On Jan 1, my Marine son and I are driving out to where he will be stationed in San Diego (Miramar MCAS). We will take four days and then I will fly home. If we put in some good long diving days early on, we will have some time to hit some breweries in the area. I was thinking of Stones for sure but can anybody recommend another must see?
It should be a fun drive. He has a 2004 Pontiac GTO with the 5.7L Corvette engine in it.
I can’t argue with any of the ‘must sees’ but I recommend you at least drink some pizza port beer while you are in SD. I had several of their fresh hopped IPAs last month and all were exceptional. I, unfortunately, don’t remember the names of any of these phenomenal beers, but I had them all at Downtown Johnny Browns in the heart of downtown SD during beer week. If you are an IPA fan, seek these beers out.
If you are in the downtown area, check out the Ballast Point brewery in Linda Vista. It is half homebrew mart, half brewery. The will draw you a fresh pint while you shop.
I should have mentioned depending on where you stay you might want to check out Churchill’s pub as well. We were they on St. Patties day and it was awesome.
We’re staying in Mira Meza between San Diego and Escondido. Making good time. Getting close to Arizona border soon. Lots of scenery so far this morning starting from Albuquerque. I didn’t realize we were over a mile high.
[quote=“GarretD”]So how was the trip?[/quote]It was friggin awesome. We had a great time driving and although we went 12-13 hours per day, we were not tired or sore. We started with Stone in Escondido. Great tour by Phil and got a nice taster glass and four samples. We had lunch in the Bistro gardens and it was just like on youtube. Then since my son is not old enough to legally drink, we bought a whole bunch of 22 oz bombers from Stone, Ballast Point, Alesmith, etc. so he could enjoy them as well. We spent a lot of time at Sunset Cliffs. The scenery was really nice. Great trip all around. Thanks for the recommendations.