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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Jan- 2026 -4 January
I Like Beer the Podcast: Mescan Brewery
The ILB crew is opening the year with one of their all-time favorite episodes. This isn’t just another brewery interview; it’s the story of finding a ‘spirit human’ in a magical outdoor…
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3 January
Brewer to Brewer Podcast: Colby Chandler
In this episode of All About Beer‘s Brewer to Brewer podcast, San Diego Beer News‘ very own Colby Chandler, a veteran in the brewing industry is interviewed by Vince Marsaglia , a…
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2 January
Beer of the Week: Blonde Ale
Whereas craft breweries established during the boomtimes of the early 2010s were focused on growing into regional forces with multi-state distribution, by and large, today’s beer-industry entrants are focused on serving their…
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1 January
What’s Tapping (1/1/26)
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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Dec- 2025 -31 December
BYO Nano Podcast: New Year Forecast
We are living through some serious headwinds in the beer industry right now. There’s a lot of worry, a lot of gloom, but also a lot of positivity on the horizon. As…
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28 December
I Like Beer the Podcast: Burgeon Beer Co.
What does it take for a brewery to become a true industry leader, an operation so respected that 50 of the nation’s best brewers all show up for your party? This week,…
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27 December
91X Beer for Breakfast: Best Beers of 2025
It’s been a long year filled with plenty of outstanding first-meal-of-the-day beers. As has become tradition, Marty, Paul and Brandon use the last Beer for Breakfast segment of the year to comb their memory banks and pull out their…
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26 December
Beer of the Week: Hops for the Holidays ’25
No other time of year has such a positive effect on the way we behave than the holidays. Most of us spend 11 months of the year completely bogged down with work…
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25 December
What’s Tapping (12/25/25)
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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21 December
I Like Beer the Podcast: AleSmith Brewing Classic
The ILB crew is reaching back into the archives this week, and re-releasing one of their most popular field-trip episodes ever: a visit to Miramar’s legendary AleSmith Brewing. This episode is more…
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