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El Cajon-based brewery latest to target suds-saturated downtown
It’s only been five months since Creative Creature Brewing opened its brewery and tasting room at the former home of URBN St. Brewing in El Cajon. Connected to, but unaffiliated with URBN Pizza, it … [Read more...] about Creative Creature expanding to East Village
Brewery opens location in county’s southwestern-most municipality
The arrival of Imperial Beach’s newest brewery tasting room has been a long time coming. Mike Hess Brewing originally announced its intentions to build a satellite venue at 805 Ocean Lane in July of … [Read more...] about Mike Hess debuts Imperial Beach tasting room
University Heights beer bar owner opens up about its past and future
On February 11, University Heights’ Small Bar announced it was closing so renovations could be made. Those design, organizational, food and beverage alterations followed owner Karen Barnett partnering … [Read more...] about Small Bar to reopen this week
Barrio Logan-based interest’s Bell location debuting this weekend
Last May, Barrio Logan-based Border X Brewing launched a WeFunder campaign to crowdsource funds to open a satellite tasting room in Bell, California. That effort resulted in $187,564 from 296 … [Read more...] about Border X Brewing opening in L.A.
Hayden Weir moved from apprentice to head brewer at Dos Desperados
Hayden Weir wanted to brew beer before he was old enough to drink it. The interest originated when Weir and a friend, as a fun experiment, tried one of those five-gallon Mr. Beer home-brew kits … [Read more...] about Brewing beer is a passion for young CSUSM alum
Pliny the Younger to be tapped at 10 a.m. both Saturday and Sunday
Pacific Beach's TapRoom will tap more than 100 beers, including the sought-after Pliny the Younger by Russian River, at their twelve anniversary celebration this Saturday and Sunday, February 23 and … [Read more...] about TapRoom celebrates twelve years in business this weekend
A collab-only brewery, mystery maybe and business as usual…for now
Thirsty for some quick-hit updates from world of #SDBeer? Read on and quench that yearning. Seafood-centric North Park eatery Beerfish has a rather unique craft beer concept in the hopper: a … [Read more...] about Beer Briefs: Beerfish, Align, The Lost Abbey
Stone exiting two Escondido facilities and reassigning employees
As San Diego County’s largest craft brewing company continues to refocus and reshape for success within the ever-changing beer industry—not just here, but in Europe and China—Stone Brewing finds … [Read more...] about Stone Brewing shuffling local work force
Long-lead project finds a home base on popular street for breweries
Though only a half-mile in length, Miramar’s Kenamar Drive is home to a trio of breweries: gluten-reduced outfit Duck Foot Brewing, and Brewery Igniter tenants Pure Project Brewing and Amplified Ale … [Read more...] about Invoak Brewing aging slowly in Miramar
Miramar-based brewery shares renderings of upcoming tasting room
Last October, Pure Project Brewing announced it was expanding beyond its Miramar home-base. The vehicle for doing so is a 2,000-square-foot satellite tasting room at the base of The Park, Bankers … [Read more...] about Sneak Peek: Pure Project Bankers Hill
