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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Dec- 2024 -9 December
Praising the Bar: Burning Beard Brewing
At El Cajon’s Burning Beard Brewing, the brethren and sistren behind the bar march to a unique drumbeat blaring from the speakers of their tasting room’s vintage jukebox. Engaging, outspoken (as one…
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8 December
I Like Beer the Podcast: Musical Beer Pairings
This week’s the Jeffs dive into the world of music to discuss how it relates to beer, and the Doc joins in to provide some fantastic color commentary as they review what…
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7 December
91X Beer for Breakfast: Hopnonymous Brewing
This week is all about making Hopnonymous Brewing a little less anonymous. Since opening in a Kearny Mesa spot first popularized by Council Brewing, they’ve made it their own and made lots…
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6 December
Beer of the Week: Quit Playin’ Games with My Hops
Back when I was in the beer industry, the brewmaster at one of the companies I worked for likened portfolio development to the classic Americana tune, “If You’re Gonna Play in Texas…
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5 December
What’s Tapping (12/5)
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 December
Praising the Bar: Seek Beer Co.
It didn’t take long for Seek Beer Co., a startup launched in North Park’s CRAFT by Brewery Igniter facility by a pair of Midwest transplants, to win over locals. After only being…
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1 December
I Like Beer the Podcast: Beers, Bears, Pickles & Pie
In this week’s alliteratively titled episode, the Jeffs, Joe and the Doctor explore outlandish beers that taste like pickles and pie. (While those beers come through on the flavors they aim to…
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Nov- 2024 -29 November
Beer of the Week: Barrio Beach
Names don’t get much more outwardly Mexican-American than Brandon Hernández. Born to a Hispanic father and a mother of mostly German descent, I spent my childhood in the city where my parents…
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28 November
What’s Tapping (11/28)
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 November
FOX 5 News: Family-run Breweries
Believe it or not, the holidays are upon us. This time of year is all about family, so for this month’s beer segment, San Diego Beer News founder Brandon Hernández introduces viewers…
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