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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Sep- 2023 -18 September
Release & Recipe: Hair Metal
Many are the kindly local breweries that have helped make homebrewers’ dreams come true by producing their amateur recipes on a commercial scale and tapping them at their tasting rooms as part…
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17 September
I Like Beer the Podcast: Black Raven
Join “Influencer Jeff” as he ventures into the realm of solo podcasting while in the state of Washington. There, he engages in an unplugged-style interview with the General Manager of Black Raven…
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16 September
91X Beer for Breakfast: Oktoberfest Biers
If you’re not already, it is time to get in the Oktoberfest spirit, and the 91X Beer for Breakfast crew has the celebratory beers to help you do just that. One of…
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15 September
Release & Recipe: Half Nelson
Few know the exaltation that comes with having a homebrew selected to be produced on a commercial level more than Chris Banker. That longtime North County homebrewer experienced that firsthand when Stone…
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15 September
Beer of the Week: Small Worlds
From the Beer Writer: Hop burn is real. You may have never heard of it, but if you drink IPAs you’ve probably experienced it. It’s the over-the-top astringency that leaves a burning,…
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14 September
What’s Tapping (9/14)
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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14 September
Release & Recipe: Kuiki
“Captain” Eli Palma is no stranger to Homebrew Summer. At least one of his homebrew recipes has been selected in each of the past three years since we launched the program. The…
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13 September
Beer Night in San Diego: Malice in the Palace
BNiSD has returned! Tune in as the crew reassemble to sample some rad beers, including some from our neighbors to the north in Orange County. Along the way, they catch up on…
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11 September
Release & Recipe: PCT
Mission Brewery has quite a legacy in San Diego County. So, too, does the American pale ale. Early on in our nation’s craft-beer revolution, New World-hopped iterations of this U.K. beer style…
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10 September
I Like Beer the Podcast: South O Brewing
In their latest field-trip episode, Jeff and Jeff head to South Oceanside to reconnect with the owners of South O Brewing, Joel Steinmetz and Trevor Whitehead. During their visit, they take a…
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