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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Oct- 2021 -8 October
Beer of the Week: Protect Ya Neck
From the Beer Writer: It’s the time of year when hop farmers are harvesting the bine-borne fruits of their labor. While the bulk of those hops are bound for pelletizing for use…
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4 October
Portrait of a Brewer: Anthony Chen, AleSmith 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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1 October
Beer of the Week: Tangible
From the Beer Writer: Fruited IPAs hit the height of their popularity in the mid-aughts. Almost overnight, Southern California brewers who had boasted about the bitterness of their West Coast IPAs were…
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Sep- 2021 -24 September
Beer of the Week: Palm Sway
From the Beer Writer: Anticipation can really up the expectations of a beer, especially when one has heard some pre-sample chatter about said brew. This is true in the case of comments…
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23 September
Release: Belgian Blauw Wit
As part of our San Diego Homebrew Summer program, a dozen local breweries are producing recipes from local homebrewers at their breweries during the sunny season. The next to debut will be…
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22 September
The Indie Beer Show to end
While not the first podcast to tackle the subject of San Diego’s beer scene, The Indie Beer Show has been one of the most prolific productions of its kind over the past…
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17 September
Beer of the Week: Bat Flip to the Moon
From the Beer Writer: Ah, bat flips, the flamboyant displays following no-doubt-about-it home runs. I remember when those happened with the great frequency at Padres games (for the guys wearing brown and…
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16 September
FOX 5: Local Oktoberfest-ready Beers
Even fading microphone batteries couldn’t detract from the quality selection of German-style beers San Diego Beer News Executive Editor Brandon Hernández detailed for the FOX 5 Morning News audience. Check out Eppig…
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10 September
Beer of the Week: Nothin’ But Trouble
From the Beer Writer: Those within the brewing industry share a passion for well-constructed ales and lagers, but relationships transcend those liquid assets and form the real foundation of the scene. Just…
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3 September
Beer of the Week: Dunkel Breakin My Heart
From the Beer Writer: Oktoberfest is nigh. It’s the time of year when even people who aren’t that into beer (or have no idea what Oktoberfest is or when it takes place)…
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