has released NOVA Beach Lager, which was brewed with coconut water and is a low 4% alcohol-by-volume. The small-batch pilot beer is available on draft and in six packs of…
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20 September
Escondido Brewery Guide
The inland North County city of Escondido has been a major destination for craft beer since the county’s largest producer, Stone Brewing, established its base of operations there in 2006. While that…
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19 September
Closing, consolidating and relocating
In the past year, 17 brewing facilities and brewery-owned venues in San Diego County have closed. At first blush, that may come across as a large number. While it’s not insignificant, it’s…
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18 September
Release & Recipe: Hair Metal
Many are the kindly local breweries that have helped make homebrewers’ dreams come true by producing their amateur recipes on a commercial scale and tapping them at their tasting rooms as part…
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17 September
I Like Beer the Podcast: Black Raven
Join “Influencer Jeff” as he ventures into the realm of solo podcasting while in the state of Washington. There, he engages in an unplugged-style interview with the General Manager of Black Raven…
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