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What can be gleaned from this year’s #SDBeer debuts and farewells?
I have been closely covering the San Diego beer beat for more than a dozen years. Over that span, the industry has gone through many ups and, in more recent years, its fair share of downs. Through it … [Read more...] about 2019: An open and shut case
Local members of beer media recall memorable beers of last 12 months
With so many hundreds of new beers being released each year by San Diego County breweries, getting a good list of standouts from the year gone by is going to require some reinforcements. In that … [Read more...] about 2018 Recap: Best Beers of the Year
San Diego beer media name favorite local rookies of year gone by
As 2018 winds down, it’s time to take a look back at the year that was. We’ll begin by culling the list of new breweries that opened this year (including a few that opened in very-late 2017 since they … [Read more...] about 2018 Recap: Best New Breweries of the Year
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
Five breweries that turned things around after slow starts
I’ve been reviewing local breweries for more than a decade. Over that span, there have been many a glowing review, even more middle-of-the-road summations and, of course, some disappointments. It’s … [Read more...] about #SDBeer’s most impressive turnarounds
Of all San Diego’s tasting room sites, none have the same allure as the one at Mission Brewery Plaza. Holding down the corner of Hancock and Washington Streets in Mission Hills, it has historic … [Read more...] about Beer Touring: Latchkey Brewing
I first learned of Scottish-themed brewpub Fourpenny House (8323 La Mesa Boulevard, La Mesa) in early 2017, when the individual who was originally selected to be the then work-in-progress business’ … [Read more...] about Beer Touring: Fourpenny House
This is the fourth and final installment of a series of roundups assessing the most promising brewery-owned projects currently in the pipeline in San Diego County. We’ve looked at work in progress in … [Read more...] about Best #SDBeer Futures: South Bay & Urban Core
This is the third in a four-part weekly series taking a look at work-in-progress, brewery-owned projects throughout San Diego County. Over the last two weeks, we focused on the most promising … [Read more...] about Best #SDBeer Futures: West & Central Inland
This is the second in a four-part series of weekly roundups listing the most promising work-in-progress, brewery-owned projects in San Diego County. Over the past two weeks, we have taken a look at … [Read more...] about Best #SDBeer Futures: East County
