San Diego did not invent craft beer, but it convinced the rest of the country to take it seriously. The San Diego International Beer Festival at NTC Park at Liberty Station is where that argument arrives at a single afternoon — 150+ breweries pouring simultaneously, California institutions beside out-of-state upstarts beside small-batch experiments that are not in distribution yet and may never be. The format is honest: one tasting glass, open pours, and a full afternoon to move through the tables at whatever pace you set. The range matters. The names you already know are there — the institutions, the award-winners, the breweries whose cans fill every bottle shop in …