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- 2024 -1 March
Beer of the Week: Open Mind
Hazy IPA is more a spectrum than a style. The OG versions hatched on the East Coast are thick and far more coating on the tongue, fitting the specific designation of “New…
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Feb- 2024 -29 February
What’s Tapping (2/29)
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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29 February
Calling all brewers for an all-county collaboration!
There will be many firsts at the 2024 San Diego Beer News Awards Ceremony. For the first time ever, the event will include an expo spotlighting the goods and services of several…
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26 February
Portrait of a Brewer: Aaron Justus, East Village 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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25 February
I Like Beer the Podcast: The White Whale
Everyone in beer knows it’s a thing to suss out and sample Russian River Brewing‘s famed triple IPA, Pliny the Younger, and this episode captures Jeff and Jeff in the wild trying…
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24 February
91X Beer for Breakfast: Culver Beer
Not only does Carlsbad’s eight-year-old Culver Beer Co. have plenty to offer in the way of well-made beers, they also have an in-house deli serving up delectable hand-helds stuffed with quality meats…
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23 February
Beer of the Week: Czech Your Motueka
Every now and then, hanging out on a taproom’s board amid the ales, lagers and alternative beverages both alcoholic and virgin, there’ll be a verdant, zero-proof option: hop water. While hydration is…
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22 February
What’s Tapping (2/22)
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 February
CBS 8: San Diego Beer News Awards
This morning, San Diego Beer News founder Brandon Hernández joined beer-loving news anchor Neda Iranpour on CBS 8 and CW San Diego, to share some good news from the local craft-brewing industry.…
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19 February
Portrait of a Brewer: Derek Gallanosa, GOAL. 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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