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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Apr- 2025 -7 April
Portrait of a Brewer: Donny Firth, Booze Brothers Brewing
There are hundreds of talented brewing professionals giving their all to help maintain the San Diego beer industry’s storied reputation. While these industrious practitioners share numerous similarities, each is their own unique…
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6 April
I Like Beer the Podcasts: Anchorman & April Fool’s
This week, the Jeffs reconvene after executing an Anchorman-style takeover at Societe Brewing during the 2025 San Diego Beer News Awards ceremony. That comedic effort seems an apt segue to a replay…
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5 April
91X Beer for Breakfast – North Park Festival of Beers
Today marks the return of one of San Diego’s longest running, grandest annual ale-and-lager affairs, the North Park Festival of Beers. Taking place in front of the historic Lafayette Hotel, it will…
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4 April
Beer of the Week: Padre Pils
Admit it. After a relatively uneventful offseason (by A.J. Preller standards, anyway) marked more by ownership infighting than blockbuster trades and free-agent signings, you were at least a little concerned about our…
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3 April
What’s Tapping (4/3)
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 April
Dual distributor acquisitions
Sunset Distributing, a subsidiary of Hand Family Companies (HFC), is proud to announce its acquisition of the assets of Stone Distributing Company (SDC) and Classic Beverage, two diversified independent beverage distributors in…
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2 April
Locals land “Best of” bragging rights
It would appear awards season is officially on for the brewing industry. On a local level, the fifth-annual San Diego Beer News Awards went down last week and winners are being tabulated…
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1 April
The Original 40 partners with San Diego Velodrome
The Original 40 Brewing has released Go Fast Turn Left, a hoppy pale ale that was brewed in partnership with track cycling association San Diego Velodrome. An oval track cycling venue located two miles…
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1 April
Pure Project wining, dining and jetsetting
The founders of Pure Project Brewing have never been afraid of exploring untraditional avenues to grow and diversify their business. In 2016, they were the first to test out H.G. Fenton’s newly…
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Mar- 2025 -31 March
Portrait of a Brewer: Tyson Dennis, North Park Beer Co.
There are hundreds of talented brewing professionals giving their all to help maintain the San Diego beer industry’s storied reputation. While these industrious practitioners share numerous similarities, each is their own unique…
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