Beer for Breakfast

Beer for Breakfast is your weekly insight into the San Diego Craft Beer community with Marty, Karl Strauss Brewmaster Paul Segura, and Brandon Hernández from San Diego Beer News! Every week we feature a local brewery, so check it out and find out what local craft beer to try next!

Booze Brothers Marks a Dozen Years with Festive Weekend & Exclusive Beers

91XNovember 21, 2025

For the past dozen years, Booze Brothers Brewing has been bringing fab beers and fraternal love to fun-loving North County denizens. Today and tomorrow, they wi...

Koobrew Arrives: A New Wave of Beer and Beyond

91XNovember 14, 2025

There's a new brewery in town and it's in the same place that previously housed not one, but two beer companies. This rookie op goes by the name Koobrew, and is...

Discovering Escondido’s Backyard Brewery

91XNovember 7, 2025

Few beer enterprises are as aptly named as Escondido’s Backyard Brewery. Located in the literal shadow of the hill that houses Stone Brewing’s castle-like headq...

From Halloween to Hops: Marty and Brandon Gear Up for San Diego Beer Week

91XOctober 31, 2025

It may be Halloween, but Marty and Brandon have their sights set a week in the future when San Diego Beer Week will be in full swing and they'll be joining in t...

Capital of Craft Pt. 1 — Kilowatt + Hodad’s

91XOctober 24, 2025

Capital of Craft Beer Festival (Part 1) | Friday, October 24: San Diego Beer Week will take place from November 7 to 16, but its official kickoff event, the Cap...

Oct 18: Taste the Tradition at Lightning Brewery’s Oktoberfest

91XOctober 17, 2025

It's one of the county's smallest beer-making operations, Poway's lone brewery, and it’s been going strong for nearly 20 years. An institution devoted to German...

Oct 11: Shrektober at Weir Beer

91XOctober 10, 2025

When a '90s-obsessed husband-wife duo opened a new brewery in South Vista last year, they instantly amazed the BFB crew with the quality and inventiveness of no...

BattleMage Brewing: Eight Years of Fantasy, Fermentation, and Fandom

91XOctober 3, 2025

It seemed like a fantasy when two Ballast Point Brewing vets went out on their own and opened their own Vista beer-making operation paying homage to ales, lager...

Rancho BEERnardo Brings Suds, Stories, and San Diego Icons to Webb Park

91XSeptember 26, 2025

Next Saturday will be the sudsiest of the year for the inland North County community of Rancho Bernardo, as world-class local and out-of-town breweries descend ...