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- 2025 -14 June
91X Beer for Breakfast: East Village Brewing
This week, we have good news and bad news. The good news is that we’re featuring beers from East Village Brewing, a small-but-mighty business founded by a pair of high-ranking brewers who quit Ballast Point Brewing to…
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13 June
Beer of the Week: Crystal Vision
A few years back, when cold IPAs started making their way onto beer boards across the county, I wasn’t impressed. While some were nice and dry, a lot of them lacked any…
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12 June
What’s Tapping (6/12)
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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9 June
Portrait of a Brewer: Chad Keeley
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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8 June
I Like Beer the Podcast: Roman Holiday
In this week’s episode, the ILB crew celebrates Joe‘s recent trip to Rome, providing the perfect opportunity for Influencer to share a bit about papal history as it relates to, what else,…
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7 June
91X Beer for Breakfast: Duck Foot Brewing
For the past 10 years, Miramar-based Duck Foot Brewing has been brewing up solid beer that’s not just tasty, but also gluten-reduced across the board. Pleasantly weird in the best way, the team behind…
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6 June
Beer of the Week: Coastin’
When the subject of best grocery-store beer buys comes up, be it with beer fans or professional brewers, the gravitational pull of a certain company’s cans is typically part of the conversation.…
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5 June
What’s Tapping (6/5)
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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2 June
Portrait of a Brewer: Garrett Perkins, Booze Brothers 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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1 June
I Like Beer the Podcast: Booze Brothers Brewing
It took a while, but the ILB team finally made it out to Vista to check out Booze Brothers Brewing. After all this time, they wanted to make a full day of…
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