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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Sep- 2026 -21 September
Homebrew Summer: Thai Tea Haze
From 2023 to 2025, Derek Gallanosa and Cyrus Baluyot (pictured above) worked at North Park’s GOAL. Brewing. The former was head brewer and the latter was behind the bar, but their friendship…
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20 September
CBS 8 Brewing Local: Michi Brew Co.
This week’s guest on CBS 8‘s Brewing Local is one of the newer entrants to the San Diego County craft-beer scene, Cody Gagnon. A longtime industry vet who started out in a…
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19 September
91X Beer for Breakfast: Capital of Craft Beer Festival
Previously a longstanding staple of San Diego Beer Week, this year’s Capital of Craft Beer Festival is taking place tomorrow at Broadway Pier. Not only will it be stocked by beers from the county’s standout…
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18 September
IPA vs. Pale Ale: What’s the Difference?
Compared to an IPA, Pale Ale is mellow and well-balanced, while a traditional pale ale is mellow and well-balanced with a focus on the malt instead of the hops. Anyone who has…
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18 September
Beer of the Week: Lil’ Tegridy
Believe it or not, sometimes I get to visit breweries for fun or simply to catch up with members of the industry on a the casual basis, as opposed to interviews, photo…
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17 September
What’s Tapping (9/17/26)
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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14 September
Homebrew Summer: Pils
Judd McGhee has more than just a little experience working with amateur brewers (not to mention complete newcomers to the art of fermentation) to create special beers. As the owner and Head…
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13 September
I Like Beer the Podcast: Shark Beer Week Returns
Not only is ILB’s popular Shark Beer Week back So, too, is the rarely seen yet much beloved Doc, a bona fide marine biologist who joins the Jeffs to explain why sharks…
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12 September
91X Beer for Breakfast: Stone Brewing
For the past 30 years, Stone Brewing has been pushing the craft-beer envelope. From challenging drinkers to eschew “fizzy yellow beer” in favor of its aggressive Arrogant Bastard Ale, to putting on grand-scale beer…
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11 September
The IPA Rut: Branching Out In San Diego Without Betraying Your Palate
Nobody falls into a rut faster than a drinker in a great beer town, and San Diego might be the best beer town in America for exactly the style most of us…
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