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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Aug- 2025 -3 August
I Like Beer the Podcast: The Roadies Brewing
It’s hard to believe, but it’s already been a year since The Roadies Brewing opened up in North County. In this episode, the ILB crew ventures to their stage-equipped, musical-instrument-riddled Vista tasting…
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2 August
Homebrew Summer: I’m Not Bitter, You’re Bitter
When sharing the list of San Diego breweries participating in this year’s Homebrew Summer program, Fall Brewing wasn’t on it. But when we heard about their pro-am collaboration with local amateur Jeff…
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2 August
91X Beer for Breakfast: Smoking Cannon Brewery
Afew months back, Ramona’s lone craft-beer operation, Smoking Cannon Brewery, was purchased by a married couple with roots in the community extending to its live-music scene. That’s perfect since the original owners were also…
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1 August
Beer of the Week: Acid Drops
The world of hops used to be so simple: a finite assortment of varietals available as pellets or, come harvest time, in whole-cone form. Oh, how times have changed…and for the better.…
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Jul- 2025 -31 July
What’s Tapping (7/31)
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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30 July
A brewer and his barrels are reunited
On Friday, August 8, The Original 40 Brewing will release Magnetic Ribbon: Final Cut Edition, a pastry stout that was aged in Elijah Craig eight-year-old bourbon barrels for 45 months beginning at Modern Times Beer in October…
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30 July
13 new brewery venues in the past 12 months
Over the past year, more than a dozen brewery-owned venues have popped up throughout San Diego County. From brand new businesses to spinoffs, satellite venues and new faces in old places, the…
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29 July
The book on Thorn Street, Thorn & Little Bird Brewing
“Little Bird Brewing is a rebrand of Thorn Street Brewery, which was the inspiration for Thorn Brewing, but not the same company or ownership as Thorn Brewing Company, but it does have…
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28 July
Homebrew Summer: Wheels of Confusion
Like so many of his craft-beer industry colleagues, Peter Perrecone was an avid, award-winning homebrewer before going pro. And like so many of his contemporaries, he has maintained his connection with San…
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27 July
I Like Beer the Podcast: Shark Beer Week
This episode needs very little introduction. Well, OK, maybe just a little (like, a nip versus a full-on bite out of crime.) Enjoy our annual ode to Shark Week with Doc and…
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