How Craft Beer Built San Diego's Food Scene and What's Brewing Next

#406 On this week's Happy Half Hour, Troy Johnson traces how our beer nerds turned San Diego into a food town—from Karl Strauss in '89 to the Brewers Guild in '97, the 2018 peak of 150+ breweries, and today's saner "new normal." Guests Estela Davila (Guild president), Kevin Hellman (Capital of Craft co-founder), and Brandon Kroegel (Coronado Brewing) preview San Diego Beer Week and its kickoff party, Capital of Craft (Saturday, Nov. 8 at San Diego Harley-Davidson; 40+ breweries, special collab pours). They get into West Coast IPA DNA, hop tech (cryo, terpenes), the rise of NA, and why this scene still runs on collaboration—plus quick bites on new bakery openings, anniversaries, and what to hit all week long. To follow Capital of Craft click HERE.

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