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 -4 January
91X Beer for Breakfast: Non-alcoholic Beers
It’s a New Year and with that comes a pseudo-alliterative time of year called Dry January. It’s a 31-day span where, thanks to a semi-recent rise in the quality of non-alcoholic beers,…
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3 January
Beer of the Week: Dusk in Kyoto
Though Andy Sist and Kyle Pool already run a wide-ranging enterprise, the Miramar facility manufacturing craft ales and lagers from Embolden Beer Co. as well as alternative liquids (hard seltzers, kombucha and…
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2 January
What’s Tapping (1/2)
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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1 January
Nominate your faves for the 2025 San Diego Beer News Awards
With the arrival of another new year comes an opportunity for craft-beer fans to nominate their favorite San Diego County breweries and their standout beers for consideration in this year’s San Diego…
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Dec- 2024 -29 December
I Like Beer the Podcast: Tower 39
The ILB team has discovered a new passion going beyond beer…and the studio. On-location recording! This week’s episode was recorded at Tower 39 Rooftop Lounge, where listeners were invited to enjoy a…
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28 December
91X Beer for Breakfast: Best of 2024
While 91X‘s Beer for Breakfast segments regularly provide plenty of standout local beers on a weekly basis, some are so outstanding they have stuck with the crew long after the last drop…
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27 December
Beer of the Week: Hops for the Holidays ’24
You can file this Beer of the Week post under “D” as in “duh”. When considering a brewery to close out the year, I wondered the following. Would popular brewing outfit Green…
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26 December
What’s Tapping (12/26)
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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22 December
I Like Beer the Podcast: Sierra Nevada Brewing
The ILB team is back in the studio with Doctor and the Chico Kid, which means beers from Sierra Nevada Brewing for all! Hopped up on Northern California beers, everyone brings their…
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21 December
91X Beer for Breakfast: Holiday Beer Share
The spirit of the holidays has completely overtaken Marty, Paul and Brandon. And not only in the way that their taste buds have started craving darker, higher-alcohol beers, but also where it…
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