BEER OF THE WEEK
Each Friday, San Diego Beer News spotlights standout beers from the county’s breweries, complete with information and back stories provided straight form the brewers that have conceived and crafted them.
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Apr- 2025 -11 April
Beer of the Week: Shoot from the Hip
There’s no industry quite like craft brewing. Beyond the sharing of would-be trade secrets, ingredients and equipment, and beer companies’…
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4 April
Beer of the Week: Padre Pils
Admit it. After a relatively uneventful offseason (by A.J. Preller standards, anyway) marked more by ownership infighting than blockbuster trades…
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Mar- 2025 -28 March
Beer of the Week: Riptides Collaboration
While I have great memories of attending tons of San Diego Sockers games as a kid, as I grew up,…
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21 March
Beer of the Week: Wired Fences
When a brewery brings on a new fermentationist to head its beermaking operations, it’s a big deal. And for the…
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14 March
Beer of the Week: Beoir Dearg
The founder of North Park’s Barley & Sword Brewing really sticks to his guns. Not only is his beer board…
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7 March
Beer of the Week: More Fun Blonde
When locals with a penchant for beer think of Escondido, it’s most likely the castle-like estate that is Stone Brewing…
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Feb- 2025 -28 February
Beer of the Week: We Love L.A.
San Diego has no shortage of trend-setting breweries. Of that sect, one of the businesses many in and outside our…
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21 February
Beer of the Week: Coffee & Beer
There was a time when – no exaggeration – one or even several beer festivals took place pretty much every…
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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.…
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7 February
Beer of the Week: Ascent
There are many hop varietals that are one-note. Citra comes across like citrus fruit, namely orange. Nectaron is reminiscent of…
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