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Family-run company returning to NorCal roots with latest tasting room
Though they’ve had great entrepreneurial success in San Diego, brothers Mike and Greg Hess harbor heartfelt affection for their hometown of Walnut Creek. The duo grew up there, and their parents still … [Read more...] about Mike Hess Brewing opening Walnut Creek venue
Two weeks ago, I wrote an article detailing a future tasting room for Temecula-based Ironfire Brewing Company in that community’s commercial Old Town area. I also included a note about another project … [Read more...] about Imperial Beach project site goes from Ironfire to Mike Hess Brewing
Summer’s in full swing and so is San Diego’s beer-drinking public. Rather than beat the heat, get right out in it and combat it with local ales and lagers at any of the featured events below. Still … [Read more...] about Sampler Flight: July Events
Winners of the San Diego International Beer Festival’s professional brewing competition were released today. A component of the San Diego County Fair’s annual festivities, the competition included … [Read more...] about San Diego International Beer Festival winners
Breweries make the best margin by far when selling their beer in their taprooms. With a county expansive as San Diego, getting customers to a single location can be a challenge, but the satellite … [Read more...] about San Diego’s satellite tasting room projects
Veteran brewer Marty Mendiola’s Carmel Mountain-based Second Chance Beer Company will open a satellite tasting room in North Park later this year. Coming in at 1,820 square feet with 24 taps, capacity … [Read more...] about Second Chance Beer building North Park tasting room
Known as much for its clever lighting design as its avant-garde beers, Kearny Mesa-based Kilowatt Beer is looking to bring both to the popular seaside community of Ocean Beach with a satellite tasting … [Read more...] about Kilowatt Beer building OB tasting room
When the summer-sun and temperatures are both high, the time is right for quenching one’s thirst for both beer and good times. There’s no shortage of either to partake in this month, so take a gander … [Read more...] about July Events Sampler Flight
Recently, word trickled to my neck of the social-sphere that long-time Green Flash Brewing Company brewer Joe Liscia had a new gig as the head fermentation specialist for a start-up venture. He’d … [Read more...] about Meet Little Miss Brewing
From the Beer Writer: Fruited beers are en vogue...again. In past iterations of this trend, which comes and goes, gaining more and more traction each time around, fruits have mostly appeared in … [Read more...] about Beer of the Week: Mike Hess Grapefruit Solis
