Best Southern California Craft Brewery?
Submitted by Dan on October 15, 2009 – 2:02 pm 42 Comments
TheFullPint.com is proud to round out our Best <XXX> Craft Brewery Polls with the Best Southern California Craft Brewery Poll. This poll is to promote some of the greatest brewers in the region and most of all, to have fun. Vote with spirit, but don’t take this too seriously. This will be hard, as many of these breweries make some of the best beer not only in the area, but in the entire world. Please read tips below the list of breweries.
Polls close November 25, 2009 at 5PM PST
Best Southern California Craft Brewery?
- Hangar 24 (23%, 383 Votes)
- Green Flash Brewing (19%, 326 Votes)
- Stone Brewing (16%, 280 Votes)
- Firestone Walker Brewing (12%, 206 Votes)
- Port Brewing / Lost Abbey (9%, 145 Votes)
- Ballast Point Brewing (5%, 80 Votes)
- Alesmith Brewing (5%, 78 Votes)
- The Bruery (3%, 57 Votes)
- Pizza Port Brewing (3%, 43 Votes)
- Coronado Brewing (2%, 33 Votes)
- Alpine Beer Co. (2%, 30 Votes)
- Karl Strauss Brewing (1%, 15 Votes)
- Firemans Brew (1%, 11 Votes)
- Craftsman Brewing (1%, 10 Votes)
- Bootleger's Brewery (1%, 10 Votes)
- Firehouse Brewing (0%, 5 Votes)
- Oceanside Brewing (0%, 3 Votes)
- Airdale (0%, 3 Votes)
- Left Coast Brewing/Oggis (0%, 3 Votes)
- Skyscraper Brewing (0%, 2 Votes)
- La Jolla Brewhouse (0%, 2 Votes)
- Angel City Brewing (0%, 2 Votes)
- Downtown Brewing (0%, 2 Votes)
- Backstreet Brewery (0%, 2 Votes)
- Telegraph Brewing (0%, 1 Votes)
- Mission Brewing (0%, 1 Votes)
- Main Street Brewing (0%, 1 Votes)
- Cerveza Cupaca (0%, 1 Votes)
- Lightning Brewing (0%, 1 Votes)
- Ananacapa (0%, 0 Votes)
- Dale Bros. (0%, 0 Votes)
- Newport Beach Brewing (0%, 0 Votes)
- Bayhawk Ales (-3%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 1,700
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Orange Wheat is great. H24 has someting special for everyones taste buds. Give them a shot in Redlands. Love this place and don’t forget your Growler!
The Bruery is amazing! The range of beers is unmatched and an awesome tasting room. My homebrew club did a pub crawl and that place was a highlight.
So, is the survey over, did Hangar 24 win???? I would say that all of the craft breweries are winners, much better beer and great people!!!!!
I voted Firestone… love their DoubleBarrel IPA, but I, too, adore Kern River Brewing! We visit every time we get up there for the car shows
Why did you use such a disgusting logo to represent Southern California?
Mission Brewing Company IPA is AWESOME!!!! and I like their Amber too!!
Green Flash!!
Hey Larry,
Seems like you need to get out more, I’m in the industry as well and have heard of almost all of them, good luck to all the breweries involved.
Hangar 24 is the best brewery in the Inland Empire. check out the website http://www.hangar24brewery.com
There are a lot of great breweries listed on this poll, I hope you get a chance to check out the ones you dont know about.
What is this???!!! who the heck is Hanger24??? Not sure where this thing is being published/promoted, but the results so far seem a bit skewed. I never heard of half these breweries and I work in the industry……..
I agree with Alex! Where is tailgate beer? Look at their webpage! They came from nothing. I like their blonde. Best golden ale in so cal for sure.
Admin: add tailgate.
Stone Rocks….if you are a hop head, then your prayers have been answered. Start low and slow, then ruin your palate with RUINATION.
It’s DEVINE!!! Cheers!!!
Hangar 24..from no where to the very best in So Cal in less than TWO YEARS!! Why..try it and find out!!!
