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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May- 2026 -23 May
91X Beer for Breakfast: TapRoom Beer Co.
If you’re in North Park in search of good vibes, great beer and plenty of hops, you can’t go wrong with TapRoom Beer Co. Listen in as the BFB crew tastes their…
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22 May
Beer of the Week: Yokai
Can this really be happening? After all this time? After all of what I thought were futile wishes sent up to the heavens in hopes that someday something I love would find…
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21 May
What’s Tapping (5/21/26)
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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19 May
FOX 5 Morning News: Oceanside Breweries
The northwest city of Oceanside has been a hotbed of development for years, and that’s included the addition of several craft brewing companies. In this month’s segment, San Diego Beer News founder…
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18 May
Portrait of a Brewer: Ryan Crisp, AleSmith 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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17 May
I Like Beer the Podcast: Barley & Sword Brewing
Barley & Sword Brewing has officially made its way to North County. In this episode of I Like Beer, the crew sits down with that two-year-old company’s owner Mike Howell to talk…
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16 May
91X Beer for Breakfast: OB Brewery
When one hears the words “beachside brewpub”, they’re bound to expect a tap list jam-packed with lagers, IPAs and other sunny-weather brews. But at Ocean Beach’s namesake institution, OB Brewery, their head brewer…
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15 May
Beer of the Week: Krushin’ on Ketch(am)
It’s easy for a beer enthusiast to believe they are super-familiar with the individuals working at breweries throughout the county. After all, you read San Diego Beer News to keep up on…
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14 May
What’s Tapping (5/14/26)
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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13 May
QUAFF dominates local homebrewing contest
Held on an annual basis since 1994, the America’s Finest City Homebrew Competition (AFC) is coordinated thanks to effort and elbow grease from the members of local homebrewing club QUAFF. Not surprisingly,…
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