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In 2006, Stone Brewing – a company that had long railed against fizzy yellow beer and the mammoth macro-beer conglomerates that produced it – sent craft-beer fans’ jaws crashing to the floor by hiring Mitch Steele as its Brewmaster. A 14-year veteran of...

There are hundreds of talented brewing professionals giving their all to help maintain the San Diego beer industry’s storied reputation. While these industrious practitioners share numerous similarities, each is their own unique person with individual likes, dislikes, methodologies, techniques, inspirations, interests and philosophies. The goal of

In this episode, two big wheels from Harland Brewing ‒ CEO Anthony Levas and Director of Brewery Operations Cody Morris ‒drop in to talk about the humble beginnings of the Scripps Ranch-based company, the successes and growth that’s been...

Not only does this episode of Beer for Breakfast include killer beers from a local, independent brewery (what else is new?). It also includes info on a pair of special performances at Vista brewery and live-music hub The Roadies Brewing. The first is Ka...

Remember when adjunct IPAs were all the rage? It seems like only yesterday that craft brewers were adding all manner of citrus, stone and tropical fruit to their hop-bombs. Not just that, but berries, botanicals and herbs, too. Then came the haze craze, which slowly – and inadvertently – nudged fruited IPAs out of existence. With hop-born fruitiness, added sweetness ...