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Miramar News & Stories
Veterans for Peace hit roadblocks in third year
But claim some victories against Miramar Air Show
The Miramar Air Show, gearing up for its 65th year next weekend, is billed as the largest military-themed air show in the United States. For the last three years, a group of anti-war military veterans ...
Trapped in Scripps Ranch
Beata Piehl wants buses closer than 3/4 mile
Beata Piehl learned that mass transit won’t come to her neighborhood when her disabled son began going to Miramar Community College. For him to catch a bus to his 8:00 am class, she had to ...
Drink 'em while we've got 'em
A pair of beloved local breweries to sell last beers this summer
Every time the San Diego brewery count starts to creep toward the 160 mark, word breaks that another local brewery or two are closing. Sure enough, even as a handful of new beer companies have ...
Buck It All, Unchartered Watermelons, Bolt Fan Blues, Devilish Grin
I know you don't have an hour to read about mead
If I tried to tell you everything going down at Miralani Makers’ District, reading this article would take an hour. Let this suffice: in a pair of neighboring Miramar business parks, nine individual beer and ...
Smarter with each pour
Learn about yeasts, enzymes, and brut IPA
There’s an oft repeated myth in our country that alcohol kills brain cells. Not only is that claim bunk, but in some instances, drinking a few beers can actually make you smarter. Case in point: ...
We like to do everything upside down
Cider maker opens its doors for fan feedback
The owners of Guthrie CiderWorks are looking for a little help deciding which of their upcoming cider flavors will eventually make it into bars and shops. To do so, the young Miramar business has decided ...
Never the same spirit twice
Small batch liquors that show what they're made of
When I walk into the Miramar warehouse home of Seven Cave Spirits, I find owner and distiller Geoff Longenecker celebrating a Eureka moment. After much experimenting, he’d just figured out a new method he will ...
Diving into gumbo
A slow roux, roasted chicken stock, and the Cajun trinity
I’d already started eating the gumbo before one of the owners of the place explained to me how it was made, but hearing about it still made me hungry. The key to the roux, she ...
Retail/residential to take place of Scripps school?
Residents seek answers for environmental impacts of 264-unit project
The draft environmental review for a four-story apartment project that will be built on San Diego Unified School District land in Scripps Ranch has been released, and residents are not happy with it. "We gave ...
San Diego wort workers wanted
Brewers far and wide seek those who've run with the big dogs
Back in June, Copenhagen brewery Mikkeller introduced a new hire for its 12-foeder, wild-ale brewhouse, Baghaven: "This is Ehren Schmidt, our new Master Blender," the announcement read, "A man that knows his shit." Schmidt had ...
Mead made speedily
Lost Cause Meadery noteworthy for reduced fermentation period
Mead is the latest fermented beverage to hit the Miralani Makers District. Lost Cause Meadery began serving its assortment of meads in early November, joining the shared Miramar business suite where Serpentine Cider and Good ...
No forbidden fruit at Serpentine Cider
Miralani Makers District is officially hopping
Sean Harris was hiking in the desert with girlfriend Lish Omlid when they settled on the name of their new business: Serpentine Cider. "She and I were hiking looking for tortoises," recalls Harris. They'd been ...
Wasted food in landfills is a separate problem
"Unless there is a financial incentive, most won't do it."
A new campaign aimed at eliminating food waste, Save the Food San Diego, kicked off on Tuesday (September 26). But some of the tools needed to achieve that goal, despite being mandated by changes to ...
Crowlers are changing the way we take beer home
Pint-size advantage for the nanobrewery
I recently reported that San Diego's breweries have begun favoring cans over glass bottles, but that's only half the aluminum story. The same trend has been taking hold in the way tasting rooms offer growler ...
Hope for winds of change at Miramar Landfill
Beginning September 30, the city will use tarps to cover the garbage
With the post-summer wind direction about to shift from east to west, the city and county are working overtime to solidify a plan to quell odor complaints that skyrocket between November and April against Miramar ...
Reckless Brewing slaughters sacred cows
Like something your precocious punk friends pulled together
A metal ball rolls down a ramp, launching an RC car into a series of homemade 2˝x4˝ dominoes. Clack, clack, slam! A stuffed bunny hangs from a noose, a baseball glove drops, and a jug ...
