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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Sep- 2026 -28 September
Escondido Social Taproom set for its debut
In May of last year, we introduced readers to a trio working to convert defunct Little Miss Brewing’s Escondido tasting room into a new venue going by the name of…
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Aug- 2026 -18 August
From IT pro to human brewery GPS
When Fredy Zurcher (pictured above, at right) moved from Switzerland to San Diego in 1996, he quickly became enamored with the county’s small but notable collection of breweries. He was…
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Jul- 2026 -29 July
Julian Beer Co. working on a nearby spinoff
Julian Beer Co. (JBC) is a family business through and through. It was opened in 2018 by Vince Marsaglia, half of the sibling duo that launched 39-year-old iconic Southern California…
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21 July
Big changes for the Brewers Guild
”Flux” may be the term that best describes 2026 for the San Diego Brewers Guild. A non-profit that’s been advocating for its member breweries for 29 years, the volunteer-led entity…
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7 July
San Diego’s first N/A brewery taproom en route
In April, we shared the story of Zane Curtis, a longtime craft-beer fan who, despite his love of the beverage and the communal culture surrounding it, gave it up three…
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Jun- 2026 -22 June
New life – and breakfast beer – for San Marcos brewpub
It’s rare for mom-and-pop restaurants to remain in business for 35 years, and even rarer for such establishments to maintain a high degree of popularity over that span. Having done…
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2 June
Catching up with industry legend Mitch Steele
In 2006, Stone Brewing – a company that had long railed against fizzy yellow beer and the mammoth macro-beer conglomerates that produced it – sent craft-beer fans’ jaws crashing to…
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Apr- 2026 -23 April
Firestone Walker execs discuss Stone acquisition
The San Diego brewing industry was rocked by Tuesday’s news that Stone Brewing is being sold for the second time in four years, with Sapporo USA agreeing to deal the…
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15 April
Vet Colby Chandler’s back in the game
For decades, Colby Chandler was deeply entrenched in the San Diego craft beer industry. Not only did he work for Ballast Point Brewing for 25 years, serving as a specialty…
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14 April
Ex-Ballast Pointer takes his beer biz to the next level
In 2015, Pulkit K. Agrawal (pictured above, far right) brought an analytic, inventive mind and a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering degree from Harvard University to the local beer…
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