BEER NEWS
February 3, 2026
San Diego breweries help fans earn their beer
By far the loudest ovation at last year’s San Diego Beer News Awards ceremony – an event that always features plenty of energetic crowd participation – was when the winner…
BEER NEWS
February 2, 2026
Brewers Guild partners with local podcasters
If you’re reading this, it’s very likely that you like beer. So, too, do Jeff Spanier and Jeff Riccitelli. Known simply across the virtual airwaves as “The Jeffs”, they and…
BEER NEWS
January 28, 2026
Beer Briefs: Open & Shut
Nothing’s been dry where San Diego’s beer scene is concerned this January. Despite it being the least busy time for imbibers, much is happening with local ale-and-lager producers, as evidenced…
BEER NEWS
January 27, 2026
Poway’s lone brewery to close
When Jim Crute opened Lightning Brewery in an industrial-zoned business suite in Poway, it was the inland North County municipality’s lone beermaking facility. That was 2006. Fast-forward two decades and…
BEER NEWS
January 20, 2026
Latitude Brewing acquires House of Mason portfolio
In 2015, restaurateur and craft-beer enthusiast Grant Tondro established Mason Ale Works, a brewing operation supplying the hospitality venues of its parent company 3 Local Brothers. A decade later, that…
