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- 2023 -5 January
What’s Tapping (1/5/23)
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. For more details regarding release/tapping dates,…
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Dec- 2022 -30 December
Beer of the Week: Maple Smoked Maibock
From the Beer Writer: In a county of well over 100 different brewing companies there are a couple of ways to stand out from the pack. One is to brew styles that…
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28 December
San Diego to host 2023 Homebrew Con
San Diego has been selected as the site for the 2023 edition of Homebrew Con, the country’s largest homebrewing conference and competition, featuring more than 2,000 amateur and pro brewers. The 45th annual event, put on…
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23 December
News 8: Year-end Beer News
Before turning the page on 2022, San Diego Beer News founder and Executive Editor Brandon Hernández took to the airwaves to share a trio of news stories and a quartet of local…
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23 December
Beer of the Week: Without Exception
From the Beer Writer: I’m a San Diegan of 46 years. I’ve spent my whole life in this wonderful county and I love that. But when you spend so much time somewhere,…
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20 December
Be part of the 2023 San Diego Beer News Awards!
For the third straight year, craft-beer fans and members of the local brewing industry will be called upon to nominate and vote for the best San Diego County beers, breweries and more…
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19 December
FOX 5: Giftable Beers for the Holidays
If you have a craft-beer fan on your holiday shopping list and want to really wow them with some gift-worthy beer, we have some very special, highly giftable libations that will make…
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16 December
Beer of the Week: Three Beagles
From the Beer Writer: It’s harder than it might seem for brewers to stick to their guns in this day and age. While most open their own breweries to “make the kind…
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9 December
Beer of the Week: Hop-Fu!
From the Beer Writer: When it comes to brewing competitions, whether a commercial-beer or homebrew contest, no style categories are more hotly contested than those pertaining to India pale ales. While beer…
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2 December
Beer of the Week: Malthead Mayhem
From the Beer Writer: Maybe it’s my love of dad jokes (now that I’m a grandfather are they officially granddad jokes?), but for whatever reason, I’ll always remember sitting in a ballroom…
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