CRAFT Q&A
A key strength of San Diego Beer News is the collection of close, long-established relationships we have with members of San Diego County’s brewing community. Our Craft Q&A features convey brewing-industry news and developments through in-depth one-on-one interview sessions, providing facts and insights straight from the source.
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May- 2025 -13 May
Division 23 Brewing going out with a bang
Kellen Smith readily admits that his business, Division 23 Brewing, is, hands down, the hardest-to-find brewery in the county. Many are the thirsty travelers who’ve made a wrong turn or…
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Mar- 2025 -10 March
Bolt Brewery is going to the dogs
Last August, the owners of 10-year-old Bolt Brewery announced they were putting their La Mesa headquarters on the market. A prime piece of real estate coming in at roughly 5,000…
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Feb- 2025 -12 February
TerraFerm seeks eco-conscious brewery partner
As anyone who’s ever attended an industry conference or even hung out with multiple brewers for after-work shifters can tell you, individuals in this profession have a great deal in…
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Jan- 2025 -27 January
Meet the CCBA’s new executive director
With challenges abounding for craft brewing companies, particularly those operating in heavily regulated California, representation of those businesses by beer-industry trade associations is more important than ever. So, too, is…
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8 January
Meet the San Diego Brewers Guild’s new president
As her former Instagram handle, @esthelalikestodrink, implies, Esthela Davila is enamored with adult beverages, but none so much as locally produced craft ales and lagers. She was such a fan…
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Dec- 2024 -12 December
Opening up about closing down Rouleur Brewing
I remember first meeting Rawley Macias in 2016. A longtime homebrewer who had just secured a home in Carlsbad for his new business, Rouleur Brewing, he was new to the…
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Nov- 2024 -13 November
Local named to Pink Boots Society Board of Directors
Lia Garcia’s introduction to craft beer came in 2004 when she was working at Yard House while attending CSU Long Beach. Though she didn’t drink beer at the time, she…
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6 November
Amplified Ale Works’ owner offers exit interview
A licensing requirement is what led entrepreneurial duo Alex Pierson and JC Hill to plunk a three-barrel brewery into their second-story Pacific Beach eatery in 2012. Rather than a standard…
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Oct- 2024 -21 October
Derek Gallanosa named National Brewer of the Year
Right now, local fermentationist Derek Gallanosa is on a plane headed to New York City to accept some serious hardware at Thursday night’s Next Wave Awards after being named National…
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8 October
Former Stone Brewing owner Greg Koch gets graphic
Last week, Stone Brewing co-founder Greg Koch broke his silence about the 2022 sale of the company he helmed for more than a quarter of a century to Sapporo USA,…
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