The list of breweries below is our confirmed 2012 participants list.
We expect to add additional brewers byFebruary 15, 2012.
Please check back for an updated list of participants.
Got brewery suggestions?
Email contact@sandiegomusicfoundation.org
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Forged in 1995, AleSmith is an artisan microbrewery that specializes in handcrafted ales in a variety of styles. Deeply rooted in the amateur and craft brewing communities, AleSmith ales have continued to garner national and international awards and acclaim, as well as a loyal and rabid following among beer enthusiasts. |
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Automatic Brewing Co. |
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Ballast Point Brewing Company is one of San Diego's Premiere Breweries. We started out modestly as Home Brew Mart in 1992. Powered by a 50 BBL brewhouse, we are now able to satisfy the needs of our growing distribution. Come to both of our breweries and we will gladly give you a tour and allow you to sample our newest selection of beers. |
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The Beer Company is a locally owned restaurant and brewery. Our hand crafted brews have fresh ingredients and a great, rich taste. We brew just feet away from where you'll enjoy your quality beer and delicious meal. If you appreciate quality, you'll love The Beer Company. |
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Blue Moon is a refreshing, unfiltered wheat ale, brewed and spiced with the perfect combination of orange peel and coriander. Rising Moon is an amber wheat ale brewed with Kieffer lime leaves and a hint of lime peel for a zesty subtle twist. |
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The porter is brewed with a combination of specialty malts. Chocolate malt is malt that is roasted in a kiln until it is dark and gives off chocolate characteristics and dark color. The caramelized barley is barley that has been cooked in a way where the starch in the barley itself is caramelized. This brew has three hop additions. |
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The Coronado Brewing Company, in beautiful Coronado (located just a few minutes from downtown San Diego) welcomes you to come and enjoy quality handcrafted beers and delicious food in a casual family environment. If you're a sports fan come relax with a cold beer and an appetizer while watching your favorite team on one of our many HD TV's. Open 7 days a week from 11:00 am (until closing) & offering a daily happy hour from (2-6pm). 170 Orange Ave. Coronado. |
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Eel River Brewing Company is the brewery with a motto that attracts our kind of people: Be natural; drink naked.
That's organic isn't it? |
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A British Pale Ale never tasted so fresh. We challenge our good friends across the pond to match this one. Can't be done. We've honored the traditions of the great British Pale brewers of Burton-on-Trent using our patented Firestone Union oak barrels. You're left with a mild blend of vanilla and toasted oak flavor touched with an elegant hint of English noble hops. DBA is the flagship of our company and wildly popular. |
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Fox Barrel Ciders Fermented from Pure Pear-Juice are deliciously light, but not too sweet, Fox Barrel ciders are made with pure-pear-juice using U.S. West Coast Pears. Available in Pacific Pear, Apricot Pear, and Blackberry Pear flavors, Fox Barrel pear based ciders are naturally elegant, yet have a mouthwatering juice complexity and fresh pear bouquet. |
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Green Flash Brewing Company is a producer of finely crafted modern ales using the best all natural ingredients available. The unique ales brewed at Green Flash are crafted using modern equipment and techniques while borrowing from brewing traditions and adapting old world methods for the best possible result. |
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Hess Brewing has the distinction of being San Diego's first licensed nano-brewery. Nano, as in small, not Nanu, Mork's signoff. We truly brew in small hand-crafted batches, 1.6 barrels at a time (that's just 50 gallons each batch). Stop by our tasting room and taste it for yourselves. Great Beer. No Exceptions. No Excuses. |
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Doors opened on February 2, 1989. At the time, it was the first brewery to open in San Diego in more than 50 years. It all started with 3 delicious beers: Karl Strauss Amber Lager (Karl's favorite and our current-day flagship), Downtown After Dark Brown Ale, and Gaslamp Gold. For most, it was the first microbrewed beer they had ever tasted. |
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Kona Brewing Company introduced Pacific Golden Ale (now called Big Wave Golden Ale) and Fire Rock Pale Ale to Hawaii in bottles and kegs on February 14, 1995. Longboard Island Lager was added three years later. Approximately 10 other styles of beer are brewed on a regular basis and served at Kona Brewing Company's pubs with a select few being served at some finer restaurants and markets. These range in color from very blonde to black; in flavor from tangy to hoppy to roasty... and everything in between. Today the three flagship beers are widely distributed throughout Hawaii, making Kona the top selling craft beer in the islands.
