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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Apr- 2026 -3 April
Beer of the Week: Rewild
Going beyond flavor, aroma, balance, drinkability and the ability to slake one’s thirst while taking the edge off, there’s something that can make a good beer even better – the ability to…
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2 April
What’s Tapping (4/2/26)
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 April
Recapping the 2026 San Diego Beer News Awards
Photography by Jenny MannThe culmination of three months, hundreds of nominations and many thousands of votes took place last night at Harland Brewing’s headquarters in Scripps Ranch when the local beer community…
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Mar- 2026 -31 March
FOX 5 Morning News: San Diego Beer News Awards
After much behind-the-scenes prep, and thousands of fan nominations and votes, the day has finally arrived. The 2026 San Diego Beer News Awards will take place from 5 to 9 p.m. tonight…
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30 March
CBS 8: San Diego Beer News Awards
The sixth iteration of the San Diego Beer News Awards will take place from 5 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31 and will have some serious star power care of event…
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29 March
ALT 94.9 FM: San Diego Beer News Awards
Two years ago, ALT 94.9 FM music director Jeremy Pritchard hosted the San Diego Beer News Awards, and he’s been part of the event in almost every one of its six years.…
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28 March
91X Beer for Breakfast: San Diego Beer News Awards
The biggest night of the year for the local brewing industry is taking place on Tuesday, March 31 from 5 to 9 p.m. and you’re invited! Listen in as BFB’s own Brandon Hernández shares details about…
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27 March
Beer of the Week: WC Pale
Fitting a collaboration brew day into one’s production schedule can be rather difficult. This is especially true for sizable breweries that produce large amounts of core beers while rolling out several smaller-batch,…
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26 March
What’s Tapping (3/26/26)
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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23 March
FOX 5 Morning News: New Local Beer Spots
If it seems like there’s always some new brewery or taproom opening in San Diego County, that’s because there is! This month’s FOX 5 Morning News beer segment sees San Diego Beer…
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