13 new brewpubs and tasting rooms coming to San Diego – The San Diego Union-Tribune
There is never a shortage of activity in the San Diego brewing industry. Beyond daily production of the region’s bounty of ales and lagers, many brewing companies are working hard to open new businesses ranging from full-on production facilities to taprooms and restaurants. The following are some of San Diego’s nearer-term brewery projects.
GOAL Brewing, North Park: The latest lease-to-brew tenant at North Park’s Brewery Igniter facility goes by the name GOAL. It’s an acronym for “get out and live,” a mantra founder Jayson Pizarro adopted while stuck at home during the pandemic. He’s been doing just that, traveling the country to collaborate with pro brewers on inventive beers, including award-winning vet Derek Gallanosa (Abnormal Beer Co., Karl Strauss Brewing), who left San Diego in 2017 to start NorCal operation, Moksa Brewing. Despite its runaway success, Gallanosa wanted to come home. He’s back and working up a variety of lagers and IPAs, as well as sours, stouts and hard seltzers. 3052 El Cajon Blvd., #101, goalxbrewing.com, ETA: This month
Black Plague Brewing, North Park: Less than a year after opening a kitchen-equipped taproom in a corner space in the building housing entertainment venue, The Observatory, Carlsbad’s Rouleur Brewing moved out, transferring control to Oceanside’s Black Plague Brewing. Known for its IPAs, lagers, and dark, wryly macabre motif, this product of retired pro skater Jordan Hoffart is expanding quickly after opening a taproom in Escondido less than a year ago. The new location will feature food from a ghost kitchen that will cater to guests pregaming before shows at The Observatory. 2899 University Ave., ETA: This month
Fall Brewing, Miramar: After nine years of building a solid reputation, Fall Brewing is expanding beyond its maxed-out North Park HQ in a big way. This spring, the company acquired the 50,000-square-foot brewery previously operated by Kings & Convicts Brewing (and Saint Archer Brewing before that). Equipped with a 40-barrel brewhouse, the new facility will allow Fall to significantly increase beer production and open a tasting room sporting the wall-to-wall concert poster, rock ‘n’ roll vibe of its sister venues in North Park and South Park. 9550 Distribution Ave., fallbrewingcompany.com; ETA: This month
Karl Strauss Brewing, San Marcos: San Diego’s longest continuously operating post-Prohibition brewing company is preparing to open a new spot off Las Posas Road in San Marcos — its sixth in the county and ninth overall. Breaking away from the company’s brewery-restaurant model, its new “outpost” will be an outdoor beer garden offering a blend of West Coast innovations and core European stalwarts. 1293 Armorlite Driv, karlstrauss.com, ETA: This month
California Wild Ales, Point Loma: After operating out of Sorrento Valley for eight years, “San Diego’s Sour House” has relocated to a building in Point Loma that it shares with Five Star Fish Processing, where it has installed new foeders (large wood aging receptacles) and will debut a public tasting room. 3826 Sherman St., californiawildales.com, ETA: This month
Mission Brewing, Kensington: Following a brand refresh, 16-year-old Mission Brewing is opening its first satellite venue, a 1,500-square-foot tasting room with a 1,200-square-foot back patio that was previously operated by Kensington Brewing (and Kensington Video before that). 4067 Adams Ave., missionbrewing.com, ETA: August
The Lost Abbey, Vista: After 17 years of brewing award-winning West Coast, Belgian-inspired and barrel-aged beers in San Marcos, The Lost Abbey has moved to Vista, where it now shares space and equipment with Mother Earth Brew Co. The latter hasn’t operated a tasting room for years and is allowing The Lost Abbey to install its own sampling space. 2055 Thibodo Road, Ste E, lostabbey.com, ETA: September
Prey Brewing, San Marcos & Vista: After starting as a weekends-only operation with an ever-changing menu of sours augmented by “clean beers,” Stave & Nail Brewing acquired a downtown Vista restaurant space last year — then closed. It was a temporary measure allowing for a brewery upgrade. About 1 1/2 years later, the company is close to returning with a new name, Prey Brewing, and a lineup of IPAs, lagers and wild saisons to pair with an upscale pub food menu. 100 Main St., Vista, ETA: September
Shoots Beer, Carlsbad: A seafood-and-beer collab from chef Davin Waite (Wrench & Rodent) and pro surfer Cheyne Magnusson, Shoots launched inside Oceanside’s Bottlecraft bar and bottle shop in 2021. With proof of concept and quality beers contract-brewed by AleSmith, it will soon be replicated as one of three businesses comprising The Cottages on Roosevelt collective. 2956 Roosevelt St., shootzfishxbeer.com, ETA: September
Bolt Brewery, Old Town: Old Town will soon double its local beer business count when La Mesa-based Bolt Brewery debuts its reimagining of the 2,000-square-foot bar and restaurant that formerly housed Hungry’s Kitchen & Tap. The company’s third location will feature TVs for sports viewing and a menu of Cali-inspired pub grub. 2547 San Diego Ave., ETA: September
Niuhi Brewing, Middletown: Last year, Hawaii transplant Rhett Terrebonne teamed with Setting Sun Sake to launch a brewery, but the rice-wine operation went out of business. Undeterred, Terrebonne is working on a do-over, upgrading his facility at Mission Brewery Plaza so he can go bigger and better the second time around. 1795 Hancock St., nihuibrew.com, ETA: September
Novo Brazil Brewing, Mission Valley: The 10,000-square-foot former Tilted Kilt space at Westfield Mission Valley Mall is now home to Novo Brazil Brewing’s sixth location, which will boast a 60-tap bar dispensing the Eastlake-based op’s beers, hard seltzers, beer cocktails, and hard kombuchas, plus a menu of casual fare with Brazilian influences. 1640 Camino Del Rio N, novobrew.com, ETA: November
Gravity Heights, Mission Valley: Restaurateur Arturo Kassel (Whisknladle, Prepkitchen, Catania) is constructing a second edition of the Sorrento Mesa indoor-outdoor beer-and-dining concept he opened in 2019, which will feature ales and lagers from the original Sorrento Valley brewpub alongside contemporary Cali-med fare. If successful, it could pave the way for a third or fourth location. 525 Camino de la Reina, gravityheights.com, ETA: January
Brandon Hernández is founder of San Diego Beer News (www.sandiegobeer.news), a site providing daily coverage of the county’s brewing industry, a beat he’s covered for 16 years. Follow him @sdbeernews or contact him at: brandon@sandiegobeer.news
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