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 -23 June
2025 Homebrew Summer participants
In 2021, San Diego Beer News launched an initiative designed to further strengthen the historic link between the county’s professional and recreational brewers. Dubbed Homebrew Summer, the program allowed commercial breweries to…
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22 June
I Like Beer the Podcast: The Mill Room
The ILB team is back in Oceanside. The draw this time around is The Mill Room, a bar-and-restaurant concept from the owners of South O Brewing offering that company’s beers, plus cocktails…
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21 June
91X Beer for Breakfast – Belmont Park
This year, San Diego’s iconic Belmont Park is celebrating the big one-oh-oh! To commemorate that triple-digit anniversary, they have plenty of fun events and initiatives planned. They’ve even teamed with a local brewery…
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20 June
Beer of the Week: Uno
Ilove everything about brewery anniversaries. Brewing company owners and their teams spend all year balancing their desires with those of their customers. That’s a great way to operate, making sure a business…
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19 June
What’s Tapping (6/19)
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 June
Portrait of a Brewer: George Cataulin, Home Brew Mart
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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15 June
I Like Beer the Podcast: What’s in a Name?
It’s a full house this week in the studio this week. Take a listen as Tom shares some beers and stories from his recent travels. Later on, the Jeffs bring the laughs…
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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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