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- 2024 -11 October
Beer of the Week: FrankenStout
Over the past three decades, certain locally produced ales and lagers have claimed vaunted spots in the San Diego beer pantheon. They go by singular, popular names – Swami’s, Sculpin, Speedway (and…
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10 October
What’s Tapping (10/10)
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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7 October
Homebrew Summer: Skyline
When Aaron Justus and Brandon Green traded in high-level brewing positions at Ballast Point Brewing to build their own little piece of craft-beer heaven in the East Village, they did so, in…
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6 October
91X Beer for Breakfast: SoCal Brewing Supply
This episode finds Talent in his element, sitting down with Travis Johnson, the owner of SoCal Brewing Supply. That’s right, the top-notch Vista retail outlet that’s the banner sponsor of San Diego…
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5 October
91X Beer for Breakfast: Night Parade Brewing
If you’re looking for a little taste of Cajun culture, you don’t have to hop a flight to New Orleans (not that that’s a bad thing). All locals need to do is…
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4 October
Beer of the Week: Pirate’s Cove
Long before Oceanside was the booming, fast-developing municipality it’s come to be – a city now awash in hospitality businesses, including well over a dozen breweries – there was a small industrial-park…
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3 October
What’s Tapping (10/3)
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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Sep- 2024 -30 September
Homebrew Summer: Kölsch of the Titans
The science of fermentation is rich, nuanced and traces back to an item of paramount significance: yeast. For nearly 30 years years, local brewers have benefited from having one of the world’s…
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29 September
I Like Beer the Podcast: Mission Brewing
In this episode of I Like Beer the Podcast, the Jeffs cover a typical topic, local beer, while talking about something less common but even more important, supporting the fight against breast…
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28 September
91X Beer for Breakfast: Local Oktoberfest Beers
We’ve all heard of Oktoberfest. We know it’s a highly anticipated time of the year for lovers of beer and German culture. But when it comes to the beer, how much do…
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