Heading to San Diego

[Stinkfist]

Hey guys I know a few of you live in San Diego and I will be heading there on Friday for a week and I am looking for the best beer places to head too. I am mostly looking for stuff that is right in the downtown area as I will only have a car one day and that will be to head up to Stone and probably green flash. I plan to hit up the Pizza Port that is right there...anything else I shouldn't miss?

Thanks!

[spiderwrangler]

Don't know what they do on site, or how close to downtown, but AleSmith and Ballast Point are two that I've heard good things about.

[ZZ]

Start at the San Diego Brewers Guild website. They list all the breweries.

Downtown Johnny Brown's has a good tap list and they are downtown.

Karl Strauss has a downtown restaurant.

Monkey Paw Pub & Brewery is east of downtown. Haven't been there yet.

Mission Brewery is east of Petco Park.

Damn! There are a lot of places I still need to go!! I hadn't heard of The Beer Company before...

Have fun! I'll be in Vegas this weekend!!

Maybe we could meet for a brew next week...

[Stinkfist]

yeah spiderwrangler I saw those...they are about 20 minutes outside San Diego...so may not be able to get to those...

Thanks for the links ZZ Mission and the Beer company seem pretty close I could probably head down to those. The beer company seems a little main stream for me but who knows..they also do not list any of the beers they make? Think that is weird.. Mission seems pretty small and has a small tasting room and looks like they make some great beer, though selection is low, but def worth checking out.

[carnevoodoo]

I might be too late, but if you make it to Monkey Paw, find the giant bearded guy. I am the brewer and it'd be fun to talk.

[San_Diego_Matt]

Not sure if you're still in town as I've been drinking my way across the UK for the past 2 weeks, but if you can make it to Mission Brewery, Monkey Paw is easily within walking distance. You can also try The Neighborhood which is located at 777 G Street.

I won't be back until April 2nd so I don't think we'll be able to get together for a beer, but have fun!