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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Dec- 2024 -3 December
Praising the Bar: Seek Beer Co.
It didn’t take long for Seek Beer Co., a startup launched in North Park’s CRAFT by Brewery Igniter facility by a pair of Midwest transplants, to win over locals. After only being…
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1 December
I Like Beer the Podcast: Beers, Bears, Pickles & Pie
In this week’s alliteratively titled episode, the Jeffs, Joe and the Doctor explore outlandish beers that taste like pickles and pie. (While those beers come through on the flavors they aim to…
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Nov- 2024 -29 November
Beer of the Week: Barrio Beach
Names don’t get much more outwardly Mexican-American than Brandon Hernández. Born to a Hispanic father and a mother of mostly German descent, I spent my childhood in the city where my parents…
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28 November
What’s Tapping (11/28)
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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27 November
FOX 5 News: Family-run Breweries
Believe it or not, the holidays are upon us. This time of year is all about family, so for this month’s beer segment, San Diego Beer News founder Brandon Hernández introduces viewers…
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25 November
Praising the Bar: Five Suits Brewing
Shortly after opening in 2020, in the midst of a pandemic that challenged even the most established, formidable beer companies, little-brewery-that-could Five Suits Brewing won the Best Customer Service Award at the…
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24 November
I Like Beer the Podcast: Ramona Arts, Wine & Music Festival – Part 2
Last week, the Jeffs found themselves at the Ramona Arts, Wine & Music Festival, where they met up with friends new and old, but they were just scraping the surface. In this…
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23 November
91X Beer for Breakfast: Home Brew Mart
One of the most uplifting developments of the year for local beer fans is the revival of much beloved Morena institution Home Brew Mart. Under new ownership, the recreational retail establishment that…
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22 November
Beer of the Week: iconic
It would be easy to view brewers as a monolithic set of indistinguishable, scientific-minded practitioners manufacturing essentially the same products. But unlike, say, accountants, who must all adhere to the same governing…
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21 November
What’s Tapping (11/21)
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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