# San Diego craft beer venues > 17 craft beer bars, brewpubs and taprooms in San Diego on our self-guided crawl routes. Source: https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/san-diego/venues/ (The Craft Beer Crawl, 2026-10-21) - [Ballast Point Little Italy](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/san-diego/venues/san-diego-ballast-point-little-italy/): 2215 India St, San Diego, CA 92101 · Home of Ballast Point's research-and-development brewery and, since its Miramar headquarters closed in December 2025, the brand's only San Diego venue. 25-plus beers on tap (Sculpin IPA, the grapefruit-and-apricot West Coast IPA that made the name, plus R&D small batches), counter-service brewpub food and a patio where planes pass low on their way into the airport. Tasting room open 11am to 9pm Sunday and Monday, 11am to 10pm Tuesday to Thursday and 11am to 11pm Friday and Saturday. - [Bay City Brewing](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/san-diego/venues/san-diego-bay-city-east-village/): 627 Eighth Ave, San Diego, CA 92101 · Downtown tasting room of Point Loma's Bay City Brewing, opened in 2020: a ground-floor bar and a large rooftop four floors up (by lift) with skyline views and fire pits, plus pizza, sandwiches and cocktails. The beer leans West Coast IPA and pilsner. Open 3pm to 9pm Monday and Tuesday, noon to 9pm Wednesday and Thursday, noon to 11pm Friday and Saturday and noon to 6pm Sunday; the rooftop depends on weather and private events. - [Bottlecraft Little Italy](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/san-diego/venues/san-diego-bottlecraft-little-italy/): 2252 India St, San Diego, CA 92101 · Bottlecraft's original shop, opened in 2011 and on this block since 2014: a curated bottle and can shop with a draft list of local and visiting beers, plus wine, cider and kombucha, to drink on site or take away. Dog-friendly, free Wi-Fi, 21+ only. Open noon to 9pm Sunday to Thursday and noon to 11pm Friday and Saturday. - [Burgeon at The Arbor](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/san-diego/venues/san-diego-burgeon-the-arbor/): 1326 Kettner Blvd, San Diego, CA 92101 · Downtown taproom and restaurant of Carlsbad's Burgeon Beer Co., opened in 2021 in the Savina building at Kettner and A Street: cedar woodwork and greenery, 18 taps of Burgeon's hazy and West Coast IPAs, lagers and seasonals, plus wine and hard kombucha, and a kitchen known for its fish tacos and burgers. Dog-friendly patio. Open noon to 9pm Monday to Thursday, 11am to 10pm Friday and Saturday and 11am to 9pm Sunday. - [California Wild Ales](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/san-diego/venues/san-diego-california-wild-ales/): 4896 Newport Ave, San Diego, CA 92107 · Sour and wild-ale specialists whose barrel-aged and fruited beers are blended at a foeder barrelhouse in the Midway district and poured here, in a corner taproom built from reclaimed and donated materials with a roll-up window onto Newport. Swept the brewery categories at the 2026 Best of Ocean Beach awards. Walk-in only; dogs welcome. Open noon to 10pm Monday to Thursday, noon to midnight Friday, 11am to 10pm Saturday and 10am to 10pm Sunday. - [Fall Brewing](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/san-diego/venues/san-diego-fall-brewing-north-park/): 4542 30th St, San Diego, CA 92116 · Fall started here in 2014 in a former auto shop and now brews in Miramar, but this cinder-block room is still the original. Expect a long, changing list of hop-forward ales and low-alcohol lagers, the Plenty for All 'California Pilsner', Jazz Hands fruited sours and the 2AM Bike Ride coffee-vanilla stout, under the owner's own concert-poster artwork. Open 11am to 10pm Sunday to Thursday and 11am to midnight Friday and Saturday. - [Karl Strauss Brewing](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/san-diego/venues/san-diego-karl-strauss-downtown/): 1157 Columbia St, San Diego, CA 92101 · San Diego's first brewpub and the first brewery of any kind in the city since 1953, opened here on 2 February 1989. Karl Strauss bought the building in 2023 and reopened it in early 2025 after a full remodel that put the brewhouse at the centre and added a wall on the brewery's history. Full menu (fish and chips, burgers, tacos) and a new small-batch beer every Thursday from 5pm. Open 11am to 9pm Sunday to Thursday and 11am to 10pm Friday and Saturday. - [Kilowatt Brewing](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/san-diego/venues/san-diego-kilowatt-ocean-beach/): 1875 Cable St, San Diego, CA 92107 · Kearny Mesa brewery Kilowatt's OB satellite, in a former motorcycle shop just off Newport Avenue: blacklight art, neon and a rotating board of small-batch beers, with drink-and-draw nights on Thursdays. Open noon to 11pm Sunday to Thursday and noon to midnight Friday and Saturday. - [Mike Hess Brewing](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/san-diego/venues/san-diego-mike-hess-north-park/): 3812 Grim Ave, San Diego, CA 92104 · Mike Hess opened in 2010 as San Diego's first 'nanobrewery' and moved into this 3,000 sq ft production brewery in 2013. You cross a sky bridge