Beverage News
“At Second Chance, we believe it’s important to do, not just talk. Brave Noise resonated with us because it’s not just about brewing a beer and donating money. Requiring breweries to publish a code of …
San Diego Beer Week — which takes place November 5 to 14 — was originally organized by the San Diego Brewers Guild to promote the more than 150 breweries in the county. And for the …
Every year, as we usher in fall and a chill grows in the air (by San Diego standards, anyway), locals can celebrate two things: tourist-free beaches and the release of AleSmith’s seasonal Evil Dead Red …
The past year hasn’t been easy for San Diego beer-bar lovers, who have seen local watering holes such as Toronado, Small Bar, and Hamilton’s close their doors for good. Happily, relative newcomer Original 40 Brewing …
Most home brewers start dreaming of sharing their creations with the world right around the moment they buy their first beer kit and flip through Charlie Papazian’s The Complete Joy of Home Brewing. To say …
Free-flowing beer. The clinking of steins and caroling of “Ein Prosit der Gemütlichkeit.” The scent of schweinebraten, würstl, käsespätzle, and brazen wafting through the tents. Seas of people clad in dirndl and lederhosen. Oktoberfest in …
Circa 200 B.C., the Greek physicist Archimedes of Syracuse is said to have jumped out of his bathtub and run through the city streets naked, shouting, “Eureka! Eureka!” —”I have found it!” The ancient scientist …
San Diego’s Tiki Oasis festival celebrated its 20th anniversary this year after postponing the celebration and being forced to go virtual in 2020. This year also marked the first Tiki Oasis in its new home, …
Just when I thought Stone Brewing had run out of surprises, the announcement reached my inbox: “Stone Brewing Announces Buenavida Hard Seltzer.” I looked at the date: April 1. Haha, Stone, you got me, I …
When students move back into University of San Diego dorms this fall, the home of the Toreros will feature a new set of official school beers. Torero Blue and Torero Bold are now the products …
Last October, when Chula Vista beer-maker Novo Brazil Brewing Co. took over the Ocean Beach taproom previously operated by Culture Brewing Co., it had a branding decision to make. The company has been brewing beer …
A new documentary chronicles the history of brewing in San Diego, showcasing the ways the city became an outsized contributor to America’s craft beer culture. Beer City: San Diego was made by Aubree Miller and …
San Diego city council closed its June 22 session with an adjournment in memory in honor of bartender Nate Soroko, who passed away unexpectedly last week at 39. The memoriam, read by council president pro …
For five years, Susan McMillion and partner James Farnsworth have quietly been making and serving some of the city’s best kombucha out of their small shop, Bootstrap Kombucha. Operating on an industrial stretch of Pacific …
To follow through on their plan to open a brewery, Daren Rudy and Alex Kim were prepared to move to Reno, Nevada. “It’s a growing population, annually,” explains Kim, “and also a growing craft beer …
San Diego is about to get a first of its kind taproom dedicated to hard yerba mate. Actually, tap “room” is inaccurate. The bar being launched by Kové Hard Yerba Mate is being built entirely …