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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Jun- 2026 -5 June
Beer of the Week: 11th Anniversary IPA
You see that a brewery is celebrating its anniversary and has crafted a limited-edition beer specifically for the occasion. Then you see it’s an IPA. Automatically, you start to wonder if they’ve…
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4 June
What’s Tapping (6/4/26)
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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1 June
Portrait of a Brewer: Will Cleary, Craft Coast Brewing
There are hundreds of talented brewing professionals giving their all to help maintain the San Diego beer industry’s storied reputation. While these industrious practitioners share numerous similarities, each is their own unique…
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May- 2026 -31 May
CBS 8 Brewing Local: Harland Brewing
In this episode, two big wheels from Harland Brewing ‒ CEO Anthony Levas and Director of Brewery Operations Cody Morris ‒drop in to talk about the humble beginnings of the Scripps Ranch-based…
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30 May
91X Beer for Breakfast: The Roadies Brewing
Not only does this episode of Beer for Breakfast include killer beers from a local, independent brewery (what else is new?). It also includes info on a pair of special performances at…
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29 May
Beer of the Week: Habeerneros
Remember when adjunct IPAs were all the rage? It seems like only yesterday that craft brewers were adding all manner of citrus, stone and tropical fruit to their hop-bombs. Not just that,…
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28 May
What’s Tapping (5/28/26)
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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28 May
Homebrew Summer: Ryeders of Rohan
We still have about a month of spring left before the sunny season officially arrives, but thanks to BattleMage Brewing, Homebrew Summer is already here! On Friday, May 29, that Vista bastion…
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25 May
Portrait of a Brewer: Joe Peach, Kairoa Brewing
There are hundreds of talented brewing professionals giving their all to help maintain the San Diego beer industry’s storied reputation. While these industrious practitioners share numerous similarities, each is their own unique…
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24 May
I Like Beer the Podcast: Burgeon Beer Co.
In this episode, the guys recap their Denver beer trip, including visits to Coors, Prost, Bierstadt Lagerhaus, Left Hand Brewing and a few memorable side quests. Then Tori Bleher from Burgeon Beer…
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