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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Jul- 2026 -24 July
Beer of the Week: The Assassin
When I was growing up in the ‘80s, there was an occupation that was experiencing a moment like it had never known, one which has yet to be rivaled since: ninja. Were…
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23 July
What’s Tapping (7/23/26)
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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22 July
FOX 5 Morning News: New Brewery Venues
San Diego is world famous for its wealth of breweries and brewery-owned spots spanning the county. It’s almost difficult to envision that sudscape growing, but several breweries have opened, or will soon…
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20 July
Homebrew Summer: Farmer Greg’s Witbier
When the ingredients for a beer are grown on a brewery’s home turf, the resultant ale or lager can feel “homebrew” in nature. After all, many are the recreational fermentationists who incorporate…
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19 July
CBS 8 Brewing Local: Karl Strauss Brewing
In this episode of Brewing Local, Karl Strauss Brewing Brewmaster Paul Segura joins Neda Iranpour in-studio to talk about the history of San Diego’s longest-operating post-Prohibition beer company. That discussion covers the…
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18 July
91X Beer for Breakfast: Fall Brewing
From its humble beginnings as an upstart brewery in North Park to its current state as a large, established operation headquartered in Miramar, Fall Brewing has maintained a solid portfolio of beers and managed…
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17 July
Beer of the Week: The Labyrinth
To say San Diego beer fans are spoiled is an understatement. For decades, we’ve had breweries stocked with extensive lineups of stellar core beers…yet still we thirst for more. This has a…
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16 July
What’s Tapping (7/16/26)
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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16 July
Homebrew Summer: Flight to Cancun
As a major brewing company that was born in the backroom of a local homebrew-supply store, it’s fitting that Ballast Point Brewing is once again taking part in our annual Homebrew Summer…
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13 July
Homebrew Summer: Scottish Fold
When looking for a brewing partner for this year’s edition of Homebrew Summer, Daniel Guy didn’t even have to leave his brewery. The individual he selected, Damon Adamo, has been a regular…
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