List of breweries in San Diego County, California

This list includes noteworthy large breweries, microbreweries, nanobreweries, brewpubs and taprooms in San Diego County, California.

4S Ranch

• Karl Strauss Brewing Company – 4S Ranch

Alpine

The Alpine Beer Company in Alpine, California

• Alpine Beer Company
• Mike Hess Brewing Co - Alpine

Carlsbad

• Burgeon Beer Co.[1]
• Carlsbad Brewing Company[2]
• Culver Beer Co.
• Ebullition Brew Works – Carlsbad
• Karl Strauss Brewing Company – Carlsbad
• The Lost Abbey – Cardiff
• Pizza Port – Bressi Ranch
• Pizza Port – Carlsbad Village
• Rouleur Brewing Company[3]

Chula Vista

• Thr3e Punk Ales Brewing Co.
• Attitude Brewing Co.
• Chula Vista Brewery
• Groundswell Brewing Company – Chula Vista
• NOVO Brazil Brewing Company[4][5]

Coronado

• Coronado Brewing Co. – Coronado

Escondido

The nine year-round beers produced by Stone Brewing Company

• Barrel Republic Brewing
• Jacked Up Brewery
• Little Miss Brewing
• Prohibition Brewery
• Stone Brewing – Escondido

El Cajon

• Burning Beard Brewing Company
• El Cajon Brewing Co.

Encinitas

• Culture Brewing Co.[6]

Imperial Beach

• Mike Hess Brewing – Imperial Beach
• Pizza Port - Imperial Beach

Julian

• Julian Beer Company
• Nickel Beer Company[7][8]

La Mesa, CA

• Little Miss Brewing
• Helix Brewing
• Bolt Brewing

Lakeside, CA

• Little Miss Brewing

Oceanside

• Bagby Beer Company[9]
• Breakwater Brewing Company[5][10]
• Kilowatt Brewing – Oceanside
• Legacy Brewing Company[5][11]
• Oceanside Ale Works[12]
• Stone Brewing – Oceanside

Ramona

• ChuckAlek Independent Brewers[13]
• Smoking Cannon Brewery

San Diego

• Abnormal Beer Company[14]
• Acoustic Ales Brewing Experiment[15]
• Align Brewing - Miramar
• Amplified Aleworks – East Village; Pacific Beach[5]
• AleSmith Brewing Company[5] - Miramar
• Ataraxia Aleworks - Kearny Mesa
• Ballast Point Brewing Company – Little Italy; Miramar; Morena (Home Brew Mart)[5]
• Bay City Brewing Co. – East Village; Point Loma
• The Beer Company[16]
• Belching Beaver Brewery - Oceanside, North Park [17]
• Bitter Brothers Brewery
• Brew Zone SD - Miramar
• Coronado Brewing Co. – Bay Park[18]
• Deft Brewing[19]
• Division 23 Brewing[20]
• Duck Foot Brewing Company – East Village; Miramar[21]
• Embolden Beer Co, - Miramar
• Eppig Brewing – Point Loma[22]
• Fall Brewing[5]
• Gravity Heights - Sorrento Mesa
• Green Flash Brewing Company - Mira Mesa
• Groundswell Brewing Company – Grantville
• Harland Brewing Company - Scripps Ranch, One Paseo
• Hillcrest Brewing Company
• Karl Strauss Brewing Company – Downtown San Diego; La Jolla; Sorrento Mesa
• Kilowatt Brewing – Kearny Mesa; Ocean Beach[23]
• Little Miss Brewing - Miramar, Normal Heights, East Village[24]
• Mike Hess Brewing – North Park; Ocean Beach; Seaport Village (West); Seaport Village (East)[25]
• Mikkeller – Little Italy; Miramar (San Diego)
• Mission Brewery
• Modern Times Beer – North Park; Point Loma[26]
• New English Brewing Co. - Sorrento Mesa[5][27]
• North Park Beer Company
• OB Brewery
• Original 40
• Pacific Beach Alehouse[28]
• Pariah Brewing Company[29]
• Pizza Port Brewing Company – Ocean Beach
• Protector Brewing - Miramar
• Quantum Brewing - Kearny Mesa
• Resident Brewing - Downtown
• Rip Current Brewing – North Park[30]
• Rough Draft Brewing Company[31]
• Saint Archer Brewing[32]
• San Diego Brewing Company
• Savagewood Brewing Company (formerly O'Sullivan Bros Brewing Co.) - Scripps Ranch [33]
• Second Chance Beer Company- North Park; Carmel Mountain
• Societe Brewing Company - Kearny Mesa[34]
• South Park Brewing Company
• Stone Brewing – J Street; Kettner; Liberty Station; San Diego Int'l Airport
• Thorn Brewing – Barrio Logan; Mission Hills; North Park[5][35]
• White Labs Brewing - Miramar

San Marcos

• The Lost Abbey – San Elijo
• Port Brewing Company
• Rip Current Brewing – San Marcos[36]
• Blue Fire Brewing
• Wild Barrel Brewing Company[37]
• Dos Desperados

Santee

• BNS Brewing and Distillery - Santee
• Groundswell Brewing Company
• Pacific Islander Beer Company
• Three Frogs Beer Company

Solana Beach

• Culture Brewing Co.[38]
• Pizza Port – Solana Beach

Vista

• Aztec Brewing Company
• Barrel Harbor Brewing[39]
• Belching Beaver Brewing Company
• Booze Brothers Brewing Company[40]
• Ebullition Brew Works – Vista
• Eppig Brewing – Vista
• Helia Brewing Co.
• Latitude 33 Brewing[41]
• Mother Earth Brew Co.[42]

Defunct breweries

• 32 North
• Benchmark Brewing
• Circle 9 Brewing
• Council Brewing Company (formerly Red Topper Brewing Company)[43][44]
• Indian Joe Brewing Company[45]
• Iron Fist Brewing Company[46]
• Longship Brewery
• Offbeat Brewing Company[47]
• On-The-Tracks Brewery (Carlsbad)[48][49]
• Thunderhawk Alements[50]
• Toolbox Brewing.[5]
• Twisted Manzanita Brewing Company (Santee)[51][52]

See also

• Beer in San Diego County, California
• Beer in the United States
• List of breweries in California
• List of breweries in the United States
• List of microbreweries

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External links

• San Diego Brewers Guild: SDBG