Alpine Beer Company

No Longer In Business

As others have said, it's a very unassuming place on the side of the hwy. The official website has a live feed camera where you can always see what's on tap. Plus some bottles and growler fills available for take away. What stood out for me was the friendliness and service. I was really disappointed that Nelson was not available, I was totally unaware that it's a seasonal. The bartender shared at least 4 tasters to share similar beers (Baby Face is essentially a little Nelson) and newly tapped ones. The backyard patio on the hill is really nice. I love that this (at least during the day!) was not a spring break break neck jock spot, but rather a locals joint with character and fantastic beers. If you are hungry they don't serve food, but the Alpine Bar (5 minutes away) does.

A 40 minute drive from our downtown San Diego Hotel, but well worth it. Small tap room, 15 or so tap's, lots of nice hoppy beers, a stout and a few sours. Sampled 2 beers since we where driving and wanted to go to the pub aswell. Patio in the back, but since it was 105F we stayed inside. Good crowd, geusing mostly locals with a good wibe at our visit around monday 3PM. Good service and cheap prices.

Small place in a ramshackle hut on the side of the road. Serving bar and a few bar tables inside, out back there are some picnic tables on the hillside. Solid hop forward beers. No food. Old brewery visible from outside plus a bunch of barrels. Classic place from the old days.

Small cozy place in a small town. Friendly people, good food and of course lots of good hoppy beers. Nice place.

Popped by the little brewery then went to the tavern up the road for a sampler. It’s obviously California -- they had like 7 IPAs of their own on tap. I tried 6, 5 of which were above average, just 1 was so-so. The service was great, and they’re dog friendly! Brewery #725.

Visited both of their locations in August. Their new restaurant located in a strip mall is large and has a nice selection of their own beers and also some guests. Friendly and fast service on a lunch time visit. All of their hopped beers are world class quality, but unfortunately their other beers don’t quite match up to that level. Excellent and cheap BBQ food available. Their old location still sells growler fills, bottles and merchandise. Overall a must visit when in San Diego.

Small place with tasters available. Otherwise you’re mostly there to fill your growler or pick up bottles. Extremely reasonably priced and the staff are helpful and kind (the actual brewers). Not easily accessible and there’s apparently long lines on the weekends. I went during a weekday and was just fine.

Je dois entrer avec regret cette critique au moment où on devra tous faire notre deuil. Ce rustique, un peu maladroit et sympathique brewpub ne sera plus ce qu’il était, il gardera sa vocation bière seulement. Un nouveau restaurant sera consacré à Apline non loin de celui-ci toutefois. L’âme n’avait pas encore transférée dans le nouveau aux dernières nouvelles.

This quaint restaurant is tucked neatly outside of San Diego in a small town. Facing the building, the pub is on the left and the brewery the right with a book store in between. The service was pretty good, especially for our waitresses’ second day. We enjoyed the fried green beans along with a couple of pints each.