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 -6 August
What’s Tapping (8/6/26)
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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3 August
Homebrew Summer: Helles Bells
Though he’s worked at a high level within the brewing industry for over a dozen years, Peter Perrecone still fondly remembers what it was like to be a homebrewer. As such, he…
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1 August
91X Beer for Breakfast: Artifex Brewing
It’s been three years since Artifex Brewing, a company founded in San Clemente by an ex-Pizza Port brewer, opened up a satellite location at Oceanside’s Freemont Collective. Over that span, it’s become well known, not…
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Jul- 2026 -31 July
Homebrew Summer: Weser
Since opening in San Marcos last year, Michi Brew Co. has done a great job of endearing itself to locals, to the point where the young company is having trouble brewing enough…
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31 July
Beer of the Week: Summer of 89°
Back when I was a co-host of The Indie Beer Show podcast, there was a short list of things I yearned for: solid guests with great beers, plus names and terms which…
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30 July
What’s Tapping (7/30/26)
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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30 July
Homebrew Summer: Uncommon CA Common
Each year, when we present professional brewers with beer recipes submitted by local amateurs as part of our Homebrew Summer program, we do so without attribution. A blind selection process allows brewers…
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27 July
Portrait of a Brewer: Peter Zien, AleSmith 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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26 July
I Like Beer the Podcast: 7 Years
This time around, the ILB crew is raising a glass to seven years of beer, stories, field trips, and plenty of Toast, Roast and Pour One Out moments. The Jeffs are joined…
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25 July
91X Beer for Breakfast: Embolden Beer Co.
Miramar-based Embolden Beer Co. came on the scene in 2020, but when the company started paying homage to Japanese culture through a special line of Shōgun beers in 2024, things really took off for them. Today,…
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