This list includes noteworthy large breweries, microbreweries, nanobreweries, brewpubs and taprooms in San Diego County, California.
4S Ranch
- Karl Strauss Brewing Company – 4S Ranch
Alpine
Carlsbad
- Burgeon Beer Co.
- Carlsbad Brewing Company
- Culver Beer Co.
- Ebullition Brew Works – Carlsbad
- Karl Strauss Brewing Company – Carlsbad
- The Lost Abbey – Cardiff
- Pizza Port – Bressi Ranch
- Pizza Port – Carlsbad Village
- Rouleur Brewing Company
Chula Vista
- Thr3e Punk Ales Brewing Co.
- Attitude Brewing Co.
- Chula Vista Brewery
- Groundswell Brewing Company – Chula Vista
- NOVO Brazil Brewing Company
Coronado
- Coronado Brewing Co. – Coronado
Escondido
- Barrel Republic Brewing
- Jacked Up Brewery
- Little Miss Brewing
- Prohibition Brewery
- Stone Brewing – Escondido
El Cajon
- Burning Beard Brewing Company
- El Cajon Brewing Co.
Encinitas
- Culture Brewing Co.
Imperial Beach
- Mike Hess Brewing – Imperial Beach
- Pizza Port - Imperial Beach
Julian
- Julian Beer Company
- Nickel Beer Company
La Mesa, CA
- Little Miss Brewing
- Helix Brewing
- Bolt Brewing
Lakeside, CA
- Little Miss Brewing
Oceanside
- Bagby Beer Company
- Breakwater Brewing Company
- Kilowatt Brewing – Oceanside
- Legacy Brewing Company
- Oceanside Ale Works
- Stone Brewing – Oceanside
Ramona
- ChuckAlek Independent Brewers
- Smoking Cannon Brewery
San Diego
- Abnormal Beer Company
- Acoustic Ales Brewing Experiment
- Align Brewing - Miramar
- Amplified Aleworks – East Village; Pacific Beach
- AleSmith Brewing Company - Miramar
- Ataraxia Aleworks - Kearny Mesa
- Ballast Point Brewing Company – Little Italy; Miramar; Morena (Home Brew Mart)
- Bay City Brewing Co. – East Village; Point Loma
- The Beer Company
- Belching Beaver Brewery - Oceanside, North Park
- Bitter Brothers Brewery
- Brew Zone SD - Miramar
- Coronado Brewing Co. – Bay Park
- Deft Brewing
- Division 23 Brewing
- Duck Foot Brewing Company – East Village; Miramar
- Embolden Beer Co, - Miramar
- Eppig Brewing – Point Loma
- Fall Brewing
- Gravity Heights - Sorrento Mesa
- Green Flash Brewing Company - Mira Mesa
- Groundswell Brewing Company – Grantville
- Harland Brewing Company - Scripps Ranch, One Paseo
- Hillcrest Brewing Company
- Karl Strauss Brewing Company – Downtown San Diego; La Jolla; Sorrento Mesa
- Kilowatt Brewing – Kearny Mesa; Ocean Beach
- Little Miss Brewing - Miramar, Normal Heights, East Village
- Mike Hess Brewing – North Park; Ocean Beach; Seaport Village (West); Seaport Village (East)
- Mikkeller – Little Italy; Miramar (San Diego)
- Mission Brewery
- Modern Times Beer – North Park; Point Loma
- New English Brewing Co. - Sorrento Mesa
- North Park Beer Company
- OB Brewery
- Original 40
- Pacific Beach Alehouse
- Pariah Brewing Company
- Pizza Port Brewing Company – Ocean Beach
- Protector Brewing - Miramar
- Quantum Brewing - Kearny Mesa
- Resident Brewing - Downtown
- Rip Current Brewing – North Park
- Rough Draft Brewing Company
- Saint Archer Brewing
- San Diego Brewing Company
- Savagewood Brewing Company (formerly O'Sullivan Bros Brewing Co.) - Scripps Ranch
- Second Chance Beer Company- North Park; Carmel Mountain
- Societe Brewing Company - Kearny Mesa
- South Park Brewing Company
- Stone Brewing – J Street; Kettner; Liberty Station; San Diego Int'l Airport
- Thorn Brewing – Barrio Logan; Mission Hills; North Park
- White Labs Brewing - Miramar
San Marcos
- The Lost Abbey – San Elijo
- Port Brewing Company
- Rip Current Brewing – San Marcos
- Blue Fire Brewing
- Wild Barrel Brewing Company
- Dos Desperados
Santee
- BNS Brewing and Distillery - Santee
- Groundswell Brewing Company
- Pacific Islander Beer Company
- Three Frogs Beer Company
Solana Beach
- Culture Brewing Co.
- Pizza Port – Solana Beach
Vista
- Aztec Brewing Company
- Barrel Harbor Brewing
- Belching Beaver Brewing Company
- Booze Brothers Brewing Company
- Ebullition Brew Works – Vista
- Eppig Brewing – Vista
- Helia Brewing Co.
- Latitude 33 Brewing
- Mother Earth Brew Co.
Defunct breweries
- 32 North
- Benchmark Brewing
- Circle 9 Brewing
- Council Brewing Company (formerly Red Topper Brewing Company)
- Indian Joe Brewing Company
- Iron Fist Brewing Company
- Longship Brewery
- Offbeat Brewing Company
- On-The-Tracks Brewery (Carlsbad)
- Thunderhawk Alements
- Toolbox Brewing.
- Twisted Manzanita Brewing Company (Santee)
See also
- Beer in San Diego County, California
- Beer in the United States
- List of breweries in California
- List of breweries in the United States
- List of microbreweries
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