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Remember the West Coast IPA?

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No, the pandemic didn't close Align Brewing

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Hannegan’s House is home to beer and beer ice cream

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One Season Brewing debuts within TRVLR Coffee

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Remember the West Coast IPA?

Now, some of you kids may be too young to remember, but there was a time when haze wasn’t the dominant characteristic of IPAs made in San Diego. See, this ...

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No, the pandemic didn't close Align Brewing

Even if you’re a devoted San Diego beer fan, it wouldn’t be totally surprising if you were under the impression Align Brewing had closed its doors for good. Back in ...

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Hannegan’s House is home to beer and beer ice cream

There’s a conspicuous cocoa flavor running through the green mint ice cream, it’s nearly as rich as the chocolate chips scattered throughout. But behind the frozen dessert’s sweetness lurks the ...

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One Season Brewing debuts within TRVLR Coffee

One Season Brewing Co., San Diego’s newest nanobrewery, is now pouring — inside a small Grantville coffee roaster shop that sells bikes, skateboards, and house-made kombucha. About the only thing ...

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Nostalgia Coffee wants to get the bag

Taylor Fields started small in 2018, parking her compact Nostalgia Coffee trailer at weekly outdoor markets and corporate campuses, to sell coffee by the cup. The former CPA says she “decided to leave the audit ...

April 9, 2021

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Local sports return with local beer and booze partnerships

Professional sports have returned to San Diego, and beer and spirit sponsorships have returned with them. Although we’re all accustomed to seeing “tastes great, less filling” ads during televised games, and light beer logos on ...

April 2, 2021

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March 25, 2021

How did San Diego wine fare during the pandemic?

San Diego’s wine industry had its best year ever in 2019, $46.2 million in gross sales marked a nearly 13 percent increase over 2018. Then came 2020. A year of pandemic closings and service restrictions ...

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March 19, 2021

Rincon Reservation Road leads to beer

Back in 2016, the Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians established a 15-barrel craft brewery on its reservation near Valley Center. Called SR76 Beerworks, the brewery and tasting room operated alongside the Rincon Harrah’s casino. The ...

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March 11, 2021

One year later, is a return to normal in sight for San Diego beer?

UPDATE: Effective Saturday, March 13, California has removed the meal service requirement for breweries, distilleries, and bars. Until 8pm each day, customers may order adult beverages without also ordering food, for on premise, outdoor consumption. ...

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March 5, 2021

Setting Sun Sake cans an alternative to beer

This week, I cracked open a cold one. Pulled the tab of a 12-ounce can and heard that satisfying cshhht sound that usually presages enjoyment of an ale or lager. Except it wasn’t beer inside, ...

Kearny Mesa San Diego Beer

February 26, 2021

Keg Seeker seeks to modernize wholesale beer sales

Back in the fall of 2019, O’Brien’s Pub co-owner and general manager Tyson Blake was manning the bar, catching up with a regular customer. O’Brien’s is well known as one of the city’s oldest and ...

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February 19, 2021

Kaylee’s Culture is not just for kids

Third-generation San Diegan Kaylee McLaughlin married her high school sweetheart. When his Navy career sent him to a remote corner of Nevada, she and their two young children followed. For someone accustomed to having ready ...

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Ballast Point tries being the change it wants to see

White dude with beards. That’s the impression most have about who works within the craft beer business, and it’s often accurate. Within San Diego and the industry at large. Statistics offered by the Brewers Association ...

February 12, 2021

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Athletic Brewing crafts brews without the booze

Though he once described a favorite Wisconsin farmhouse ale as “nutritious,” J.J. Watt probably did not become three-time NFL defensive player of the year by drinking craft beer. But he has apparently enjoyed a few ...

February 5, 2021

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January 29, 2021

Breweries sue for the same covid rules as wineries

Like most San Diego breweries, Deft Brewing resumed drink service last week, when the three-week stay-at-home order issued in early December finally lifted (after seven weeks). The Morena neighborhood beermaker offers a shaded patio and ...

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January 22, 2021

Celebrating 100 years of Aztec Brewing

North County’s Aztec Brewing Company will celebrate its tenth anniversary this year — no small milestone. But it will also spend the year celebrating something bigger: the one-hundred-year anniversary of the Aztec Brewing brand. According ...

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Remember the West Coast IPA?

No, the pandemic didn't close Align Brewing

Hannegan’s House is home to beer and beer ice cream

One Season Brewing debuts within TRVLR Coffee

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