over the brewhouse floor to reach the tasting room, which pours IPAs, an American lager, a Kölsch, an amber and Freeflow hard seltzers. Open daily, noon to 10pm (third-party listing, Sept 2026). - [Mike Hess Brewing](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/san-diego/venues/san-diego-mike-hess-ocean-beach/): 4893 Voltaire St, San Diego, CA 92107 · Mike Hess's open-air beach-town tasting room on the corner of Cable and Voltaire, a few blocks from OB Dog Beach: the same core range as North Park (hazy and West Coast IPAs, Kölsch, lager, seltzers), dog bowls and trivia on Monday nights. Bring your own food. Open noon to 10pm Monday to Saturday and 11am to 9pm Sunday (third-party listing, Sept 2026). - [Modern Times Flavordome](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/san-diego/venues/san-diego-modern-times-flavordome/): 3000 Upas St, San Diego, CA 92104 · Modern Times' North Park tasting room, on the corner of 30th and Upas: a retro room with a bar built from old VHS tapes and a ceiling of vintage lampshades, 20 taps of Modern Times beers including one-offs and pilot batches, bags of the company's coffee and a rack of vinyl for sale. Open noon to 9pm Sunday to Thursday and noon to 11pm Friday and Saturday. - [North Park Beer Co.](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/san-diego/venues/san-diego-north-park-beer-co/): 3038 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92104 · The neighbourhood's flagship brewery, founded in 2016 by the decorated homebrewer Kelsey McNair and named Brewery of the Year at the 2022 Great American Beer Festival. A mid-century craftsman room of dark wood, brass and globe lamps pours a long rotating list of West Coast and hazy IPAs (Hop-Fu! is the best known) and hoppy lagers, plus guest beers, and the brewery reopened its own kitchen in 2026. Open noon to 10pm Sunday to Thursday and noon to midnight Friday and Saturday. - [OB Brewery](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/san-diego/venues/san-diego-ob-brewery/): 5041 Newport Ave, San Diego, CA 92107 · The first brewery on Newport Avenue, opened in 2016: three floors topped by an open-air rooftop built to be the highest point in OB, looking over the pier and the surf. Its Dunkel won GABF silver in 2017 and it was named Very Small Brewpub of the Year at GABF 2018. Food served. Open 11am to 9pm Sunday to Thursday and 11am to 10pm Friday and Saturday. - [Pizza Port Ocean Beach](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/san-diego/venues/san-diego-pizza-port-ocean-beach/): 1956 Bacon St, San Diego, CA 92107 · OB branch of the beach-town brewpub chain that started in Solana Beach in 1987 and has won a cabinet of Great American Beer Festival medals: house beers brewed on site (lagers, IPAs, seasonal and fresh-hop releases) with hand-made pizza at long shared tables. Open 11am to 10pm Sunday to Thursday and 11am to 11pm Friday and Saturday. - [Poor House Brewing](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/san-diego/venues/san-diego-poor-house/): 4494 30th St, San Diego, CA 92116 · Low-frills neighbourhood brewery on the corner of 30th and Monroe, open since 2013 and run by the founder of early San Diego brewery Firehouse. House IPAs plus Belgian, English and Irish-style beers and guest taps, with shuffleboard, TVs and a breezy patio; a regulars' bar where visitors fit straight in. - [Stone Brewing Tap Room – Kettner](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/san-diego/venues/san-diego-stone-tap-room-kettner/): 1202 Kettner Blvd, Suite 101, San Diego, CA 92101 · Stone's downtown tasting room and shop in the historic McClintock Warehouse, less than a block from Santa Fe Depot: pours, pints and growler fills of Stone's year-round beers (Ruination, Stone IPA) and specialty releases, with a garden patio, food pop-ups on Saturday afternoons and live music on Saturdays from 3pm. Open noon to 9pm Sunday to Thursday and noon to 10pm Friday and Saturday. - [The Original 40 Brewing](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/san-diego/venues/san-diego-original-40/): 3117 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92104 · Stylish brewpub opened in 2019 and named after the original 40-acre parcel that became North Park. It brews hop-forward ales, crisp lagers and barrel-aged stouts, and has a seasonal kitchen (burgers, tacos, flatbreads, steak frites). Open noon to 10pm Monday to Wednesday, noon to midnight Thursday and Friday, 11:30am to midnight Saturday and 11:30am to 10pm Sunday. --- ## Responsible drinking Please drink responsibly. You must be 21 or over to use this site. Know your limits, eat, drink water and never drink and drive. Free, confidential advice: [SAMHSA National Helpline (free, 24/7: 1-800-662-4357)](https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/helplines/national-helpline) or [Rethinking Drinking (NIAAA, U.S. National Institutes of Health)](https://rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov/). © 2026 The Craft Beer Crawl. Some links are affiliate links: we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Venue listings are editorial and nobody pays to appear on a route.