Home Brew Mart / Ballast Point Brewery is one of The 15 Best Places for Homebrews in San Diego.

1. Home Brew Mart / Ballast Point Brewery

9.3
5401 Linda Vista Road (at Mollie St.), San Diego, CA
Brewery · Morena · 40 tips and reviews

Peggy G.Peggy Gartin: Homebrewers: Ask for Larry and he'll advise you about brewing equipment.

Stephen M.Stephen Mergener: Great place to start or expand your home brewing project.

Emily H.Emily Hutto: These guys know their beer, homebrew, distilling, and sauce. Don't miss it.

The Homebrewer is one of The 15 Best Places for Homebrews in San Diego.

2. The Homebrewer

8.5
2911 El Cajon Blvd Spc 2 (at Kansas St), San Diego, CA
Beer Store · North Park · 5 tips and reviews

Felipe C.Felipe Cichini Simões: Sean is super friendly, will get you anything you need, even custom made equipment. Ask to see the flower hops in the back. They also have courses for homebrewing and related stuff

Gregory H.Gregory Homyak: Lowest prices for grains and yeast in San Diego!

Jennifer D.Jennifer Davies: The folks here will help you out if you have any brewing questions at all. They're super friendly and love to help!

Best Damn Beer Shop is one of The 15 Best Places for Homebrews in San Diego.

3. Best Damn Beer Shop

8.7
1036 7th Ave (btwn C & Broadway), San Diego, CA
Beer Store · Central San Diego · 12 tips and reviews

Jeff W.Jeff Witt: A wall of brews, great Homebrew shop in back also. Hard to beat bottle selection in SD:).

Dan S.Dan Suchy: probably the best craft beer selection in San Diego proper. pick up a bottle of something from Alpine Beer Company.

Edwin R.Edwin Real: Great selection. Reasonable prices. Fantastic find!

Pearl Hotel is one of The 15 Best Places for Homebrews in San Diego.

4. Pearl Hotel

7.0
1410 Rosecrans St (Fenelon), San Diego, CA
Hotel · Roseville - Fleet Ridge · 30 tips and reviews

Greg S.Greg Strangman: check out the Pearl Hotel: Best Budget Hip Hotel in SD w/ best burger in town, the dive in movies, the killer mid century modern design and the super friendly service/staff. always good solid stuff. Read more.

Wild-Eyed_ScoffWild-Eyed_Scoff: Meow, meow, meow, meow¡

Jai B.Jai Burke: Try the bacon waffle dessert

California Kebab & Beer Garden is one of The 15 Best Places for Homebrews in San Diego.

5. California Kebab & Beer Garden

4150 Mission Blvd #208 (at Pacific Beach Dr), San Diego, CA
Falafel Restaurant · Pacific Beach · 18 tips and reviews

Maggie M.Maggie Martin: Incredibly good food and DELICIOUS home brew.

Kelly R.Kelly Reed: Awesome outdoor seating section, great happy hour from 3-6pm with half price beers and apps. Great sauce bar... First time here and definitely coming back!

Muffin A.Muffin Atkinson: Great view and amazing drafts. Definitely coming back.

Subterranean Coffee Boutique is one of The 15 Best Places for Homebrews in San Diego.

6. Subterranean Coffee Boutique

8.2
3764 30th St (at North Park Way), San Diego, CA
Coffee Shop · North Park · 22 tips and reviews

Jennifer B.Jennifer Burlington: Try the home made pop tart. Super nice owners and staff! Comfy vibe.

Gene P.Gene Padigos Jr.: Creative Coffee recipes, and Savory Sandwich recipes.

Lee M.Lee Movic: Strawberry lemonade is super refreshing. Gotta come back for one of the house-blended wine coolers.

Pizza Port Brewing Company is one of The 15 Best Places for Homebrews in San Diego.

7. Pizza Port Brewing Company

9.2
1956 Bacon St (at Santa Monica Ave), San Diego, CA
Pizzeria · Ocean Beach · 144 tips and reviews

Lyndsi W.Lyndsi Winer: Get their lunch special from 11-3! A slice, salad and drink $4.99 plus beer upgrade only 1$!!!

Flower M.Flower Mama: Have a few pints of rhino chaser, get the beer goggles going, and you'll be chasing big girls in no time.

Brian M.Brian McBurney: The pizza is great, their beers are even better

Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits is one of The 15 Best Places for Homebrews in San Diego.

8. Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits

10051 Old Grove Rd (at Businesspark Ave), San Diego, CA
Brewery · Scripps Ranch · 64 tips and reviews

Jeremy K.Jeremy K: Ballast Point is one of, if not the, best breweries in San Diego! Gotta try the Sculpin!

