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After two-plus years, Barrio Logan operation to shutter on November 30
In the summer of 2017, John Bull opened the doors to Alta Brewing in Barrio Logan. It was the community’s second brewery, following in the footsteps of Border X Brewing, and later joined by Thorn … [Read more...] about Alta Brewing closing at month’s end
Gluten-reduced brewery’s gluten-free eatery boasts fun new offerings
Going into the restaurant business can be difficult for any company, especially a brewery. Sure, almost every brewing company venue maintains public space, but a tasting room is a very different … [Read more...] about Duck Foot adds to East Village gluten-free menu
Entrepreneurs seeking tenants for permanent shared North County facility
Currently, San Diego County’s only communal brewery operations are the Brewery Igniter facilities constructed by developer H.G. Fenton in Miramar, North Park and Carlsbad. A fourth Brewery Igniter … [Read more...] about Co-Lab brewery collective planned for Vista
Local beer bar owner transforming brewpub into accessible bar and grill
Last August, the East Village’s Monkey Paw Pub and Brewery shuttered after seven years operating as an award-winning, cult-favorite member of San Diego’s brewing community. The closure came roughly a … [Read more...] about Bottle Rocket opening in former Monkey Paw space
San Marcos-based brewery opening first remote venue in Promenade Mall
When Wild Barrel Brewing opened in 2017, its ownership group knew they wanted to be headquartered in San Marcos, but operate numerous satellite tasting rooms. At 3 p.m. tomorrow, the first of those … [Read more...] about Wild Barrel Brewing debuting Temecula satellite
Executive personnel shuffled as two key employees depart company
A pair of high-level veterans at Pacific Beach-based Karl Strauss Brewing have departed the company. Last month, former vice president of beer, Marc Martin, resigned from San Diego’s longest-operating … [Read more...] about Karl Strauss reorganizes management structure
North County brewery acquires sizable suite for storage, private events
Burgeon Beer Co. enjoys healthy patronage behind a rapid beer-release schedule leaning largely to the hoppy and hazy recesses of the style spectrum. Space can be scarce at its Carlsbad tasting room, … [Read more...] about Burgeon Beer expands Carlsbad HQ
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