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Woohoo Green Flash, love the Firestone Union Jack but the Tasting room is for stuck up wine snob. Head down the street to the Pour House instead.
What city are they in Andy?
Fishy
Ballast Point has it all. Sculpin IPA is the bomb! Oktoberfest was great last year so I have high hopes for this year’s version. Keep it comin’ BP!
Orange wheat brewed in Redlands is by far the best beer I’ve had…. Hanger 24 get with the game hands down… Make the trip to Redlands and check this place out!
Ummm… Why isn’t Lost Abbey listed?
Where is Tailgate? Tailgate beer isn’t the best but their brown and amber are superb.
Charles-
Well put!!!!
ALT BIER, ORANGE WHEAT, HELLES, PALE ALE, IPA, and PORTER!!!! Too bad Polycot and Imperial Blood Orange are not year round….but gives us all something to look forward to!
GO HANGAR 24!
Hangar 24′s Orange Wheat. HANDS DOWN!!!!
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Ballast Point. Hands down. Solid lineup top to bottom.
I vote to ad Kern River Brewing to the list. As someone else said, Just Outstanding is, well, just outstanding.
I haven’t voted yet. But, I would just like to say Southern California has better breweries than Colorado. I’m not a fan of the in-fighting amongst ourselves, but I’m always ready to start a battle with Colorado over craft beer supremacy.
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I wanted to write in North Coast Brewing simply for their Old Rasputin X – Imperial Stout ( http://northcoastbrewing.com/beer-rasputinXII.htm ). They create some amazing beers that are worth the taste.
Is this where you write someone in? I didn’t see any where else to write a brewery in. Consider this my vote (unless, of course, it doesn’t really count)
How the hell is firestone #1???
I respect your opinion, Thor… but I gotta say the only Stone beer I’ve liked in the last couple years has been their collaborations. That’s just my taste. I popped an Angel’s Share a couple weeks ago, and didn’t find it terrible. It’s much like any other English style barleywine I’ve had in carbonation, and the flavor was fantastic. Not sure how much carbonation you want in Older Vis, either. The style doesn’t call for it to be too bubbly. I didn’t mention Red Poppy, Trolley Car, or many others they make well, but I’ll agree that their regular rotation isn’t as good as that of Alpine or AleSmith, but in my mind, their special releases put them above the rest.
Cheers!
Gotta go with Firestone…
Hmmm…not so sure about Stone Brewery. Their IPA is reminiscent of Dogfish Head and other undrinkable, over-hopped IPA’s. Add Kern River Brewing…Delicious seasonal ale
@ “JEFF”
Yeah right, Stone makes incredible beer where as Lost Abbey struggles to keep their brews carbonated! I take it you didnt spend 30 dollars for flat angel’s share, or Older viscosity….I will give you duck duck gooze, thats a great beer, so is isabelle, but their regular lineup of beers are mediocre, and their non sour rare releases were terrible this year.
The Bruery all the way…They’ve only been in business for one year and have already left an impact on the brewing community. They’ve got an international fan base, along with a consistantly high rated line up of beers. I can’t wait to see what these guys do over the next decade.
It is such a difficult decision. Im not sure though if this will tell us the best Southern California Craft Brewery or the most popular.
You mean there are other breweries besides Firestone? Why?
Yeah, +1 on Kern Valley. I wouldn’t really vote for them as best, but they are up there. Just Outstanding IPA is, well, outstanding.
Stone’s overrated. The over hopping trick got old a few years ago. Lost Abbey, however, puts out amazing, complex ales on a regular. Alpine and AleSmith for consistancy up and down, but vote goes to the brewery involved in Isabelle Proximus and makers of Duck Duck Gooze, along with some more of the best sours produced in the United States.
Stone Brewing company FTW!
Although, there were a ton of others that are awesome too.
Hurray Craft Brewing!
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I would put an honorable mention to Kern River Brewing here. Love their stuff.
Add Vote “Alpine Beer Co”