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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Feb- 2026 -25 February
Utah Craft Beer & Brewery Guide
Outdoor adventurers feel an almost instinctive lure to Utah year-round. That attraction is at its strongest come ski season, which we find ourselves smack dab in the middle of right now. Just…
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23 February
Portrait of a Brewer: Blake Masoner, 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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22 February
I Like Beer the Podcast: Year in Review
This episode is a full-on 2025 Untappd Year-in-Review with Jeff, Jeff and Doc: unique beer counts, top styles, favorite venues, and the bottles and pours that defined the year. Spoiler: When you…
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21 February
91X Beer for Breakfast: Dos Desperados Brewery
San Marcos is home to a family-run beer outfit that’s been slaking thirsts for over a decade. Dubbed Dos Desperados Brewery, the company came into its own under a young brewer who has…
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20 February
Beer of the Week: Hibiscus Haze
Things work a little differently at Fox Point Farms’ onsite brewing operation, Fox Point Brewing. For starters, Head Brewer Brian Carl was able to completely design his production facility and has free…
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19 February
What’s Tapping (2/19/26)
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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16 February
Vote Now: 2026 San Diego Beer News Awards
Local beer fans have done all the heavy-lifting, nominating their favorite breweries, ales and lagers in 25 different categories, so we may present to you the official ballot for the 2026 San…
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15 February
ALT 94.9 FM: Pure Project Brewing
This week, ALT 94.9 FM‘s Jeremy Pritchard caught up with Brewmaster Winslow Sawyer of Pure Project Brewing ahead of their 10-year anniversary. That’s right, a year divisible by five, which means it…
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14 February
91X Beer for Breakfast: Protector Brewery
It takes more than filling out a few forms for a brewery to become USDA-certified as all-organic. Just ask the head of Miramar’s only such-certified beer company, Protector Brewery. For the past eight…
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13 February
Beer of the Week: Japanese Dark Lager
Koo Miyake is a maker of many things. Not only does he brew beer. He’s also a distiller of spirits, as well as a crafter of hard sparkling teas and other alternative…
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