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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Jun- 2024 -20 June
What’s Tapping (6/20)
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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17 June
Homebrew Summer: Mild of Cups
We’re kicking off the 2024 edition of our Homebrew Summer program with a first-time participant, Arcana Brewing. The Carlsbad brewery partnered up with longtime homebrewer and taproom customer, Chris High, to produce…
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16 June
I Like Beer the Podcast: Groundswell Brewing
After making the long trip from North County to the South Bay, the ILB team figured they’d stick around a while. Listen in as they chat with Downtown Chula Vista District Manager…
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15 June
91X Beer for Breakfast: Protector Brewery
There’s a grand total of one USDA-certified all-organic brewery in all of San Diego County, and that beer biz, Protector Brewery, is the focus of this week’s episode. Get some background on…
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14 June
Beer of the Week: It’s All in the Hops
Growing up, we didn’t have much. My mother and I lived in a cheap apartment, and that household was of the single-income variety. Of course, I didn’t know that. In childhood, life…
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13 June
What’s Tapping (6/13)
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 June
FOX 5 News: The Craft Beer Experience
The San Diego County Fair is a longtime supporter of local beer, but this year they’re taking that to another level, setting up a special area called The Craft Beer Experience, which…
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11 June
This year’s Homebrew Summer participants
As has been a tradition since 2021, San Diego Beer News put out a call to local breweries to participate in our fourth-annual Homebrew Summer program. Nineteen businesses heeded said call, enthusiastically volunteering to brew…
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10 June
Portrait of a Brewer: Kevin Dougherty, Societe 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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9 June
I Like Beer the Podcast: Chula Vista Brewery
After many months spent galivanting to foreign locales, the ILB team went on a beery quest within the county, heading to Chula Vista to explore its fine suds scene. There, they started…
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