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. Popular features include our Beer of the Week, weekly What’s Tapping updates chronicling new beers debuting at local breweries, beer-centric travel pieces, Portrait of a Brewer and Praising the Bar Q&A pieces, plus our 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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Mar- 2026 -13 March
Beer of the Week: Benchmarked
How many brewers does it take to bring a long-gone beer back into existence? Apparently, the answer is four. It’s a taller total than one might expect, but it’s getting tougher and…
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12 March
What’s Tapping (3/12/26)
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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9 March
Portrait of a Brewer: Ramiro Salas, Ketch Brewing & Cerveza California
There are hundreds of talented brewing professionals giving their all to help maintain the San Diego beer industry’s storied reputation. While these industrious practitioners share numerous similarities, each is their own unique…
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8 March
I Like Beer the Podcast: Our Safe Beers
It’s another round of great beer, good company and stories that only happen when the mics are on. This episode of I Like Beer covers everything from new brewery openings and dependable…
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7 March
91X Beer for Breakfast: Green Cheek Beer Co.
Two years ago, an award-winning Orange County brewing entity with an ever-rotating roster of ales, lagers and other house-made adult beverages touched down in Oceanside. Now, Green Cheek Beer Co. is a bona fide…
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6 March
Beer of the Week: Mosaic Hazy Pale
If you talk to Sean Haggerty, the ex-Navy SEAL whose found a second, productive career as the owner of Miramar-based Protector Brewery, he’ll proudly share that his business is the only USDA-certified…
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5 March
What’s Tapping (3/5/26)
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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2 March
Portrait of a Brewer: Peter Cronin, AleSmith Brewing
There are hundreds of talented brewing professionals giving their all to help maintain the San Diego beer industry’s storied reputation. While these industrious practitioners share numerous similarities, each is their own unique…
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1 March
Las Vegas Beer News (March 2026)
By Bob Barnes, Las Vegas Correspondent Beer Events Beer Zombies, March 7, 13, 21, 27 & 28: Beer Zombies has several special happenings during the month. On March 7 the brewery will…
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Feb- 2026 -28 February
ALT 94.9 FM: Good Pressure Brewing
It’s a new week and a new week’s worth of segments, this time with San Diego’s newest brewer: Good Pressure Brewing. Listen along as ALT 94.9 FM‘s Jeremy Pritchard gets the deets…
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