FEATURES
In addition to news reporting, San Diego Beer News is well-known for its weekly, annual and otherwise regular features, programs and initiatives spotlighting San Diego County’s beers, brewers and brewing companies, including our Beer of the Week, What’s Tapping updates about new beers debuting at local breweries, Portrait of a Brewer Q&As, comprehensive beer-centric travel pieces, multi-faceted Homebrew Sumer pro-am program and the extremely popular San Diego Beer News Awards. The following is a chronological listing of all of our feature content to-date.
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Jul- 2024 -26 July
Beer of the Week: Garston Gold 2.0
For the longest time, far too many local breweries acted as though craft beer and sports were mutually exclusive interests. Much of that belief was tied to old-school macrobeer advertising that leaned…
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25 July
What’s Tapping (7/25)
Welcome to San Diego Beer News‘ weekly list of beers tapping for the first time or returning to beer lists at breweries throughout San Diego County, including links where you can find…
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25 July
Homebrew Summer: Ryeders of Rohan
Before he was hired as a brewer for vaunted North County operation, The Lost Abbey, Andrew Konopak (pictured above, at left) was infatuated with local beer yet oblivious to how it was…
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22 July
Homebrew Summer: Sleeping with the Fishes
We’re only two weeks into the second coming of famed, historic local craft-beer spot, Home Brew Mart, and the eager team there is already getting into the Homebrew Summer action. It’s not…
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21 July
I Like Beer the Podcast: Dick Mack’s (Part 2)
In this episode, the Jeffs pick up where they left off with the second of a two-part conversation with Finn MacDonald, the owner of Dick Mack’s Pub in Dingle, Ireland. Join them…
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20 July
91X Beer for Breakfast: South O Brewing
Named for the community it’s embedded in and relishes every opportunity to celebrate, South O Brewing is known as much for its beers as the all-out parties it throws. The latest of…
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19 July
Beer of the Week: Gimme Sim’ Mo’
Nostalgia is a powerful thing, particularly when it comes to beer and the companies that produce it. While many are drawn to the shiny new toys of the ale-and-lager world, even those…
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18 July
What’s Tapping (7/18)
Welcome to San Diego Beer News‘ weekly list of beers tapping for the first time or returning to beer lists at breweries throughout San Diego County, including links where you can find…
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18 July
Homebrew Summer: Volante
Our annual Homebrew Summer program provides an opportunity for local breweries to reaffirm their connection with the amateur brewing sect, but at Jacked Up Brewery, they interact with homebrewers year-round. The brewery…
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14 July
I Like Beer the Podcast: Dick Mack’s (Part 1)
Where’s Dick Mack’s? Across from the church. Where’s the church? Across from Dick Mack’s, of course! And both are in Dingle, Ireland, the locale where the ILB team spent its most recent…
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