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Sorrento Valley's Seven Seas Kombucha, the brainchild of former biotech industry members Lori Sepkowski and Kevin Mashayekan, is facing choppy waters, with their tasting room temporarily closed due to … [Read more...] about Q&A: Kevin Mashayekan (Seven Seas Kombucha)

SAN DIEGO, CA (July 15, 2020) – When COVID-19 abruptly shut down breweries across San Diego, one collective pooled its resources to help the local beer industry thrive. Today, Stone Brewing, … [Read more...] about San Diego breweries aid in COVID-19 recovery with a collaboration beer to benefit the San Diego Brewers Guild

Non-alcoholic beer company Athletic Brewing (AB) bought Ballast Point's Trade Street facility back in March as a West Coast expansion from their Connecticut brewery roots. WC caught up with … [Read more...] about Q&A: John Walker & Bill Shufelt (Athletic Brewing)

Local beer brand SouthNorte, established in 2016, now has a new VP of sales and marketing and a new commercial. Breanne Heal brings nearly a decade of sales and marketing experience from … [Read more...] about SouthNorte debuts “A New Frontier in Beer” campaign

Citizen Brewers, a “brew-on-premises” business in Grantville, used to rely on groups like friends and co-workers brewing and bottling custom fifty-liter beer batches to pay the bills. When it comes to … [Read more...] about Harnessing creativity during trying times at Citizen Brewers

San Diego, CA (July 1, 2020) -  San Diego Legion, a Major League Rugby (MLR) franchise, is joining forces with Ballast Point to release Legion Lager. Starting today, the special release beer will … [Read more...] about San Diego Legion Rugby and Ballast Point debut new lager

"Going into effect midnight tomorrow, we will be closing all bars, wineries, and breweries in San Diego County that do not have a license to serve food," said County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher. At … [Read more...] about County reinstates coronavirus restrictions

Even though their EngiBeering Certificate program is postponed due to COVID-19, CSU San Marcos continues to use their Brewchive platform to engage with the local brewing community. We messaged … [Read more...] about CSUSM Brewchive’s Glass Half Full project now open for submissions

Tomorrow, the Imperial Beach City Council will vote on whether to extend the building permit for Mike Hess Brewing's Imperial Beach project past August. According to company co-founder Mike Hess, the … [Read more...] about Mike Hess Brewing asks for public support in Imperial Beach permit extension push

A worldwide collaborative initiative started by San Antonio, Texas’ Weathered Souls Brewing aims “to bring awareness to the injustices that many people of color face daily,” according to company … [Read more...] about Local breweries join Black is Beautiful initiative