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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Nov- 2025 -8 November
91X Beer for Breakfast: Backyard Brewery
Few beer enterprises are as aptly named as Escondido’s Backyard Brewery. Located in the literal shadow of the hill housing Stone Brewing‘s castle-like headquarters with its sprawling gardens is this small, one-man…
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7 November
Beer of the Week: Lafitte’s Beard
Like many local beer enthusiasts, I love IPAs, particularly the bone-dry, hop-heavy variety brewed in and named for my hometown. And I respect the fact that light adjunct lagers of the corn…
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6 November
What’s Tapping (11/6/25)
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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5 November
FOX 5 Morning News: San Diego Beer Week
Has it been 12 months already? Believe it or not, San Diego Beer Week is only two days away. Taking place from November 7-16, the county’s annual 10-day celebration of ales, lagers…
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2 November
I Like Beer the Podcast: Dogleg Brewing
This week, the Jeffs head back to links-themed Vista beer biz, Dogleg Brewing, to chat with co-owner Christina Lumsden about the company’s origin story and sense of community. According to that marketer…
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1 November
91X Beer for Breakfast: Capital of Craft – Part 2
It may be Halloween, but Marty and Brandon have their sights set a week in the future when San Diego Beer Week will be in full swing and they’ll be joining in that 10-day…
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Oct- 2025 -31 October
Beer of the Week: Bailey’s Ghost
Our Beer of the Week features always run on Fridays, so it’s only once every seven years (OK, yes, because of leap years, it’s actually every six, and maybe even five years,…
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30 October
What’s Tapping (10/30/25)
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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27 October
Praising the Bar: Black Plague Brewing
When planning our annual spotlight series for front-of-house all-stars at local breweries, we were excited to include staffers from Black Plague Brewing. It takes a lot to lighten up venues with pitch-black…
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26 October
I Like Beer the Podcast: Moto Sonora Brewing
This week the Jeffs meet up with Jeremy DeConcini, the co-owner of Moto Sonora Brewing. That Arizona operation’s origin story is a heck of a tale, which includes a journey through South…
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