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Champion amateurs brew at Melvin Brewing’s East Village brewpub
Homebrewing competitions allow recreational beer-makers to test their abilities against like-minded craftspeople. While such contests can include team awards for homebrew clubs, beer entries typically … [Read more...] about Winning homebrewers select San Diego
Head of brewing operations for Santee brewery departs family business
Since coming on the scene in 2014, Pacific Islander Beer Co. has earned a solid following made up largely of East County residents who appreciate the family-run enterprise’s authentic conveyance of … [Read more...] about Pacific Islander Beer brewer steps down
Miralani District veterans unable to negotiate new lease with landlord
Among San Diego craft breweries, few fit the bill as beloved cult favorites like 2kids Brewing. Founded in 2013 by husband-and-wife team Sam and Robert Dufau, the company was a mainstay in the small … [Read more...] about 2kids Brewing announces impending closure
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)
