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Craft Beer in San Diego
Community consensus
The consensus is still forming.
Top Tier Editorial has a take on Craft Beer in San Diego below. The community ranking opens up once a few locals have weighed in.
Top 4 Craft Beer in San Diego
San Diego is a craft-beer capital and San Diego Magazine's 18-brewery essential list is the editorial spine — IPAs, pilsners, farmhouse ales, and the pilgrimage tasting rooms behind them.
- #1
AleSmith Brewing Company
Miramar
“San Diego Magazine's 'giant in San Diego beer for decades' — a mammoth Miramar tasting room with the Tony Gwynn museum, Anvil & Stave speakeasy, and the Cheesesmith curds.”
- #2
North Park Beer Company
North Park
“San Diego Magazine's pick for 'consistently high-quality brews and 360-degree approach to hospitality' — the anchor of North Park's modern brewing scene.”
- #3
Pure Project
Miramar
“San Diego Magazine: 'has achieved icon status' — Costa Rica-rooted brewery that opened in Miramar in 2016 and now spans Carlsbad, Bankers Hill, North Park, and Vista.”
- #4
Societe Brewing Company
Kearny Mesa
“San Diego Magazine's essential-list pick — 'takes its time perfecting what they're doing,' with The Pupil IPA and a farmhouse-ale program as the house reference points.”