San Diego Breweries will be the largest Breweries in Southern California

It can help to concentrate your strategies a bit by geographic region as well as by the types of beers you would like to experience, with creating what is probably tens of thousands of different beers. When there's one beer style which could be looked at quintessentially San Diego, it is got to be our India Pale Ales (or IPAs). When it involves IPAs, San Diego brewers do not skimp on the hops! That is why, if you're a real hop-head, and there is an opportunity to tour some San Diego breweries, you're sure to be one happy hopper.



If you want to take a brewery tour of San Diego here's one suggested roadmap for researching Downtown San Diego and "jumping" from one great beer to the next:



First Stop: Karl Strauss



Where: 1157 Columbia Street



There are normally about 10 collections on tap here, which often contain Tower 10 IPA and Pintail Pale Ale, both of which deliver a lot of hoppy goodness in a medium-bodied package that match well with food. If one of the special beers of Brewmaster Paul Segura is available - such as Tower 20 Double IPA or Huge Barrel Double IPA - do not pass them up.



Second Stop: Mission Brewery



Where: 1441 L Street - walking time from Karl Strauss: about 20 minutes



Here, you are able to have a look at a few of Brewmaster John Egan's hoppy brews, including El Conquistador Extra Pale Ale, which delivers an impressive quantity of hops in a very sessionable beer (in other words, it's simple to drink!). Moving up in intensity could be then and Mission IPA Shipwrecked Double IPA, which has become the brewery's most popular and best-selling beer of late.



Third stop:



Where: 805 16th Street - walking time from Mission: about 15 minutes)



Here, you'll not only find a fantastic variety of Monkey Paw brews that are excellent, you'll also have one of San Diego's finest faucet lists when you need it. Opportunities certainly are numerous brilliant pale ales and IPAs from all over San Diego will be around, however don't pass up a chance to taste some of Monkey Paw's own. And, what is more, you'll be drinking in a gold medal winning brewery: Bonobos won gold at this year's GABF (Great American Beer Festival) in a crowded field of 120 entries.



Discretionary Stop 4: Coronado Brewing Company



If you truly wanted to add an extra dimension to your downtown hop tour, you could walk to the ferry at Seaport Village (only a 15 minute walk from Karl Strauss) and float on over to Coronado, where you will locate Coronado Brewing Company. There, you are able to sip on four or three tasty elixirs, including Idiot IPA, Islander IPA, or Frog's Breath IPA. And, in the event you are feeling Flemish, you can even try their tasty Hoppy Daze, which can be a Belgian IPA.