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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Apr- 2025 -4 April
Beer of the Week: Padre Pils
Admit it. After a relatively uneventful offseason (by A.J. Preller standards, anyway) marked more by ownership infighting than blockbuster trades and free-agent signings, you were at least a little concerned about our…
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3 April
What’s Tapping (4/3)
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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Mar- 2025 -31 March
Portrait of a Brewer: Tyson Dennis, North Park Beer Co.
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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30 March
I Like Beer the Podcast: PCH Sports Bar
This week, the Jeffs found themselves in search of famed triple IPA, Pliny the Younger. They found it at PCH Sports Bar in Oceanside, where owner Amy O’Donnell has a great lineup…
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29 March
91X Beer for Breakfast: Brewery X
Though based out of Anaheim, Brewery X has made a name for itself beyond its hometown care of award-winning beers. Locally, the company has expanded its reach via a taproom at the…
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28 March
Beer of the Week: Riptides Collaboration
While I have great memories of attending tons of San Diego Sockers games as a kid, as I grew up, my interests in athletics shifted more toward American football, baseball and basketball.…
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27 March
What’s Tapping (3/27)
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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26 March
Recapping the 2025 San Diego Beer News Awards
Photos by Jenny Mann Photography The theme of the 2025 San Diego Beer News Awards (SDBNA) ceremony was “We’re Stronger Together”, and that much was proven over the course of the two-plus-hour…
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25 March
FOX 5 News: San Diego Beer News Awards
It’s that time of year again. The San Diego craft-beer community is preparing for the “Oscars of Beer”, the 2025 San Diego Beer News Awards ceremony. Taking place the evening of Tuesday,…
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24 March
Portrait of a Brewer: Austin Pinder, Bay City Brewing
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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