Port Brewing Company is a
craft brewery
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headquartered in
San Marcos
San Marcos is the Spanish name of Saint Mark. It may also refer to:
Towns and cities Argentina
* San Marcos, Salta
Colombia
* San Marcos, Antioquia
* San Marcos, Sucre
Costa Rica
* San Marcos, Costa Rica (aka San Marcos de TarrazĂș)
...
,
California
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. It was founded in 2006 in
San Marcos
San Marcos is the Spanish name of Saint Mark. It may also refer to:
Towns and cities Argentina
* San Marcos, Salta
Colombia
* San Marcos, Antioquia
* San Marcos, Sucre
Costa Rica
* San Marcos, Costa Rica (aka San Marcos de TarrazĂș)
...
,
San Diego County
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,
California
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. The brewery also produces beers under the name
Lost Abbey Brewing.
History
In 2006,
Pizza Port
Pizza Port Brewing Company is a brewpub with five locations in Southern California: Solana Beach, two in Carlsbad (Downtown and Bressi Ranch), Ocean Beach and San Clemente. A former Pizza Port location in San Marcos spun out of Pizza Port in 2 ...
owners Vince and Gina Marsaglia expanded the
beer
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production in a
brewing
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facility formerly owned by
Stone Brewing Company
Stone Brewing (formerly Stone Brewing Co.) is a brewery headquartered in Escondido, California, USA. Founded in 1996 in San Marcos, California, it is the largest brewery in Southern California. Based on 2020 sales volume it is the ninth larges ...
in San Marcos. This existing brewery space led to an increase the amount of beers available for distribution. The new brewery project was named Port Brewing Company, LLC.
Beers
Year Round Beers
Seasonal Beers
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includes:
Draft Only
Awards
Hop-15, their
Double IPA has received numerous trophies from
Great American Beer Festival
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, notably silver medal in 2003, silver medal in 2005, & bronze medal in 2008.
The brewery and head brewer Tomme Arthur were named Small Brewery of the Year at the 2007
Great American Beer Festival
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and 2008 Champion Brewery and Champion Brewer in the Small Brewing Company Category at the
World Beer Cup
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.
See also
*
California breweries
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References
External links
Port Brewing Company WebsitePort Brewing News, Reviews and EventsBeer Advocate Brewery Profile
Beer brewing companies based in San Diego County, California
Companies based in San Diego County, California
Food and drink companies established in 2006
American companies established in 2006
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