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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Mar- 2025 -9 March
I Like Beer the Podcast: Bars & ShamROCK
The Jeffs’ first episode of March features two guests. Click play to hear he co-owner of Boozy Scoot Scoot share about his journey and artisan mobile bar business. That innovator is followed by…
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8 March
91X Beer for Breakfast: White Labs
It’s a common query: Why is San Diego such a hotbed for craft beer? There are numerous answers, but one of the biggest reasons is the mid-’90s establishment of yeast-production business, White…
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7 March
Beer of the Week: More Fun Blonde
When locals with a penchant for beer think of Escondido, it’s most likely the castle-like estate that is Stone Brewing comes to mind. Let me be clear – there is nothing wrong…
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6 March
What’s Tapping (3/6)
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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3 March
Tons on tap for the 2025 SDBN Awards Ceremony
Over the past half-decade, we’ve been proud to present the annual San Diego Beer News Awards Ceremony. What started as a virtual celebration in 2021 has blossomed and grown into one of…
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2 March
I Like Beer the Podcast: Central Coast Brewing
Tis week, the ILB crew visits one of the founders of the Central Coast beer scene, George Peterson of, what else…Central Coast Brewing. George is a risk-taker who clearly thrives when there’s…
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1 March
91X Beer for Breakfast: Mission Brewing
One of San Diego’s legacy beer operations, Mission Brewing is perhaps best known among locals for its historic digs in the circa-1910 Wonder Bread factory in downtown’s East Village. The company has…
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Feb- 2025 -28 February
Beer of the Week: We Love L.A.
San Diego has no shortage of trend-setting breweries. Of that sect, one of the businesses many in and outside our county limits look up to is North Park Beer Co. A veritable…
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27 February
What’s Tapping (2/27)
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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27 February
NBC 7: Local brewing industry in flux
Last year saw a record number of San Diego County breweries close their doors. In this report, NBC 7 reporter Omari Fleming speaks with San Diego Beer News Executive Editor Brandon Hernández…
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