Some set aside January as a time of counteractive restraint following a month or more of holiday-strength indulgence, but that doesn’t stop local breweries and bars from offering tons of temptation … [Read more...] about Sampler Flight: January San Diego Beer Events
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Sampler Flight: December Events
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas—well, as wintry and holiday-like as we get in sunny San Diego, but that warm weather is perfect for enjoying beer, so it’s OK if Saint Nick keeps ignoring … [Read more...] about Sampler Flight: December Events
Sampler Flight: Best of San Diego Beer Week 2017
Each month, we present several best-bet local beer-related events for the following 28 to 31 days, but as we all know, November isn’t any normal month in America’s Finest City. It’s the month that … [Read more...] about Sampler Flight: Best of San Diego Beer Week 2017
Mason Ale Works launching “awareness week”
Each June, San Marcos’ Rip Current Brewing Company uses Rip Current Awareness Week, a seven-day period designated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as an opportunity to raise … [Read more...] about Mason Ale Works launching “awareness week”
November Events Sampler Flight: Best of Beer Week
If ever there were a month made for craft-beer revelry, November is it. San Diego Beer Week takes place from November 4-13 and includes literally hundreds of events throughout the county. They range … [Read more...] about November Events Sampler Flight: Best of Beer Week
City shuts down Small Bar patio indefinitely
As its name suggests, popular local watering hole Small Bar (4628 Park Boulevard, University Heights) is, well…small. But al fresco relief from a tightly packed but enjoyably raucous interior is … [Read more...] about City shuts down Small Bar patio indefinitely
September Events Sampler Flight
It’s another big month of beer festivals, brewery and bar anniversaries. Though we’ve assembled some of the higher-profile, better bets, there are far too many quality goings-on to get them all into … [Read more...] about September Events Sampler Flight
Q&A: Jeff Wiederkehr
Last year, we introduced readers to Burning Beard Brewing Company, a start-up scheduled to spring up like fire from the follicles of El Cajon. Since then, a great deal of progress has been made. If … [Read more...] about Q&A: Jeff Wiederkehr
Hamiltons 9th Anniversary Continues
There aren't many beer drinkers in San Diego who haven't heard of Hamiltons Tavern. Its vocal publican Scot Blair -- an instructor in SDSU's Business of Craft Beer program -- has helped push the local … [Read more...] about Hamiltons 9th Anniversary Continues
Meet Burning Beard Brewing
A name that’s stood out on my list of work-in-progress breweries for some time is Promethean Brewing. It was interesting that the business was slated to touch down in El Cajon, but what really grabbed … [Read more...] about Meet Burning Beard Brewing