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Lagunitas Brewing Co, located in Sonoma County, is turning 14 in style. Just completed is our new 80-barrel brewing system that will allow us to brew consistently delicious beer for years to come. Our flagship brew, IPA, is the #1 selling in CA and we also have some crazy seasonal releases. Remember....Beer Speaks. People Mumble. |
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At Left Coast Brewing Company we believe in producing innovative and world class west coast style beers. We are a Southern California company. Our products, our lifestyle, and our attitude mirror Southern California. We actively support and contribute to that way of life in our community. We believe in promoting beer culture and the responsible enjoyment of beer. We believe in exceeding our customer's expectations not only through the products we craft, but also through exceptional customer service. |
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Leinenkugel's. The brand born in Wisconsin's Northwoods 144 years ago, shares a powerful story of adventure, family and brewing heritage. A story of fifth generation craft brewers. And a portfolio of 11 distinctive, flavorful beers. No other brewer more passionately shares its family history or connects with its fans like Leinie's. |
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Our fine hand crafted European style beers have a distinctive "Lightning Finish" with a crisp, clean aroma, pronounced maltiness and a prolonged and slightly bittering finish. Our beers are good to drink on their own, and great with food. We have proven that you don't need to travel to Europe to enjoy beers of these styles and caliber! |
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Magic Hat Brewing Company, South Burlington, Vermont: Where ancient alchemy meets modern day science to create the best tasting beer on the planet. The saturnalian saga of the Magic Hat Brewing Company began in 1978 in a Goddard College bathtub, where future brewmaster Bob Johnson first cultivated his maniacally obsessive interest in making "better beer with bigger flavor." In a moment of supreme serendipity, Fate sent him off to an accidental meeting on a random Burlington street with future Magic Hat president Alan Newman. Before you could pour a pint, a brewery was born. |
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Magners Irish Cider is truly an Irish success story. Developed as the export brand of the Bulmers Irish Cider Company, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, it has changed attitudes towards traditional cider. Now sold in over 30 countries around the world, more and more people are enjoying the refreshing crisp taste of Magners Irish Cider. |
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Manzanita Brewing Company is a microbrewery in Santee, started by 2 partners Garry Pitman and Jeff Trevaskis following their dreams. Manzanita features 5 styles of beer (Riverwalk Blonde Ale, Rustic Horizon Red Ale, Pale Ale, IPA and Gillespie Brown Ale) produced from a 3 barrel brew house with 6 barrel fermenters. |
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At Maui Brewing, we handcraft our beer in small 7 barrel batches. Our Brewmaster equates food taste and creativity of accomplished chefs with those of being a brewmaster. "A brewer or chef must balance the science, mechanics, and most importantly, the flavor, to achieve the goal of creating fine food or beer." These inspirations of both Chef and Brewmaster are evident at Maui Brewing Co. |
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Mendocino Brewing Company is renowned for brewing a range of full-bodied beers. And we agree with the major European cultures to whom beer is a way of life and that beer is food. Beers offer all the goodness of whole grains, are totally devoid of preservatives, and taste wonderful. While our brews are excellent on their own, we often recommend that they be served as an accompaniment to food - One taste sensation, heightening the other! This does not mean however, that flavors necessarily have to match. More often than not, it is opposites that attract, and this fusion creates excitement in its diversity! The more complex the flavor profile of the beer, the more interesting the possible match-ups. |
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Mission Brewery produces a variety of award winning ales and lagers using only the highest quality grain, hops, yeast, and water. We are passionate about our beer, and feel that it comes through in each and every glass. In October 2007, Mission Brewery was awarded a gold medal for our Helles, and a bronze medal for our American IPA at the Great American Beer Festival. Both of these beers and more will be served at the CityBeat Festival of Beers. |
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Monkey Paw Brewing Comnpany |
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New English Brewing Company strives to produce a range of the finest English-inspired ales with a slightly mischievous California twist. To achieve this aim, owner / brewer Simon Lacey hand-crafts each batch using only the finest imported and domestic malts and hops, crystal clear water and yeast. No adjuncts, preservatives or gimmicks. We are proud of our motto "Traditional New English Style, Authentic West Coast Character". New English Brewing Company was established in San Diego in 2007. Find us on tap at over 25 fine taverns around America's Finest City! |
