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- 2023 -4 August
News 8: Craft Beer Con
On Tuesday, August 8, professionals from all facets of the San Diego brewing industry will assemble at MiraCosta College‘s San Elijo campus for Craft Beer Con. An annual event presented by the…
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4 August
Beer of the Week: The Edwin Fox
From the Beer Writer: These days, people talk about West Coast IPAs as though they’re old-school. It’s an upgrade from the debunked myth that they’re dead, but before there was the West…
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3 August
What’s Tapping (8/3/23)
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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Jul- 2023 -31 July
Release & Recipe: Spruce Willis
The goal of San Diego Beer News‘ Homebrew Summer program is to bring San Diego’s commercial brewers together with members of the local homebrewing community. Thanks to the generosity of the pros,…
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30 July
I Like Beer the Podcast: Carlsbad Brewing
This week, Jeff and Jeff dive into a new beer from a coastal North County municipality’s eponymous fermentation operation, Carlsbad Brewing. That heady brew serves as a prelude to loads of laughs…
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29 July
91X Beer for Breakfast: Heritage Brewing & Barbecue
Earlier this year, the product of a Michelin-recognized San Juan Capistrano barbecue operation and a Pizza Port veteran of more than a decade debuted in Oceanside. That brewpub, Heritage Brewing & Barbecue…
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28 July
Beer of the Week: Shoots IPA
From the Beer Writer: It’s good to know people in the brewing industry. Frankly, if it weren’t for the friends, colleagues and connections I’d made writing about and working within the local…
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27 July
What’s Tapping (7/27/23)
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 July
Release & Recipe: Citra! Fasho?
When it comes to homebrewing, few are the locales, here or anywhere, with as much history and significance as Home Brew Mart. The starting point for Ballast Point Brewing and thousands of…
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24 July
Portrait of a Brewer: Skip Virgilio, Gravity Heights
There are hundreds of hard-working brewing professionals giving their all to help maintain the storied reputation San Diego’s brewing scene has earned over the past several decades. Some have risen to great…
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