San Diego Non-Alcoholic Beer Guide: Local NA Brands and Where to Find Them
BeerAlienWho brews alcohol-free beer in San Diego County, what they make, and where to buy it, with every brand checked against current sources.
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Timestead San Diego Is Now Infinite Bar & Grille, With Makali’i Brewing Next Door
The Gaslamp’s Modern Times-branded pub has a new name and a planned Hawaiian-themed brewery, though reports differ on who owns it. Una Más on Adams has also closed.
Deft Brewing Expansion: Bay Park Brewery Grows to a 3.5-Barrel Brewhouse
Deft Brewing upgraded its brewhouse and most of its tanks, brews less often, and now has the capacity to distribute if it chooses.
Smoking Cannon Brewery Opens Ramona Tasting Room Shared With Pamo Valley Winery
Smoking Cannon Brewery in Ramona opened a new tasting room at 638 Main St. on Oct. 2. It sits next to Pamo Valley Winery at 636 Main St., and the two share tasting-room space. That’s according to Hoodline, which cites reporting by the San Diego Union-Tribune. Smoking Cannon Brewery and Pamo Valley share a room…
Pliny the Elder Pearls Before Swine Bottles Mark the Strip’s 25 Years
Pliny the Elder Pearls Before Swine bottles are coming. Russian River Brewing Company is releasing a limited-edition Pliny the Elder with label art by Stephan Pastis, the creator of the comic strip, to mark the strip’s 25th anniversary, The Press Democrat reported Oct. 27. When the Pliny the Elder Pearls Before Swine bottles go on…
Coronado Brewing Swellbound: 6.5% West Coast IPA Collab With Madewest
A new label shows Coronado Brewing Swellbound, a 6.5% West Coast IPA brewed with Madewest Brewing for the Cheers to Collab Beers series in 16-oz cans.
Finest City Beverages Expands: Seabørn at The Brewer’s Deck, Coffee at Eppig
Finest City Beverages, formed after Latitude Brewing bought the House of Mason portfolio, is adding Seabørn at The Brewer’s Deck and coffee at Eppig.
Black Friday Barrel-Aged Stout Season 2026: What Is Actually Confirmed
Black Friday barrel-aged stout season is coming, and three big releases are confirmed for 2026. Goose Island releases its 2026 Bourbon County Brand lineup on Black Friday, Nov. 27. Lakefront Brewery has four Black Friday 2026 beers in label filings. Three Floyds’ Dark Lord XXX starts reaching stores Oct. 26. This guide sticks to what…
Bay City Getaway Day: The 3% Anytime IPA Gets a Homebrew Recipe
San Diego Beer News published the homebrew recipe for Bay City Brewing’s 3% Getaway Day Anytime IPA, which pours at the Point Loma taproom.
Black Plague Brewing Returns With Hell Hazer and Help From Karl Strauss
Black Plague Brewing returns to San Diego County shelves and tap lists about a year after it shut down. Black Plague Brewing co-founder Jordan Hoffart has revived the brand with help from Karl Strauss, and San Diego Beer News named its Hell Hazer hazy IPA its Beer of the Week on Oct. 23. How Black…
Stone Delicious Krush IPA: A 5.5% Krush-Hopped Can Appears on a New Label
Stone Delicious Krush IPA is a new 5.5% ABV member of Stone Brewing’s Delicious IPA line, Earthlings, packaged in 12-ounce cans and built around Krush (HBC 586) hops, according to label art published by MyBeerBuzz. That makes it the lowest-ABV beer in the Delicious family the Bureau can find. What the Stone Delicious Krush IPA…
New Holland Juice Boost Space Machine Gets a 2026 Can: Tangerine, Passionfruit, 6.5%
New Holland Brewing’s Juice Boost Space Machine Fruit Fusion Hazy IPA has a new 2026 12 oz. can. It looks like a new label and name, not a new recipe.
San Diego Halloween Beers 2026: Candy Sours, Cursed Seltzer and a Pumpkin Stout
Six San Diego Halloween beers spotted in the Oct. 22 What’s Tapping roundup, from Harland’s candy-loaded Tasty Graves sour to Barley & Sword’s 3.1% Poison Apple.
Monday Night Brewing For My Friend Honors Winston Wood, a Beloved Bulldog
/// Good-boy signal intercepted from Atlanta: a bottle has been dedicated to a bulldog; and WE are filing this one under transmissions that deserve respect./// Monday Night Brewing For My Friend is a blended barrel-aged strong ale made in memory of Winston Wood, a bulldog. Atlanta’s Monday Night Brewing has listed it at 13.5% ABV…
AleSmith Speedway Stout Gets Two 12% Special Releases: Mexican Chocolate and Jamaica Blue Mountain
Pit-stop alert from the San Diego sector: two jet-black cans just rolled out wearing checkered flags, and nobody has published a lap time. Two new AleSmith Speedway Stout special releases are on the way from AleSmith Brewing Company in San Diego, California: a new Mexican Chocolate edition and a returning Jamaica Blue Mountain edition. Both…