In the ever-competitive San Diego craft beer market, it is important to keep innovating. Knowing this, North Park's San Diego's Original 40 Brewing Company has released a West Coast IPA called Can We Kick It? Other than making for weird punctuation issues for bloggers, Can We Kick It?, is double dry hopped with Strata, Mosaic, Mosaic Cryo, HBC 586, and HBC 586 Cryo hops. It … [Read more...]
Second Annual SD Beer Weekend Sets 2023 Dates
San Diego and craft beer go together like Pacific Beach and bars, and fortunately there are ways to try a lot of those beers with special events. One of those is the second annual SD Beer Weekend presented by the San Diego Brewers Guild. It takes place Friday, June 9-Sunday, June 11 in 2023. “With National Beer Day on Friday, April 7, we figured this was an opportune … [Read more...]
Southwestern College Students Create A Beer With NOVO Brazil Brewing Company
We all know that college students drink beer. But some at San Diego's Southwestern College have created one. In collaboration with San Diego's NOVO Brazil Brewing Company, students from the college's Fermentation Science Program have launched Tzunúm, an Australian Pale Ale. It is that is available on draft only at NOVA's Imperial Beach location. “It was such a … [Read more...]
ReBru Spirits Brings A Funky Party Scene To San Diego’s Barrio Logan
In San Diego, there are breweries, distilleries and speakeasies. But there is no place like ReBru Spirits, which has brought a funky party scene to Barrio Logan just south of downtown and the Gaslamp Quarter. First of all, it serves San Diego craft beer but not as craft beer. Huh? Yes, it takes unsold and extra beer from the breweries and makes spirits out of it. … [Read more...]
Brazilian-Style Beer Novo Brazil Brewing Company Now In Imperial Beach
Novo Brazil Brewing Company has brought its Brazilian-style beer and flavor to Imperial Beach. The 7,500-square foot restaurant and brewery with a capacity of 283 is on the south end of San Diego Bay with views of the Coronado Bridge and downtown skyline. The IB location is the fourth in the San Diego area with others in Otay Ranch, and National City with its headquarters in … [Read more...]
These San Diego Breweries Win 15 Medals at Great American Beer Festival
Craft beer and San Diego go together like Pacific Beach and suntans and several of the city's breweries have been rewarded for their brews. They won a whopping 15 medals at the 2022 Great American Beer Festival in October, the nation’s largest professional brewing competition held in in Denver, Colorado. Three breweries took home Gold Medals, including BNS Brewing & … [Read more...]
14th Annual San Diego Beer Week 2022 Dates, Tickets & Breweries
The first in-person San Diego Beer Week since the pandemic is back and it takes place Nov. 4-13. Here is all the information you need to know including beer tasting locations, breweries, ticket prices and where to buy tickets for the tastings. Guild Fest, the official kick-off event for the celebration of the local independent craft beer industry, will be held Saturday, … [Read more...]
San Diego, The Craft Beer Capital Of America, Is Getting 22 More Tasting Rooms
By The Kevbeaux, San Diego Blogger Already home to more than 200 breweries and tasting rooms, San Diego is getting 22 more in the near future. Most of these tasting rooms will be open by the end of summer or the end of 2022. With more licensed breweries than any other place in the U.S., San Diego is often known as the "Craft Beer Capital of America." Known primarily for … [Read more...]