Courtyard San DiegoCourtyard San Diego: SD's 2nd largest craft brewery, it's also one of the first to dive into the world of Spirits! Take a tour & make sure to try the Sculpin IPA! Its popularity assures it rarely makes its way out of SD.

Dan B.Dan Brown: If you are an IPA fan, their Sculpin IPA is a San Diego favorite.

AleSmith Brewing Company is one of The 15 Best Places for Homebrews in San Diego.

9. AleSmith Brewing Company

9368 Cabot Dr (btwn Miramar Rd & Arjons Dr), San Diego, CA
Brewery · Miramar · 50 tips and reviews

Softub I.Softub Inc.: Their Tasting Tour is worth the wait. Its educational, and well, you get to sip their stellar Craft Brewed beer.

Peggy G.Peggy Gartin: Speedway Stout is the best stout you might ever have.

Dan B.Dan Brown: If it is in season, get the YuleSmith. Bold flavors and plenty of styles available.

O'Brien's Pub is one of The 15 Best Places for Homebrews in San Diego.

10. O'Brien's Pub

9.0
4646 Convoy St (at Opportunity Rd), San Diego, CA
Pub · Kearny Mesa · 63 tips and reviews

Blair O.Blair Olivarez: the lobster blt is the best special!

wasabibratwurstwasabibratwurst: drink a beer you have never heard of. it's good for you.

Albert M.Albert Maruggi: park on the street lot jammed

Blind Lady Ale House is one of The 15 Best Places for Homebrews in San Diego.

11. Blind Lady Ale House

8.9
3416 Adams Ave (at 34th St), San Diego, CA
Beer Bar · Adams North · 136 tips and reviews

SoftubSoftub: Amazing atmosphere, and a large selection of beer to wash down their perfectly portioned pizza.

EaterEater: At this beacon of the Normal Heights neighborhood is a quality lineup of beer, house-brewed and otherwise, and a local farm driven-menu of tasty pizzas and salads. [Eater 38 Member]

Peggy G.Peggy Gartin: Wifi password for blahguest is brew4lunch.

The US Grant Hotel is one of The 15 Best Places for Homebrews in San Diego.

12. The US Grant Hotel

9.0
326 Broadway (at 3rd Ave), San Diego, CA
Hotel · Central San Diego · 80 tips and reviews

KellyKelly: Great historic hotel with a fantastic front desk staff. Accommodating when we showed up late night after fleeing another hotel, and throughout our stay.

EdEd: Those are high nap carpets in the hallways...they are not stained. Drag your feet across them and you'll see. When finished, touch the person next to you for an added bonus.

A. P.A. P.: Nice hotel. Needs more outlets near the desk and bed for laptops and phones.

Coffee & Tea Collective is one of The 15 Best Places for Homebrews in San Diego.

13. Coffee & Tea Collective

8.5
2911 El Cajon Blvd (at Kansas St), San Diego, CA
Coffee Shop · North Park · 57 tips and reviews

Perriann H.Perriann Hodges: Simple menu. It's like the in and out of the craft coffee world. Get a street waffle with a cold brew. Boom. Breakfast done.

San Diego Architectural FoundationSan Diego Architectural Foundation: The jury believes the interior space of Coffee & Tea Collective is both simple and clean and that this small, yet well thought out space, is timeless and ripe for duplication.

Jennifer D.Jennifer Davies: Sometimes there's a pop-up pizza operation at this joint. It's worth it!

Fathom Bistro, Bait & Tackle is one of The 15 Best Places for Homebrews in San Diego.

14. Fathom Bistro, Bait & Tackle

8.8
1776 Shelter Island Dr, San Diego, CA
Bar · 22 tips and reviews

Mike B.Mike Berlin: The chicken basil with sun dried tomatoes was flippin' delicious.

EaterEater: This place might be an only-in-San Diego special. Where else could you eat house made sausages while drinking local beer in a still-operational bait and tackle shop on a pier? [Eater 38 Member]

billy o.billy o: Great beer selection, good bites and service. Amazing views, outdoor seating. The best sunset.

Brooklyn Girl is one of The 15 Best Places for Homebrews in San Diego.

15. Brooklyn Girl

4033 Goldfinch St (btwn W Washington & Fort Stockton Dr), San Diego, CA
American Restaurant · Hillcrest · 58 tips and reviews

FranFran: Loved everything we had...the variety of FRESH oysters, tasty appetizers, & and amazing pork chop. Our server Katrina was über nice, helpful, & accommodating! Will certainly be back!!

Curateur M.Curateur Magazine: Try the chocolate cake! Not ur avg cake. It's amazing!!!! The oyster sliders with the mustard aioli is incredible too!!!

Toby C.Toby C.: get the pork chop!