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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Oct- 2026 -3 October
91X Beer for Breakfast: Rancho BEERnardo Festival
While the inland North County community of Rancho Bernardo may not be widely known for its craft-beer culture, for one day each year it is the epicenter of San Diego’s suds scene.…
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2 October
Beer of the Week: I Don’t Get Angry When My Mom Smokes Pot
Over the past six years, this outlet has put on an event that craft beer fans as well as the industry professionals they love and respect have come to enjoy in a…
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1 October
What’s Tapping (10/1/26)
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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Sep- 2026 -30 September
Rear View Beer: Escondido Brewing
San Diego’s brewing industry and overall beer scene didn’t spontaneously occur. It was forged over decades by thousands of entrepreneurs, craftspeople, employees and fans. And key to it all have been the…
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29 September
Homebrew Summer: Sandlot
Many people get into homebrewing because the beers they want to drink aren’t available at bars or on store shelves. That was the case for Aaron Justus, a co-founding brewer at East…
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27 September
I Like Beer the Podcast: Mother Earth Brew Co.
They grow up so fast! It’s hard to believe, but Vista’s little nanobrewery that could, Mother Earth Brew Co. (MEBC) has evolved into a multi-state operation that’s celebrating its sweet sixteenth anniversary.…
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26 September
91X Beer for Breakfast: La Mesa Oktoberfest
Come this time of year, numerous municipalities throughout the county party like its 1810…in Germany. We’re talking Oktoberfest, and every community does its best to get as close to classic Deutschland as they…
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25 September
Beer of the Week: Wiesnbier
Oh, thank the lager gods in heaven, we are smack dab in the middle of Oktoberfest. Munich’s festival to end all festivals since 1810, this year’s multi-day party period started on September…
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24 September
What’s Tapping (9/24/26)
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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22 September
FOX 5 Morning News: Restaurants That Brew
San Diego beer fans are lucky to have plenty of beer-centric restaurants located throughout the county. Sometimes those businesses’ enthusiasm for craft ales and lagers rises to the point where the restaurateurs…
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