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Belching Beaver Brewery’s latest collab with a band that gets craft beer
From the Beer Writer: I've written about the respect I have for the approach the band, Deftones, takes with the collaboration beers it works up with North County's Belching Beaver Brewery. There is a … [Read more...] about Beer of the Week: Dia de los Deftones
Brewers Guild shares 2018 findings at San Diego Craft Beer Con
For the third straight year, the San Diego Brewers Guild released economic findings from a report assembled by California State University, San Marcos. The information was disseminated at today’s San … [Read more...] about #SDBeer’s economic impact is $1.2 billion!
First-draft house beers for a pair of venues and a tasting-room closure
Last month, Thorn Brewing’s reach increased with the opening of its Mission Hills tasting room, but the company also employed another method for touching new customers earlier this summer—introduction … [Read more...] about Beer Briefs: Thorn | Black Market | Embarcadero
Top honors at fan-driven local beer competition go to new brewpub
Over the weekend, members of The Indie Beer Show podcast held an event at The Rabbit Hole in Normal Heights to announce the winning beer from this year’s Sore Eye Cup competition. An annual tradition … [Read more...] about The Original 40 takes Sore Eye Cup
Circle Nine Brewing’s flagship IPA the base of two years in the beer biz
From the Beer Writer: Of the four tasting-room-equipped breweries in Kearny Mesa, Circle Nine Brewing is the only one not visible from Clairemont Mesa Boulevard, but those in search of a West Coast … [Read more...] about Beer of the Week: City of Dis
Karl Strauss and Russian River collaborate on New California IPA
Karl Strauss Brewing debuted a new brew during last week’s pseudo-holy IPA Day (August 1) and it captured large-scale attention from local beer enthusiasts. The rate of sale and interest in that beer, … [Read more...] about California’s old guard rings in the new
Julian Beer Co. has big intentions for newly acquired orchard acreage
It’s been just over a year since Julian Beer Co. debuted on the main drag of the mountain getaway-town of the same name. The second brewpub concept birthed by Pizza Port co-founder Vince Marsaglia, … [Read more...] about Bed & Breakfast (& Barrels & Beer)
The Lost Abbey’s Tomme Arthur developing Tucson’s MotoSonora Brewing
A lengthy road trip through South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana. It’s hardly the everyday origin story for a brewery, but that’s where brothers Jeremy and Jeff DeConcini came up with the idea for a … [Read more...] about Raising Arizona
Ruined homebrew births Thunderhawk Alements & Nickel Beer Co. Collab
From the Beer Writer: Wet hop season is not yet fully upon us, but as of last week, a quality wet hop beer is already available at a local brewery. Thunderhawk Alements recently released a classic … [Read more...] about Beer of the Week: Clean Break
A trio of local breweries celebrate more than two decades in the beer biz
August 2 | Grand Openings: Satellite tasting rooms solve geography problems for beer fans whose favorite fermentationists are a tad too far from home. Two new spots will hold official opening events. … [Read more...] about Sampler Flight: August #SDBeer Events
