Top & Local Beer near San Diego, CA

Stone IPA

Stone IPA

The iconic West Coast-style IPA | Citrus, Tropical, Piney6.9% ABV77 IBU

Stone Brewing Escondido, CA

Widely available nearby

Medium malt character with a heavy dose of over the top hops. Generous dry hopping gives this beer its abundant hop aroma.

Ballast Point Sculpin IPA

Ballast Point Sculpin IPA

American IPA7.0% ABV70 IBU

Ballast Point Brewing CompanySan Diego, CA

Widely available nearby

A trophy beer that’s a testament to our homebrew roots.

Stone Buenaveza Lager

Stone Buenaveza Lager

Baja-inspired Mexican lager brewed with sea salt and lime4.7% ABV

Stone Brewing Escondido, CA

Widely available nearby

Mother Earth Cali Creamin

Mother Earth Cali Creamin

Cream Ale5.0% ABV18 IBU

Mother Earth Brew Co.Vista, CA

Widely available nearby

A medium bodied cult classic, it is sure to woo the ladies, but also flavorful enough to satisfy the dudes.

Mother Earth Cali Creamin' On Nitro

Mother Earth Cali Creamin' On Nitro

Cream Ale5.2% ABV21 IBU

Mother Earth Brew Co.Vista, CA

Widely available nearby

Low bitterness, medium body. Madagascar Vanilla Bean added to give it that "Cream Soda" kick. Dry finish. Smooth and creamy on nitro.

Karl Strauss Red Trolley

Karl Strauss Red Trolley

Irish Red Ale5.8% ABV17 IBU

Karl Strauss Brewing CompanySan Diego, CA

Widely available nearby

Brewed with half a ton of caramelized malts, our award-winning Irish Red has rich toffee flavors, notes of dried fruit, and a slightly sweet finish.

AleSmith Pale Ale .394

AleSmith Pale Ale .394

American Pale Ale6.0% ABV26 IBU

AleSmith Brewing CompanySan Diego, CA

Widely available nearby

AleSmith Pale Ale .394 pays tribute to the city that Tony Gwynn loved and the career high batting average that he achieved in '94.

Ballast Point Grapefruit Sculpin IPA

Ballast Point Grapefruit Sculpin IPA

American IPA7.0% ABV70 IBU

Ballast Point Brewing CompanySan Diego, CA

Available at very few places nearby

The tart freshness of grapefruit perfectly complements Sculpin’s citrusy hop character.

Societe The Pupil

Societe The Pupil

San Diego IPA7.5% ABV

Societe Brewing Co.San Diego, CA

Widely available nearby

Our easy-drinking Great American Beer Festival medal-winning India pale ale bursts with citrus and tropical-fruit aromas and flavors.

Green Flash West Coast IPA

Green Flash West Coast IPA

American IPA7.0% ABV95 IBU

Green Flash Brewing Co.San Diego, CA

Available at a number of places nearby

This copper colored West Coast-style IPA is full flavored, medium bodied and extravagantly hopped with notes of citrus zest and fruit.

Harland Hazy IPA

Harland Hazy IPA

Hazy IPA6.5% ABV

Harland BrewingSan Diego, CA

Widely available nearby

Tropical, creamy, medium bodied

Belching Beaver Peanut Butter Milk Stout

Belching Beaver Peanut Butter Milk Stout

Sweet Stout5.3% ABV30 IBU

Belching Beaver BrewerySan Diego, CA

Widely available nearby

Our Peanut Butter Milk Stout is simply irresistible. It’s like dark chocolate Reese’s in a glass!

Pizza Port Chronic Amber Ale

Pizza Port Chronic Amber Ale

American Amber Ale5.0% ABV30 IBU

Pizza PortCarlsbad, CA

Available at a few places nearby

This mellow amber ale is the most popular beer in all of our pub locations as it agrees with everyone’s palate and goes great with pizza.

AleSmith Nut Brown

AleSmith Nut Brown

American Brown Ale5.0% ABV17 IBU

AleSmith Brewing CompanySan Diego, CA

Available at a number of places nearby

A creamy mouthfeel and full body enhances its drinkability, making Nut Brown a sessionable ale that embodies our commitment to quality.

