If you are a beer lover, this pleasant tap room near the beach will make you happy.

Newtopia Cyder won two of the three medals in the “Specialty Cider” class at the 2017 San Diego International Beer Competition. Impressive, especially for a cidery that has only been open a few months.

If you like dark beers, you will love this little place.

Their OB satellite tasting room is more polished, but the beer is still great at Helm’s Kearny Mesa brewing facility.

BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse is not usually thought of as producing craft beer, but in fact it does.

Align Brewing did a soft-open in May/June 2017. Don’t tell the crowd, they are showing up like it is already fully open.

The chill vibe combined with good beer and the proximity to a bunch of other interesting tasting rooms means Thunderhawk is a place I will definitely return to. 

Try flights of the same beer made with different yeasts. *Mind blown.* White Labs supplies yeast to brewers all over San Diego, and all over the US. Their tasting room is a delight, too.

How many breweries in San Diego? Let me count the ways….

The picnic tables create a relaxed, communal atmosphere in which your expectations are not too high.

All the Sculpins. Ballast Point’s Home Brew Mart reviewed.

32 N has a large, comfortable tasting room in their Miramar production facility.

Is this the worst brewery in San Diego? I’ve been to 84, and I think so.

Saint Archer drew the ire of many San Diego craft beer aficionados by selling out to MillerCoors. They still make some good beer.

Impressive location, concept, crowd, service and beer. We will be back to play some games! RECOMMENDED

Groundswell’s new Santee location has huge brewing tanks and an IPA-heavy menu.

Good beer in one of the better industrial-themed taprooms you’ll find. Good crowds, lots of fun. RECOMMENDED

Include Intergalactic Brewing on your next tour of “Beeramar.”