The Beer Company

San Diego

PERMANENTLY CLOSED

From a dude whose first sudsy effort (Huntington Beach Beer Company) was just built into an existing brewery, SDBC's a brewtastic palace he's actually built himself: a dark hardwood griller with an upper-deck, couched lounge and huge elliptical bar, all fronted by a glassed-in micro-brewery where you can see the CO2 bubbling up from fermentation -- it's ok, that design aspect is totally considered a compliment in Japan!

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