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Local restaurant chain latest to add in-house brewing capabilities
Epic Wings has been a local, family-owned and operated business for more than 35 years. Over that span, it has grown to include 20 stores (including three in south Riverside County and one in Mission … [Read more...] about Epic Wings N’ Things building Escondido brewery
San Marcos operation has new space and new head brewer
From the outside, much seems the same about San Marcos’ Dos Desperados Brewery, but enter the tasting room and you’ll notice new beers intermingled with longtime flagships. Witness a brew day and … [Read more...] about Dos Desperados Brewery expanding
San Diegans attend the hop academy in Washington
A few weeks ago, marrieds Marty Mendiola and Virginia Morrison of Second Chance Beer Company made the pilgrimage to Yakima Valley in Washington to attend the Haas Hop Academy. "We order hops from … [Read more...] about Second Chance visits hop country
New inhabitants of former URBN St. Brewing site to debut this week
It’s been nearly three years since URBN Restaurant Group shuttered the brewing component of its El Cajon brewpub. The coal-fired, pizza-centric restaurant and bar is still in operation, but the … [Read more...] about Creative Creature Brewing opens Friday
Wholesalers group names Vista-based business Bronze Brewer Partner
Over the past eight years, Mother Earth Brew Co. has grown from a nanobrewery on one end of a Vista homebrew supply store, to a large brewing company that has since taken over most of the industrial … [Read more...] about Mother Earth Brew Co. honored by NBWA
Embarcadero Brewing’s tasting room softly, silently serving
Later today, National City will celebrate the arrival of its first-ever professional brewery, Embarcadero Brewing. There’ll be no ribbon-cutting, no speeches from government officials or … [Read more...] about National City’s first brewery is open
Baja chef Javier Plascencia taps San Diego brewing talent
Chef and restaurateur Javier Plascencia is the godfather of Baja cuisine. Founder and operator of numerous restaurants on both sides of the border, he is beloved from San Diego to Valle de Guadalupe … [Read more...] about Cross-border craft beer collaboration
Drinking your way to a healthier you
I’m a simple man. I make my political decisions based on the most compelling Facebook meme. I still find the gratuitous wrapping of things in bacon to be titillating. And no matter how insane and … [Read more...] about San Diego Beer & Fitness
Course starts October 3, available to the public
Now in its fifth year, the UC San Diego Extension Brewing Certificate program has made its elective courses -- with the exception of the Brewing Internship -- available to the public. The headliner … [Read more...] about UCSD Extension’s Craft Brewing Industry Overview
Barrio Logan brewpub with PDX roots to debut September 28
After more than a year of construction, Kurt Bach is days away from soft-opening his passion project, Attitude Brewing...or at least a part of it. Located at the corner of National Avenue and Cesar … [Read more...] about Attitude Brewing opening Friday
