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After years of struggling, Vista brewery’s ABC license suspended
In 2016, Vista-based Barrel Harbor Brewing opened a joint-venture tasting room in Miramar with a table-top gaming enterprise called At Ease Games. That venture hobbled along unsuccessfully for … [Read more...] about Barrel Harbor Brewing closes
Vista-based brewery to bring satellite tasting room to Mission Avenue
The North County coastal city of Oceanside has been on the rise for the past half-decade, with hospitality venues sprouting up to join long-loved mainstays. That influx of business has included … [Read more...] about Booze Brothers expanding to Oceanside
Info on the official beverage of Beer Week from the brewers who made it
The epic ten-day span linked together by hundreds of beer-centric events that is San Diego Beer Week will kick off this Friday, November 1. It will be the eleventh annual iteration of this grand-scale … [Read more...] about Spelling Beer Week with a Capital SD
Bird Rock coffee brings roastiness to Karl Strauss’ collab golden stout
From the Beer Writer: They're novel and pop up every now and then: golden stouts. What sounds like an oxymoron really isn't. "Stout" originated as a broad English term describing the higher-alcohol … [Read more...] about Beer of the Week: Golden Stout with Coffee
An opening date, future brewpub site and planned brewery stall out
Last month, we shared that San Marcos-based brewing company, The Lost Abbey, was working on a satellite tasting room in its home municipality’s San Elijo community. Now, there’s an opening date for … [Read more...] about Beer Briefs: The Sanctuary | Pizza Port | Epic Wings
New Vista operation set to open doors during San Diego Beer Week
Earlier this month, Eppig Brewing celebrated the soft opening of its new headquarters in Vista. While there, many who visited took a moment to sneak a peek at the soon-to-arrive Dogleg Brewing, a … [Read more...] about Soft open dates set for Dogleg Brewing
Homebrewer’s pro brewing bid to site elsewhere in North County
In June, we shared news that one of San Diego’s most decorated homebrewers was teaming with several businesses to open a collective in downtown Escondido that would include his foray into professional … [Read more...] about Five Suits Brewing pulls out of Escondido
Stone Brewing’s CA-only gateway beer a nice departure from hops, Corona
From the Beer Writer: Thanks in large part to commercials evoking the easy life and unplugging by way of chucking wireless communication devices into the ocean, long-neck bottles with lime wedges … [Read more...] about Beer of the Week: Buenaveza
Award-winning AleSmith, Benchmark veteran accepts head brewer job
In 2013, Matt and Rachael Akin opened Benchmark Brewing in Grantville, pulling from experience earned during the former's eight years at AleSmith Brewing. Positive public response was instantaneous … [Read more...] about Matt Akin joins Duck Foot Brewing
A collaboration beer, two-story tasting room and food-hall satellite venue
In April, Escondido Brewing‘s flagship Hopcondido IPA was named the winner of Green Flash Brewing’s first-ever Brew Down Beer Festival. That competition included 22 entries from San Diego County … [Read more...] about Beer Briefs: Escondido | Del Mar | Novo Brazil
