Pizza Port Brewing Company is a
brewpub with five locations in
Southern California:
Solana Beach, two in
Carlsbad
Carlsbad may refer to:
*Carlsbad, California, United States
*Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States
*Carlsbad, Texas, United States
*Karlovy Vary
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(Downtown and Bressi Ranch),
Ocean Beach and
San Clemente. A former Pizza Port location in
San Marcos spun out of Pizza Port in 2006 and is now an independent operation, the
Port Brewing Company /
Lost Abbey
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brewery. It has received multiple awards, including "Small Brewpub of the Year" for both 2003 and 2004, by the Great American Beer Festival and six awards for its beers at the World Beer Cup.
History
Pizza Port was established in March 1987 when it made
pizza
Pizza (, ) is a dish of Italian origin consisting of a usually round, flat base of leavened wheat-based dough topped with tomatoes, cheese, and often various other ingredients (such as various types of sausage, anchovies, mushrooms, onions ...
only in
Solana Beach. They installed a 7-
barrel
A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container with a bulging center, longer than it is wide. They are traditionally made of wooden staves and bound by wooden or metal hoops. The word vat is often used for large containers for liquids, ...
brewery and served their first handcrafted
beer brewed on the premises in October 1992, becoming part of the "second wave" of craft breweries that led San Diego County to prominence in the craft brewing industry. Even before that, the restaurant's guest taps featuring local home-brewed beer were "hugely influential" in the development of San Diego's brewing culture.
Awards
The Solana Beach location was named Small Brewpub of the Year in both 2003 and 2004 by the Great American Beer Festival. In 2006, it was named one of the "Top 50 Places to Have a Beer in America" by beeradvocate.com. They have won over 100 GABF medals in total, and most of any craft brewery in History. The brews have won several prizes at the
World Beer Cup, including 5 gold medals. In 2010, the Pizza Port family of breweries won 6 awards for its beers at the
World Beer Cup, and in 2012 they won 5 more.
In 2009, 2010 and 2011, Pizza Port Carlsbad was named Large Brewpub of the Year at the
Great American Beer Festival.
Gallery
See also
*
California breweries
References
External links
*
Beer brewing companies based in San Diego County, California
Companies based in San Diego County, California
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