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North Coast Brewing Company is a pioneer in the craft beer movement, opened in 1988 as a local brewpub in the historic town of Fort Bragg, located on California's Mendocino Coast. Under the leadership of brew master Mark Ruedrich, the brewery has developed a strong reputation for quality having won more than 70 awards in national and international competitions. |
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Oggi's Brewery is located in San Clemente, Ca, and it brews beer for 17 Oggi's locations, as well as bottling 5 full time 22oz beers. Oggi's brew deverything from a Light lager to a Double IPA. There is a seasonal beer released at Oggi's every two months. |
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PB Alehouse offers a wide variety of savory handcrafted burgers, pizzas and fresh cut fries. We brew eight signature beers on location. and we also use our own brews in many of our dressings, sauces, batters... and desserts. We feature three separate dining areas, each with its own unique atmosphere. You can sip a cool refreshing beer on our outdoor deck while enjoying unparalleled views of Crystal Pier and the Pacific Ocean, or you can cozy up to the fire pit on our patio. Inside you can relax with your friends on a comfortable couch or a large booth adjacent to our microbrewery. |
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Pizza Port Carlsbad is Pizza Port's second location. It opened in 1997 and has been serving great pizza and awesome beer ever since. |
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Beginning in 1897, PRIMO was the original beer of Hawaii for many years. During the 1990's PRIMO disappeared. Recently a group of Hawai's top surfers and waterman along with 2 award winning brew masters, resurrected the brand. Made with Maui sugar cane, this craft lager is a session beer. Proceeds preserve the environment and culture of the islands. Okole Maluna! (bottom's up) |
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Way back in 1984 we made the decision to make beer our life. In a small, turn-of-the-century general store in Washington State, the first Pyramid Ale was brewed. Since then our lineup has blossomed. With four year-round beers, two seasonals, and a few select Alehouse exclusives, Pyramid is proud to offer you a choice of many distinctive, flavorful and very fine beers from our award-winning Bavarian-inspired Pyramid Hefe Weizen, to our uniquely bold, Hophead Nectar, Thunderhead IPA. |
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Boston Lager is carefully crafted for a symphonic
complexity and a rich balance. It is full bodied and complex. Malty sweetness balanced with distinct citrus, pine, and spicy notes. A strong, smooth finish and mouthfeel. |
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San Diego Brewing Company is a full service pub and brewery with 50 taps, including fresh brews made on premise as well as local and imported craft beers. We serve lunch and dinner every day and breakfast on Saturday's and Sunday's from 9 am til 1 |
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Founded in 1996, Stone Brewing Co. is located in Escondido, CA and is one of the fastest growing breweries in the country. Additionally, Stone Brewing is one of the highest rated breweries in the world according to both Ratebeer.com and BeerAdvocate.com. The Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens is part of the new $13 million Stone Brewing facility, and specializes in creative preparations of locally grown organic produce and natural meats. For more information visit the Stone website, or give them a call. |
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TailGate Beer is The Unofficial Beer of America's Unofficial Pastime. It is owned and operated right here in beautiful San Diego, by a 23 year old graduate out of SDSU. Just over a year old, TailGate Beer strives to grow into a company that helps people who drink beer, turn into people who love beer. |
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American and European brewmasters have come together to create the Trumer Brauerei Berkeley. With a passionate commitment to the Pilsner style, this international team has worked tirelessly to preserve every detail of the original Trumer Pils process of its centuries old brewery in Salzburg, Austria. Their efforts have paid off. Trumer Brauerei Berkeley combines the heritage and tradition of the old world with the new world's dedication to craft brewing. |
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The legend goes like this: During the 1970's, a decade remembered by some for its various social movements, Kurt and Rob Widmer began to formulate a movement of their own. After graduating from Oregon State University (Rob) and the University of Oregon (Kurt), respectively, the Widmer brothers set out into the "real world" only to find out the "real world" wasn't for them. Each falling victim to the proverbial "quarter-life crisis," fueled in part by jobs that barely benefited their wallets (let alone their souls), Kurt and Rob Widmer set forth on a path toward opening the brewery we know today. |
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