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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Jul- 2022 -22 July
Beer of the Week: Reclaim the Sea
From the Beer Writer: In 2019, Burgeon Beer Co. teamed with the Natural Forest Foundation to craft a beer called Reclaim the Wild. For each can of that IPA that was sold,…
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18 July
Release: Hello World
As part of our second-annual Homebrew Summer program, various San Diego County breweries have teamed with amateur brewers to produce their homespun recipes on their commercial systems, then tap the resultant beers…
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15 July
Beer of the Week: Puna Pils
From the Beer Writer: I recently heard a familiar lament uttered from a few stools down at a brewery tasting room bar: If you’ve had one pilsner, you’ve had them all. Of…
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13 July
Eugene, Oregon Brewery Guide
Oregon has long been a standout state for quality craft beer headlined by suds-saturated strongholds, Portland (PDX) and Bend. Those spots cast long shadows that can obscure the ale-and-lager scenes of other…
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11 July
Recipe: Puff Puff Pale
As part of our second-annual Homebrew Summer program, various San Diego County breweries will be sharing recipes for some of their most popular beers, which have been scaled-down for amateur brewers to…
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8 July
Recipe: It’s Pretty Lit
As part of our second-annual Homebrew Summer program, various San Diego County breweries have teamed with amateur brewers to produce their homespun recipes on their commercial systems, then tap the resultant beers…
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8 July
Beer of the Week: Hazy Sculpin IPA
From the Beer Writer: I still remember the first time I tasted Sculpin. I was participating in a brew-day at Linda Vista’s Home Brew Mart, helping to ready some locally foraged ingredients…
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4 July
Recipe: Açai Bowl
As part of our second-annual Homebrew Summer program, various San Diego County breweries have teamed with amateur brewers to produce their homespun recipes on their commercial systems, then tap the resultant beers…
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1 July
Beer of the Week: Let’s Go!
From the Beer Writer: In its purest, most authentic form, craft brewing is all about constant exploration and education. Lessons learned through the experimentation and collaboration that are cornerstones of the trade…
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Jun- 2022 -30 June
Pacific Northwest Brewery Standouts
The roots of American craft beer extend throughout the nation, but the bines of the movement are clearly embedded in the Pacific Northwest (PNW). It’s there that hop farmers have cultivated not…
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