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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Jan- 2025 -26 January
I Like Beer the Podcast: Beer in Review
The crew is back in the studio with new beers and some stories to tell, along with friends of the show, The Rotorheads, dropping in to share their new release, “The Beer…
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25 January
91X Beer for Breakfast: Shōgun by Embolden
This week’s episode of Beer for Breakfast features a Miramar-based operation that always provides something both different and delicious, Embolden Beer Co. This time around, the crew tastes through a pair of…
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24 January
Beer of the Week: Invaders from Idaho!
The Pacific Northwest is our country’s premier hop-growing region. Due to the prominence of farms in Washington’s Yakima Valley, that state is synonymous with the word “hops”, with neighboring Oregon also well…
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23 January
What’s Tapping (1/23)
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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20 January
FOX 5 News: Beer Without the Buzz
It’s January, or as some temporary teetotalers refer to it, “dry January”. Fortunately, thanks to some innovative brewers, the quality of non-alcoholic ales and lagers is soaring, meaning there’s no need to…
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19 January
I Like Beer the Podcast: Beer Town
The ILB team’s New Year’s resolution is always the same: support local breweries and taprooms. To start the year off strong, the Jeffs head over to Beer Town in Oceanside to meet…
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18 January
91X Beer for Breakfast: Burgeon Beer Co.
It’s that time of year again, the day when Carlsbad’s Burgeon Beer Co. shuts down its parking lot and fills it with awesome brewers from far and wide, all pouring their killer…
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17 January
Beer of the Week: Trailgate
It’s time to come clean. I am an imperfect person. Shocking, I know. I wouldn’t even be able to bring myself to admit it publicly were it not for the fact I…
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16 January
What’s Tapping (1/16)
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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12 January
I Like Beer the Podcast: Dungeons & Dragons, Vol. 2
The D&D adventure for the Golden Hop continues! White Claw Walkers and winos in skinny jeans threaten the quest, but Sir Bob and his dire wolf HoseHead forge ahead with the help…
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