{"id":17101,"date":"2017-05-17T08:00:07","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T15:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/?p=17101"},"modified":"2017-05-17T10:53:11","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T17:53:11","slug":"best-san-diego-beer-futures-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2017\/05\/17\/best-san-diego-beer-futures-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Best San Diego Beer Futures: West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/protector_brewery.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-17102\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/protector_brewery.jpg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/protector_brewery.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/protector_brewery.jpg?w=658&amp;ssl=1 658w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Last week, we examined some of the most promising work-in-progress beer projects in the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/SDBFeast\"><strong>eastern portions<\/strong><\/a> of San Diego County. Today, as part of this bi-annual four-part series, I am offering up information on the most intriguing brewery-owned venues coming to the western communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thornstreetbrew.com\">Thorn St. Brewery<\/a>, Barrio Logan: <\/strong>In building a facility to up production and meet demand, one of North Park\u2019s most popular breweries is taking over two identical former factory spaces on National Avenue, stocking one with tons of stainless and an intimate tasting room, and the other with a distillery, restaurant, retail space and a large patio area. It\u2019s the type of grand project that figures to keep Barrio Logan\u2019s artisanal renaissance chugging right along.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/TStBLog\"><em><strong>Click here to read more about this project<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.protectorbrewery.com\">Protector Brewery<\/a>, Miramar: <\/strong>Beeramar\u2019s most brewery-saturated area (and that\u2019s saying a lot), the Miralani Drive industrial park just west of Camino Ruiz, is getting its fourth fermentation operation (joining <a href=\"http:\/\/www.2kidsbrewing.com\"><strong>2kids Brewing<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>Align Brewing<\/strong> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.settingsunsake.com\"><strong>Setting Sun Sake Brewing<\/strong><\/a>) care of former Navy SEALs who are installing San Diego\u2019s first all-organic brewery in an effort to produce quality beer while helping American farm workers and preserving the environment.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viewpointbrewing.com\">Viewpoint Brewing Co.<\/a>, Del Mar: <\/strong>While San Diego has breweries owned by chefs, this brewpub will be the county\u2019s first purely chef-driven interest. Years in the making, it will give purpose and life to a rundown building along the banks of the San Dieguito Lagoon while providing Del Mar its first ever brewery. Culinary innovations and beers built to pair with cuisine is what this place is all about. At last check, owner <strong>Charles Koll<\/strong> was planning to soft-open <strong>this Friday<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/ViewPtB\"><em><strong>Click here to read more about this project<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, we examined some of the most promising work-in-progress beer projects in the eastern portions of San Diego County. Today, as part of this bi-annual four-part series, I am offering up information on the most intriguing brewery-owned venues coming to the western communities. Thorn St. Brewery, Barrio Logan: In building a facility to up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":17102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[367,368,1],"tags":[1353,2922,3748,1701,376,1436,3621,390,804,2459,3187,880,3906,15,2925,1439,3907,3618,2926,769,3805,3613],"class_list":{"0":"post-17101","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-beer-events","8":"category-beer-news","9":"category-san-diego-beer-beverage-news","10":"tag-sdbeer","11":"tag-2kids-brewing","12":"tag-align-brewing","13":"tag-barrio-logan","14":"tag-beer","15":"tag-beeramar","16":"tag-charles-koll","17":"tag-craft-beer","18":"tag-del-mar","19":"tag-indie-beer","20":"tag-miralani-drive","21":"tag-miramar","22":"tag-navy-seal","23":"tag-north-park","24":"tag-protector-brewery","25":"tag-san-diego","26":"tag-san-dieguito","27":"tag-san-dieguito-lagoon","28":"tag-setting-sun-sake","29":"tag-thorn-st-brewery","30":"tag-thorn-street-brewery","31":"tag-viewpoint-brewing","32":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/protector_brewery.jpg?fit=658%2C370&ssl=1","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdtr4y-4rP","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}