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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Aug- 2026 -30 August
I Like Beer the Podcast: Kris Ketcham
It’s been a very eventful year for Stone Brewing, with the brand having been acquired by Firestone Walker Brewing and Duvel USA, and most of its production being moved out of town.…
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29 August
91X Beer for Breakfast: Julian Beer Co.
There are plenty of reasons to visit the mountain town of Julian…apple pie, snow, small-town charm. And there’s also local beer thanks to the brother half of the sibling duo that founded Pizza…
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28 August
Beer of the Week: Moon Juice
Last week, I visited the FOX 5 studios to record my monthly beer segment for their morning news program. This month’s subject was under-the-radar breweries; businesses that may not have as much…
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27 August
What’s Tapping (8/27/26)
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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26 August
CBS 8 News: The state of Stone Brewing
Following last week’s news that Sapporo USA has issued WARN Act layoff notices to former employees of Stone Brewing (the Escondido-based company it purchased in 2022), the first step in winding down…
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24 August
Homebrew Summer: Time Moving Slow
Not only does iconic Morena homebrew-supply outlet and nanobrewery Home Brew Mart help us out each year with our Homebrew Summer by transcribing every recipe into easy-to-use all-grain and extract templates for…
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23 August
I Like Beer the Podcast: Coronado Brewing
For the second straight episode, the ILB crew is featuring a local craft-beer operation that’s celebrating three decades in business. This time around it’s Coronado Brewing Company (CBC), which grew from a…
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22 August
91X Beer for Breakfast: New English Brewing
What started as a proper Englishman’s across-the-pond homage to the beers of his homeland has grown into so much more over the past 19 years. Today, that U.K. expat’s Sorrento Valley business, New English…
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21 August
Beer of the Week: Hop Maxxing
Many craft-brew enthusiasts are familiar with the largest beer-drinking event in the nation, the Great American Beer Festival, as well as its professional brewing competition component. Far less popular, but quite important…
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20 August
What’s Tapping (8/20/26)
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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