Craft Beer
Deserved Support or Life Support?
There are 154 active breweries in San Diego, 29 tasting rooms (nonproduction, satellite locations), and 10 more in planning or build-out stages. That’s a lot of beer. Read more
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Pacific Beach AleHouse taps new brewer
"I am a subtlety kind of guy,” explains Dan Enjem, head brewer at Pacific Beach AleHouse. “I don’t put a bunch of stuff in my beers.” Read more
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Duck Foot opens in East Village
Opening Duck Foot wasn’t a romantic daydream that came to fruition after years of toiling over a homebrew system. Instead, it was born from something decidedly unlucky: co-founder and “head quack” Matt DelVecchio’s Celiac disease diagnosis. Read more
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3 Punk Ales Brewing Co. ready to rock Chula Vista
After two years of rehearsal, 3 Punk Ales (259 Third Avenue, Chula Vista) is ready to take the stage. So to speak. The upstart brewery will be the third operating brew house in Chula Vista and the first on Third Avenue. Read more
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Will minimum wage hike stifle brewery growth?
Roughly 30 percent of San Diego’s workforce received a raise on Jan. 1, 2017 when the city’s minimum wage increased from $10.50 an hour to $11.50 an hour. Read more
Our canned, crowded future
The future of packaged craft beer appears to be in cans. Rip Current, 32 North and Mikkeller have all released cans in the last few months. Read more
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Beer in and around Valley View Casino Center
There are plenty of places within walking distance or a short Uber/Lyft ride away where sports fans can remain loyal to local craft beer. Read more
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A good, not great year in beer
From Bowie to Brexit, 2016 has pretty much been a rancid pile of hot garbage. Personally, I seek refuge in our local craft beer scene, but alas, even #SDbeer couldn't escape some drama. Read more
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Weight of the Sun collaborates with Eppig on beer
Weight of the Sun is releasing a new beer in conjunction with the debut of their new album, Vermont. Read more
Finest Made is more than a rebrand
When Rey Knight opened Butcher's Brewing in 2013, the small suburb of Santee was known for a number of things—not all of them good—but beer was not one of them. Not much had changed by the time Butcher's rebranded as Finest Made Ales in August 2016. Read more
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Hazy days on the horizon
This style is known for its fruity, some say “juicy” flavor and mouthfeel. They are less bitter than their West Coast cousins, and a bit easier to drink. One characteristic stands above the others, however. The haze . Read more
Beer rankings are worthless
When an attention-grabbing newsfeed headline promises a definitive list of the top 10, 20 or 100 craft beers in the country, who can resist a click? But before the page loads I am already thinking of all the ways it will be wrong. Read more
Monkey Paw brewer reacts to a changing industry
After Civic San Diego voted last month to approve plans for an Anheuser-Busch-owned 10 Barrel brewpub in East Village, Cosimo Sorrentino sat angrily at Monkey Paw Brewing (805 16th Street), where he m Read more
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The evolution of beer-inspired cocktails
Beer and liquor drinkers alike: If you find yourself on Fifth Avenue, stop by Quad and try these homages to brewing ingenuity. Read more
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Brewing nirvana at Hoppy Yoga
Pairing craft beer with yoga is a quintessential San Diego marriage of hobbies. One refreshes the soul and the other refreshes the taste buds. Read more
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10 Barrel Brewing Co. isn’t craft
Location of the proposed 10 Barrel brew housePhoto by Andrew Dyer Big Beer's encroachment into the craft segment is a well-documented, much discussed issue and casual beer drinkers are tired of Read more
Alpine Brewing Company's wonderfully gigantic new location
Alpine's tenfold expansion is just down the road from their original Alpine Boulevard location, even closer to the Highway 8 on-ramp than before. Read more