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- 2022 -18 March
Beer of the Week: Athletic Lite
From the Beer Writer: It takes a lot to make non-alcoholic (N/A) beer palatable, much less interesting, but that’s what Athletic Brewing has done. A Connecticut-based business that went bi-coastal by taking…
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17 March
News 8: #SDBeer St. Patrick’s Day
Want to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at a local brewery? San Diego Beer News Executive Editor Brandon Hernández has you covered. On the morning of March 17, he joined News 8 anchor…
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16 March
South Lake Tahoe, California Brewery Guide
After being tested by Mother Nature, South Lake Tahoe and its hospitality venues are back and raring to show tourists a good time. The area has long been known for top-rate skiing,…
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15 March
SDBN Awards ceremony coming March 29
Votes have been tallied and the winners of the second-annual San Diego Beer News Awards will be announced at an in-person ceremony taking place at North Park Beer Co. at 6 p.m.…
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14 March
Portrait of a Brewer: Bill Batten, Fall Brewing
There are hundreds of hard-working brewing professionals giving their all to help maintain the storied reputation San Diego’s brewing scene has earned over the past several decades. Some have risen to great…
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11 March
Beer of the Week: 2 Can
From the Beer Writer: Even before I discovered my love for beer, my love of language lay scrawled upon my sleeve. I am fascinated by words and have always viewed them in…
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7 March
Portrait of a Brewer: Bret Stitzman, Mother Earth Brew Co.
There are hundreds of hard-working brewing professionals giving their all to help maintain the storied reputation San Diego’s brewing scene has earned over the past several decades. Some have risen to great…
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4 March
Beer of the Week: Nuestra Señora
From the Beer Writer: Seasoned samplers of bourbon barrel-aged stouts know what to expect from such offerings: brawny, deeply roasty, viscous brews with overtones of vanilla and booze. The latter tends to…
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Feb- 2022 -28 February
Portrait of a Brewer: Nathan Stephens, Eppig Brewing
There are hundreds of hard-working brewing professionals giving their all to help maintain the storied reputation San Diego’s brewing scene has earned over the past several decades. Some have risen to great…
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26 February
FOX 5: Barrel-aged Beers
In honor of Valentine’s Day, San Diego Beer News Executive Editor Brandon Hernández takes FOX 5 Morning News anchor Raoul Martinez a bevy of local brews that are easy to fall in…
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