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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
Head Brewer, Belching Beaver Brewery Tavern & Grill
Last week, we talked robust porters with longtime San Diego brewer Marty Mendiola, who has medaled six times for his porters at the Great American Beer Festival. This week, we’re spotlighting a local … [Read more...] about Craft Q&A: Thomas Peters
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
My Yard Live (MYL) brings together all the elements of a community center, park, upscale beer garden, diverse eatery, and a one-of-a-kind live entertainment and event venue. For the young, or young at … [Read more...] about My Yard Live: North County Beer Basecamp
In the pantheon of things that people once celebrated about professional boxer Mike Tyson, his gift for oratory was seldom among them. During his prime, most of his statements to the media revolved … [Read more...] about Oktoberfest: The School of Hard Knackwurst
Booze Brothers Brewing’s new IPA (and its name) simple and to the point
From the Beer Writer: It’s a case of it is what it is, and what it is is a traditional West Coast IPA brewed to celebrate six years of brewing in North San Diego County. They could have employed … [Read more...] about Beer of the Week: 6 Year Anniversary
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
Co-founder, Brewmaster & COO, Second Chance Beer Co.
It was around the turn of the century when Marty Mendiola brewed his first porter. As he recalls, it was “quite bad.” But he stuck with it and, through ten years of trial-and-error at Rock Bottom … [Read more...] about Q&A: Marty Mendiola
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
The AleSmith cellarperson talks about being new to the local brew scene and dreams for the future
Considering the most current iteration of San Diego’s craft beer industry dates back to the early 1990s, it’s easy to inadvertently (or purposefully) gloss over those still relatively new to it. … [Read more...] about The Next Generation: Holly Doner