Coronado Weekend Vibes

Coronado Weekend Vibes

West Coast IPA6.8% ABV60 IBU

Coronado Brewing CompanyCoronado, CA

Available at a number of places nearby

Mosaic Citra Simcoe

Coronado Orange Avenue Wit

Coronado Orange Avenue Wit

California Wit5.2% ABV19 IBU

Coronado Brewing CompanyCoronado, CA

Available at a number of places nearby

This So-Cal take on a traditional witbier honors Coronado's main street, which is home to our brewpub and was once lined with orange trees.

Belching Beaver Peanut Butter Milk Stout Nitro

Belching Beaver Peanut Butter Milk Stout Nitro

Sweet Stout5.3% ABV30 IBU

Belching Beaver BrewerySan Diego, CA

Available at a number of places nearby

It’s like dark chocolate Reese’s in a glass! Rolled oats and Lactose add to the creamy body. Silver Medal – World Beer Championships 2014

Karl Strauss Aurora Hoppyalis San Diego-style IPA

Karl Strauss Aurora Hoppyalis San Diego-style IPA

San Diego-style IPA7.0% ABV60 IBU

Karl Strauss Brewing CompanySan Diego, CA

Available at a few places nearby

Our San Diego-style IPA brewed with four different hops. Flavors and aromas of fruit, pine, and lingering tangerine for a dry, crisp finish.

The Lost Abbey Red Barn

The Lost Abbey Red Barn

Saison6.7% ABV

The Lost AbbeySan Marcos, CA

Available at a number of places nearby

Lightly spiced with Organic Ginger, Orange Peels, Black Pepper and Grains of Paradise.

The Lost Abbey Devotion

The Lost Abbey Devotion

Blonde Ale6.3% ABV

The Lost AbbeySan Marcos, CA

Available at a number of places nearby

A lighter bodied beer that immediately makes an initial hop impression followed by a brief thinning layer of malt.

Harland Japanese Lager

Harland Japanese Lager

Rice Lager5.0% ABV

Harland BrewingSan Diego, CA

Available at a few places nearby

Brewed with Puffed Jasmine Rice, Toasted Rice Flakes, and Pilsner Malt, this floral lager is incredibly drinkable.

Fall Plenty For All Pilsner

Fall Plenty For All Pilsner

German Pils4.9% ABV

Fall Brewing CompanySan Diego, CA

Available at a number of places nearby

Pilsner brewed in the California Common Style.Crisp/Clean/Rustic Edge

Mission Blonde

Mission Blonde

Blonde Ale5.0% ABV20 IBU

Mission BrewerySan Diego, CA

Available at a number of places nearby

Sessionable, German Kolsch inspired, German Noble hops, clean and light malt profile, light bready sweetness

Pure Project Diamond Dust

Pure Project Diamond Dust

Murky IPA6.7% ABV35 IBU

Pure ProjectSan Diego, CA

Available at a number of places nearby

Murky IPA w/ Cashmere & Mosaic Hops

Pure Project Maddie Had A Little Duck

Pure Project Maddie Had A Little Duck

Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer5.4% ABV

Pure ProjectSan Diego, CA

Available at a number of places nearby

Mission Shipwrecked Double IPA

Mission Shipwrecked Double IPA

Double IPA9.3% ABV75 IBU

Mission BrewerySan Diego, CA

Available at a number of places nearby

Old school DIPA character, Cascade and CTZ hops.

Pizza Port Swami IPA

Pizza Port Swami IPA

American IPA6.8% ABV72 IBU

Pizza PortCarlsbad, CA

Available at a few places nearby

A bold IPA hopped to the extreme with galena, Centennial and Cascade hops. Also added is a healthy dose of dry hops in the serving tank and always serve it unfiltered.

Societe The Harlot

Societe The Harlot

Belgian Blonde Ale5.6% ABV

Societe Brewing Co.San Diego, CA

Available at a number of places nearby

This delicate-yet-complex blonde combines the florality of a Belgian ale with the crispness of a Czech pilsner for a beer like no other.

