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65 breweries & craft beer spots in San Diego, scored and ranked for 2026.

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Top 10 Breweries & Craft Beer Spots

1
Hopnonymous Brewing Company
Brewery · Kearny Mesa
A Convoy Court brewery in Kearny Mesa (with a second taproom in Normal Heights), pouring a rotating range from hoppy IPAs to stouts and fruited sours. Recognized by San Diego Beer News several years r...
91
2
East Village Brewing Company
Brewery · Downtown San Diego
A neighborhood brewery in downtown's East Village, on Park Boulevard near the ballpark, that pitches itself on wholesome ingredients, sustainability and community. The site is light on specifics, but ...
91
3
Pure Project Balboa Park
Brewery · Bankers Hill
The Balboa Park taproom of Pure Project, a San Diego brewery that leans hard into sustainable sourcing and murky, hop-forward IPAs. Expect rotating limited releases like Super Beta and the yuzu rice l...
90
4
The Church by The Lost Abbey
Brewery · Downtown San Diego
The downtown tasting room of Vista's Lost Abbey, an award-winning craft brewery whose beers like Duck Duck Gooze, Carnevale and Devotion have been poured on the world's biggest stages. The Church sits...
90
5
Ketch Brewing
Brewery · Kearny Mesa
Ketch Brewing's Kearny Mesa brew pub pours easy-drinking, crisp-and-clean beers — its Brig Blonde took gold at the 2025 Great American Beer Festival. The tap list spans a Mexican-style amber, a hazy I...
90
6
Attitude Brewing
Brewery · North Park
A brewery in Barrio Logan that houses Tito's Deli serving Puerto Rican food. The taproom anchors a corner of the neighborhood's beer scene.
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7
Hidden Craft
Craft Beer / American · Downtown San Diego
A downtown craft-beer spot built around 30-plus self-pour taps of local San Diego breweries, where you pay by the ounce and build your own flights or mix and match styles. The made-in-house food menu ...
88
8
AleSmith Brewing Company
American / Brewery · Miramar
One of America's most-decorated breweries — Miramar production facility, Speedway Stout as the legend, and a tasting room that beer people travel to San Diego for. The Tony Gwynn partnership still anc...
87
9
Blind Lady Ale House
American / Brewery / Pizza · Normal Heights
Normal Heights' family-friendly craft-beer destination — a pizza program that takes dough seriously, a 32-tap rotating list that beer geeks across SD use as reference, and a dining room that lets the ...
87
10
Sessions Public
American / Gastropub · Point Loma
Point Loma's Voltaire Street chef-driven gastropub — a 30+ craft-tap list, farm-sourced rotating menu, and a dining room that reads as the Point Loma neighborhood-kitchen reference. A defining chef-dr...
86

All 65 Breweries & Craft Beer Spots in San Diego

Pure Project Brewing — Miramar
American / Brewery · Miramar
86
Modern Times Beer Lomaland Fermentorium
American / Brewery · Point Loma
85
Societe Brewing Company
American / Brewery · Kearny Mesa
85
Bottlecraft Beer Shop
American / Bottle Shop / Bar · Little Italy
85
Mujeres Brew House
American / Brewery · Barrio Logan
85
Neighborhood
American / Gastropub · East Village
85
Flying Pig Pub & Kitchen — Oceanside
American / Gastropub · Oceanside
85
Fall Brewing Co.
American / Brewery · North Park
85
Viewpoint Brewing Co.
American / Brewery · Del Mar
85
Hamilton's Tavern
Craft Beer Bar · South Park
85
Pizza Port Solana Beach
Pizza / Brewery · Solana Beach
84
Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens
American / Brewery · Point Loma / Liberty Station
84
Border X Brewing
Brewery / Mexican-American · Barrio Logan
84
Waypoint Public
Modern American / Gastropub · North Park
84
Soda & Swine
American / Meatballs / Pizza · Normal Heights
84
Common Theory Public House
American / Gastropub · Kearny Mesa
84
The Haven Pizzeria
Italian / Pizza · Normal Heights
84
Belching Beaver Brewery — Vista
American / Brewery · Vista
84
Tiger! Tiger! Tavern
American / Bar · North Park
84
North Park Beer Co.
American / Brewery · North Park
84
Craft House Gastropub
American / Gastropub · Carmel Valley
84
Karl Strauss Brewing Company — Downtown
American / Brewery · Downtown
83
Gravity Heights
American / Brewery · Sorrento Valley / Mira Mesa
83
Union Kitchen & Tap — Encinitas
American / Gastropub · Encinitas
83
Monkey Paw Brewing Co.
American / Brewery · East Village
83
Half Door Brewing Co.
American / Brewery · East Village
83
Kairoa Brewing Company
American / Brewery · University Heights
83
Small Bar
American / Bar · University Heights
83
Mike Hess Brewing — North Park
American / Brewery · North Park
83
Pizza Port — Ocean Beach
Pizza / Brewery · Ocean Beach
83
Ritual Kitchen & Beer Garden
American / Gastropub · North Park
83
Thorn Brewing Co. — Barrio Logan
American / Brewery · Barrio Logan
83
Bitter Brothers Brewing Co.
American / Brewery · Bay Park
83
Culture Brewing Co. — Ocean Beach
American / Brewery · Ocean Beach
83
Kilowatt Brewing — Barrio Logan
American / Brewery · Barrio Logan
83
Bolt Brewery — La Mesa
American / Brewery · La Mesa
83
Mission Brewery
American / Brewery · East Village
83
Eppig Brewing — North Park
American / Brewery · North Park
83
Callahan's Pub & Brewery
American / Pub / Brewery · Mira Mesa / Scripps Ranch
83
Urge American Gastropub — Rancho Bernardo
American / Gastropub / Brewery · Rancho Bernardo
83
Pizza Port — Carlsbad Village
Pizza / Brewery · Carlsbad
83
Coronado Brewing Company
American / Brewery · Coronado
82
Ballast Point Little Italy
American / Brewery · Little Italy
82
Newport Pizza & Ale House
Italian / Pizza · Ocean Beach
82
Resident Brewing Company
American / Brewery · Downtown
82
Hillcrest Brewing Company
American / Brewery · Hillcrest
82
Karl Strauss Brewing Co. — Mira Mesa
American / Brewery · Mira Mesa
82
Third Avenue Alehouse
American / Gastropub · Chula Vista
82
OB Warehouse Kitchen & Taps
American / Gastropub · Ocean Beach
82
The Original 40 Brewing Company
American / Brewery · North Park
82
Oggi's Pizza & Brewing — Del Mar
Italian / Pizza / Brewery · Del Mar
82
The Local Eatery & Drinking Hole — Pacific Beach
American / Bar · Pacific Beach
82
OB Brewery
American / Brewery · Ocean Beach
82
Fox Point Brewing Co.
Brewery · Encinitas
80
Tiny Giant Taproom
Beer Bar · Barrio Logan
71
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