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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Aug- 2022 -17 August
Craft Q&A: Esthela Davila
Over the past two years, few local breweries have received the buzz and media attention of Mujeres Brew House. An offshoot of fellow Barrio Logan opp, Border X Brewing, it…
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9 August
Craft Q&A: Tommy Dimella
Earlier this year, Ballast Point Brewing brought on a new chef to helm its culinary operations. Since arriving, Tommy Dimella, has endeared himself to his coworkers, contemporaries and guests, revamping…
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1 August
Craft Q&A: Eric Bridges
A U.S. Navy (USN) vet has taken over the site that housed North Park’s nanobrewery Home Brewing for the past 10 years. A student of the UCSD Brewing Certificate program…
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Jun- 2022 -28 June
Craft Q&A: Garrett Marrero
When news broke that Maui Brewing was vying to acquire Modern Times Beer via a receivership auction, San Diego beer fans breathed a sigh of relief. Not only is Maui…
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24 June
Craft Q&A: Maria Stipp
Big news in the craft-beer industry is becoming a regular Friday feature these days, but even a sense of routine couldn’t diffuse the impact of today’s news that North County’s…
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May- 2022 -31 May
Craft Q&A: Voodoo Child Brewing
San Diego’s professional and amateur brewing communities are closely linked. Many pros started as homebrewers and regularly converse, consult and even collaborate with recreational fermentationists. (Some as part of San…
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Apr- 2022 -20 April
Craft Q&A: Doug Pominville
Doug Pominville spent a decade plying his trade at Ballast Point Brewing, Fall Brewing and Thorn Brewing, before pulling up stakes and jetting across the country to head up brewing…
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Feb- 2022 -10 February
Craft Q&A: Rick Chapman
With the dawn of each new year comes the appointment of a new president for the San Diego Brewers Guild (SDBG). This year, Coronado Brewing owner and co-founder Rick Chapman…
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Jan- 2022 -11 January
Craft Q&A: Daniel Cady
Years before TapRoom Beer Co.’s (TRBC) 2020 debut, the individual who would helm the North Park brewpub was widely known. The owners of the business and its parent company, SD…
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Dec- 2021 -22 December
Craft Q&A: Cameron Ball
Cameron Ball describes his La Mesa business, Helix Brewing, as a “small powerhouse” and says he enjoys flying under the radar, but a repercussion that enjoyable anonymity is the fact…
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