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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Feb- 2025 -20 February
What’s Tapping (2/20)
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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19 February
New leader, opportunities for local Pink Boots chapter
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Such is the hope of the San Diego chapter of the Pink Boots Society (PBS) as they celebrate an outgoing leader while…
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18 February
Last day set for Kearny Mesa brewery
Last September, Ataraxia Aleworks owners and longtime friends, Daren Rudy and Alex Kim, announced they were open to offers on their four-year-old Kearny Mesa business. They have since spoken with a number…
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17 February
SDBC ups beer game, revives pairing dinners
San Diego’s namesake beermaking operation opened in a strip mall on Friars Road in 1993. While San Diego Brewing Co. (SDBC) secured and maintained a special spot in the hearts of locals…
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16 February
I Like Beer the Podcast: Unplanned Field Trip
Stood up by their in-studio guest, the ILB Team was left alone to shed tears in their beers. But, since they didn’t actually have any beer, they instead put on happy faces…
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15 February
91X Beer for Breakfast: Karl Strauss Brewing
This week, Brewmaster Paul Segura gets into some beers he’s fairly familiar with, considering he created them and all. That’s right, this episode is all about the trailblazing company he’s been a…
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14 February
NBC 7: Tariffs’ Effects on Breweries
This week, President Donald Trump announced a 25% blanket tariff on all future steel and aluminum imports. Breweries are a staple in the San Diego community. They, as well as many beverage…
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14 February
Beer of the Week: Full Send
”Roasty” is the adjective most often associated with stouts, but there’s always more to those dark, velvety beers than that. Long-kilned specialty malts spanning the brown-to-black end of the color spectrum form…
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13 February
What’s Tapping (2/13)
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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12 February
Closing the door on Half Door Brewing
In 2015, after years of absorbing life lessons in high-volume hospitality venue management at their family Gaslamp Quarter business, The Field Irish Pub, sister-and-brother duo Stacy and Daniel Drayne opened a business…
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