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Four breweries among largest in US in 2015
It’s that time of year again. The Brewers Association, the national trade organization representing American breweries, has released its lists of the top 50 breweries and “craft breweries” in the...
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Best Beer Futures: West
This is the second of a four-part series assessing the most hopeful of San Diego’s in-progress brewery projects. Last week, I looked at upcoming businesses in North County. Today is all about the...
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Beer of the Week: Duck Foot The Looker California Blonde Ale
Duck Foot The Looker California Blonde Ale From the Beer Writer: In the vast world of beer styles, there are some that come across as vague and underappreciated. One of those is the humble but nearly...
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Mikkeller Brewing San Diego open for business
This weekend, long-awaited international collaborative project Mikkeller Brewing San Diego opened its doors. The place was mobbed, both by everyday customers stopping in for a taste of the numerous...
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Best Beer Futures: South
In this continuing, four-part series attempting to predict the most exciting upcoming brewery projects in San Diego County, I’m offering my most educated guesses as to what businesses figure to be of...
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Best Beer Futures: East (& West)
In closing out my bi-annual preview of upcoming brewer-owned businesses showing the most potential, I’m focusing on the East County. Problem is, the list hasn’t changed since the last time I previewed...
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Amplified Ale Works Miramar open for business
Thank God for the Internet. Thank God for WordPress. Well…thank God for the Internet, anyway. Were it not for the real-time publishing capabilities of the web, I wouldn’t have been able to turn on a...
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Beer of the Week: Mike Hess Grapefruit Solis
Mike Hess Brewing’s Grapefruit Solis IPA (photo courtesy Mike Hess Brewing) From the Beer Writer: Fruited beers are en vogue…again. In past iterations of this trend, which comes and goes, gaining more...
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Meet Longship Brewery
There are certain, seemingly nonsensical brewery names that challenge patrons to derive any meaning from them. But with upcoming project, Longship Brewery (10320 Camino Santa Fe, Suite C, Mira Mesa),...
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Beer of the Week: AleSmith Mexican Speedway Stout
AleSmith Mexican Speedway Stout (photo by Brian Doll) From the Beer Writer: Speedway Stout, a coffee-imperial stout produced by (my current employer) AleSmith Brewing Company, has long been one of my...
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Meet Little Miss Brewing
Recently, word trickled to my neck of the social-sphere that long-time Green Flash Brewing Company brewer Joe Liscia had a new gig as the head fermentation specialist for a start-up venture. He’d spent...
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Intergalactic Brewing’s universe expands
Many are the beer-geek, Trekkie and sci-fi nut who’ve enjoyed pints in tandem with the outer-space theme at Intergalactic Brewing Company (9715 Carroll Centre Road, #107, Miramar). Enough that owner...
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Beer of the Week: Amplified Whammy Bar Wheat
Amplified Ale Works Whammy Bar Wheat From the Beer Writer: I showed up at Amplified Ale Works’ new brewery-tasting room in Miramar the day after it opened. A hop, skip and a jump from my day-job, I was...
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June Event Sampler Flight
Summer is nigh and the temps will soon be high. That’s right…IPA weather! Of course, there’s no reason to wait around to drink hoppy beers, or any beers for that matter. The following are some prime...
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Beer of the Week: Division 23 / 32 North Playor Hator Maibock
Playor Hator Maibock, a collaboration from Division 23 Brewing Company and 32 North Brewing Company From the Beer Writer: What’s 23 plus 32? I’ve always been horrible at math, so it shouldn’t surprise...
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Anvil & Stave has arrived
Today, West Coaster has an announcement to share that is nothing short of groundbreaking. The efforts of a renowned local brewery are about to be realized in a development that is totally without...
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Longship sails into business in Mira Mesa
In May, we met Dan Jachimowicz, homebrewer and Viking enthusiast. At the time, he was hammering away at his bid to enter the professional fermentation ranks, Longship Brewery (10320 Camino Santa Fe,...
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The best new San Diego breweries of 2016…so far
We’ve reached the halfway mark of 2016. Over the past six months, roughly a dozen new breweries have opened (including one that had been producing beer without a tasting room for a couple of years)....
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More on Pacific Brewing Company’s closing
Last Friday, West Coaster broke the news that Miramar-based Pacific Brewing Company had closed its doors for good. After communicating with both of the company’s founders, Chris Chalmers and Andrew...
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32 North adds Fall Brewing talent
Though small and not widely known just yet, 32 North Brewing Company (8655 Production Avenue, Miramar) is looking to push above its below-the-radar position in the San Diego brewing scene. The company...
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