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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Nov- 2025 -3 November
Get a peek into Lyons Peak Brewing
In recent years, as San Diego’s craft-beer landscape has shifted and metamorphosed, the county’s newcomers have largely been, well…not large. Nor have the majority of their owners been interested in…
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Oct- 2025 -29 October
Look who’s back on the brew deck
In March, GOAL. Brewing held its final service, closing the doors to its lease-to-brew suite in H.G. Fenton’s Craft by Brewery Igniter facility in North Park after just 19 months…
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22 October
Industry vet launches beer-biz podcast
When Kamron Khannakhjavani started in the beer industry, he was assisting with one-barrel brew days and helping run the homebrew-supply store at his family’s nanobrewery. That was 2010. Since then,…
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Jun- 2025 -17 June
What’s in store for Ramona’s lone brewery
After winning well over a hundred awards for their homebrewed ales and lagers, Mike Nelson and Natallie Phillips decided to go pro. In doing so, they secured a spot off…
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11 June
The story behind Books & Brews
Beer’s effectiveness as a social lubricant is well known, but sometimes it goes beyond starting a friendship and helps build something even more enduring. Case in point, Books & Brews,…
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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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