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Line 18: [[File:Karl Strauss Carlsbad.jpg\|The Karl Strauss brewpub in Carlsbad\|thumb\|right]] In 1989 the [[Karl Strauss Brewing Company]] opened a brewery and brewpub on Columbia Street in Downtown San Diego; ~~and~~the company expanded into distribution brewing in 1991. This was the first commercial brewery in San Diego since 1953,<ref name = "bottled" /> and for many San Diego consumers it was their first exposure to freshly brewed beer and to styles such as [[amber lager]] and [[pale ale]].<ref name = "rising" /> In the mid-1990s a second wave of craft breweries appeared, led by [[Pizza Port]], Stone and Alesmith.<ref name = "SDMag" /> The local [[craft beer]] movement was inspired in part by [[homebrewing]] hobbyists, supported by the storefront Home Brew Mart, which opened in 1992 and later spun off the [[Ballast Point Brewing Company]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=Beer lovers learn to brew-it-yourself\|date=September 12, 1999\|work=San Diego Union Tribune}}</ref> Beer festivals promoted the new styles and educated a new generation of beer drinkers. In 1997 local brewers Tomme Arthur and Tom Nickel organized the first such event, the Strong Ale Festival (still an annual event), and in 1998 they added the Real Ale Festival (discontinued after 2012).<ref>{{cite book\|last=Gingold\|first=Nicholas\|title=California BrewMasters: Portraits and Profiles of the Golden State's Brewing Icons\|isbn=978-0-9896142-2-1\|year=2014\|publisher=Georgian Bay Books\|page=135}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.westcoastersd.com/tag/san-diego-real-ale-festival/\|title=Fifteenth & Final Real Ale Festival\|date=April 12, 2012\|work=West Coaster\|access-date=12 October 2015\|archive-date=5 March 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305000554/http://www.westcoastersd.com/tag/san-diego-real-ale-festival/\|url-status=dead}}</ref> Other festivals were added, and in 2009 the San Diego Brewers Guild launched an annual Beer Week.<ref name="Owens"/> San Diego became so well established in the brewing world that the biennial [[World Beer Cup]] competition was held there in 2004; 11 medals (out of more than 200) went to locals.<ref name = "rocked" /> San Diego hosted the event again in 2008, taking 14 medals, and in 2012, taking 16 medals.<ref name="Beer Cup 2012">{{cite news\|url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/may/06/world-beer-cup-stresses-its-international-scope-wh/\|title=Local brewers take 16 medals in World Beer Cup\|last=Rowe\|first=Peter\|date=May 6, 2012\|work=San Diego Union Tribune\|access-date=18 June 2013}}</ref> At the 2015 Great American Beer Festival, San Diego County brewers brought home a total of 20 medals (6 gold, 2 silver, and 11 bronze).<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.sandiegomagazine.com/Blogs/Behind-the-Brews/Fall-2015/Pedal-to-the-Medals/\|title=Pedal to the Medals: San Diego brewers bring home a pile of awards from the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado\|last=Glassman\|first=Bruce\|date=October 1, 2015\|work=San Diego Magazine\|access-date=11 March 2016}}</ref>

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