{"id":13452,"date":"2016-04-12T08:00:40","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T15:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/?p=13452"},"modified":"2016-04-15T12:01:57","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T19:01:57","slug":"best-beer-futures-west-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2016\/04\/12\/best-beer-futures-west-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Beer Futures: West"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"mikkellersd\"<\/a>This is the second of a four-part series assessing the most hopeful of San Diego\u2019s in-progress brewery projects. Last week, I looked at upcoming businesses in North County<\/strong><\/a>. Today is all about the western expanses of the region. Additionally, I\u2019m taking a look back at how some other brewery-owned venues I thought had promise actually turned out over the past three years.<\/p>\n

Mikkeller Brewing San Diego<\/a>, Miramar: <\/strong>Uber beer geeks are excited to see what outlandish gypsy brewer Mikkel Borg Bjergso<\/strong> does with this brick-and-mortar (a creative partnership with AleSmith Brewing Company<\/a> <\/strong>owner Peter Zien<\/strong>) and they\u2019ll find out on April 16, when the tasting room opens to the public with a beer-festival featuring standout locals and some of Bjergso\u2019s far-flung friends. Fans who remember when the business housed AleSmith\u2019s original tasting room won\u2019t recognize the joint\u2026or the beers.<\/p>\n

Amplified Ale Works<\/a>, Miramar: <\/strong>The quality of this Pacific Beach-based brewpub\u2019s beers has gained it a nice following, but there\u2019s nothing quite so disappointing as driving there only to find the nano-kebabery is out of house-beer. Opening a production operation in one of H.G. Fenton<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s ready-to-brew Brewery Igniter<\/strong><\/a> suites in the heart of \u201cBeeramar\u201d should fix that and allow this business to get to the next level and bring beers like Electrocution IPA to an inland clientele.<\/p>\n

OB Brewery, Ocean Beach: <\/strong>It\u2019s been years in the making, but the skeleton of this three-story brewery, bar and restaurant at the end of Newport Avenue looks darn good. OB’s in the midst of a massive influx of brewery tasting rooms (Culture Brewing Company<\/strong><\/a> and Mike Hess Brewing Company<\/strong><\/a> with Belching Beaver Brewery<\/strong><\/a> and two small Kearny Mesa ops on the way), but a new brewery hasn’t touched down since Pizza Port<\/a> <\/strong>set up shop in 2010. The time is right for this project, so long as the beer is of good quality.<\/p>\n

Past Promising Projects: West<\/u><\/p>\n

2013: Benchmark Brewing Company<\/a><\/strong> (Grantville; Grade\u2014A; to-style \u201cbeer-flavored beer\u201d and a delightful sampling space); Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens\u2014Liberty Station<\/a> <\/strong>(Point Loma; Grade\u2014A; the best Stone beers are coming from this beautiful brewpub\u2019s 10-barrel system); Modern Times Beer<\/strong><\/a> (Lomaland; Grade\u2014B; beers don\u2019t wow, but are defect-free, biggest points earned for tasting-room and can d\u00e9cor); Saint Archer Brewery<\/strong><\/a> (Miramar; Grade\u2014C; they figured out how to make good beer just in time to sell out, but never figured out how to develop heart or soul)<\/p>\n

2014: AleSmith Brewing Company<\/a><\/strong> (Miramar; Grade\u2014A; from 20,000SF to 105,500SF with no quality collapse and county\u2019s largest tasting room), Bitter Brothers Brewing Company<\/a><\/strong> (Bay Ho; Grade\u2014B; brewing by-committee an interesting MO, but initial beers are solid); Duck Foot Brewing Company<\/strong><\/a> (Miramar; Grade\u2014B; went beyond all-gluten-free angle to just-plain-good beer, gluten or no)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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