Modern Times Blazing World

Modern Times Blazing World

American IPA6.8% ABV60 IBU

Modern Times BeerSan Diego, CA

Available at a few places nearby

Blazing World is a luxuriously hoppy amber loaded up with Nelson, Mosaic, and Simcoe hops, which are some of the fruitiest, dankest hops sweet, sweet money can buy.

Green Flash Double Stout

Green Flash Double Stout

Imperial Stout8.8% ABV45 IBU

Green Flash Brewing Co.San Diego, CA

Available at a number of places nearby

Golden naked oats mashed with dark crystal and robust roasted malts create a luscious black brew with satin smooth finish.

Port Old Viscosity

Port Old Viscosity

Imperial Stout10.5% ABV45 IBU

Port Brewing CompanySan Marcos, CA

Available at a number of places nearby

“Not your Dad’s Wimpy 30 Weight is how our original label used to describe this massive chewy and thick beer. Code named by our brewers-”The Big Black Nasty,” this is monstrous dark ale is brewed to no particular style. Thick and sludgy like oil from the crankcase of a wheat threshing combine, Old Viscosity blurs the boundaries of Porter, Stout, Old Ale and Barleywines. A blended beer that mixes old and new brewing traditions into one finished beer, Old Viscosity starts out with 80% of the packaged beer produced from a stainless steel fermentation. It then joins another 20% Old Viscosity (from a previous batch) that has been aging in bourbon barrels. The blend of the two beers yields an incredibly rich and luscious ale that reveals chocolate and cocoa notes melded to silky body of burnt wood, vanilla and ash.

Burgeon Dutchman's Pipe

Burgeon Dutchman's Pipe

Imperial Stout10.3% ABV

Burgeon Beer Co.Carlsbad, CA

Available at a few places nearby

Fall Ghost Runner

Fall Ghost Runner

Double IPA8.5% ABV

Fall Brewing CompanySan Diego, CA

Available at a few places nearby

Modern Times Black House

Modern Times Black House

American Stout5.8% ABV40 IBU

Modern Times BeerSan Diego, CA

Available at a few places nearby

Black House is an oatmeal coffee stout bursting with coffee aroma and flavor from coffee we roast ourselves.

Burgeon Core Trends

Burgeon Core Trends

American IPA6.4% ABV

Burgeon Beer Co.Carlsbad, CA

Available at a few places nearby

Port Mongo

Port Mongo

Double IPA8.0% ABV99 IBU

Port Brewing CompanySan Marcos, CA

Available at a few places nearby

Mongo begins with a massive resinous aroma created by the judicious use of Columbus, Amarillo and Cascade hops.

Duck Foot The Looker

Duck Foot The Looker

Blonde Ale5.0% ABV16 IBU

Duck Foot Brewing CoSan Diego, CA

Available at a few places nearby

A classic American Blonde with California style.

Kilowatt Chocolate Macadamia Stout

Kilowatt Chocolate Macadamia Stout

Pastry Stout6.2% ABV38 IBU

Kilowatt BrewingSan Diego, CA

Available at a few places nearby

Chocolate and caramel malts, conditioned with cacao nibs, coffee, macadamia nuts, vanilla, and coconut. GABF Bronze, SD International Gold

Mike Hess Claritas Kolsch

Mike Hess Claritas Kolsch

Kölsch5.8% ABV30 IBU

Mike Hess BrewingSan Diego, CA

Available at a few places nearby

A crisp and authentic German-style beer, our Claritas features light fruit-like aromatics, along with those from the malt and hops.

Stone Liberty Station Dayfall

Stone Liberty Station Dayfall

Witbier5.5% ABV

Stone Liberty StationLiberty Station, CA

Available at a few places nearby

Kilowatt Goblin Shark Hard Juice

Kilowatt Goblin Shark Hard Juice

Hard Seltzer5.0% ABV

Kilowatt BrewingSan Diego, CA

Available at a few places nearby

Stone Lifeblood

Stone Lifeblood

American Brown Ale6.8% ABV60 IBU

Stone Liberty StationLiberty Station, CA

Available at a few places nearby