HOMEBREWING
August 28, 2025
Homebrew Summer: The Kölsch
They say lightning never strikes the same place twice, but this is the second year that Lightning Brewery owner and Brewmaster Jim Crute (pictured above, at left) has taken local…
BEER NEWS
August 26, 2025
White Labs appoints new president
This year, White Labs reached a major milestone, celebrating three decades in business as a supplier of yeast for fermented beverage production. Based in Miramar, the company has built a…
BEER NEWS
August 18, 2025
Shoots inherits space where its concept was born
In 2021, a big-name trio pooled their energies and resources to launch a food-and-beverage concept blending whimsically creative seafood offerings with beers suited for sunny coastal weather. The brainchild of…
BEER NEWS
August 13, 2025
New local investors and venues for Ballast Point
When Brendan Watters assembled a group of investors to purchase Ballast Point Brewing back in 2019, he was familiar with the brand, high on the opportunities he saw in it,…
BEER NEWS
August 13, 2025
Pizza Port culinary program goes mobile
Many San Diego Beer News readers know Pizza Port for its constantly rotating array of award-winning beers, particularly its seemingly inexhaustible wellspring of West Coast IPAs. But for some, beer…
