Pizza Port Brewing Company is a
brewpub
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with eight locations in
Southern California
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. 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 brewery.
History
Pizza Port was established in March 1987 when it made
pizza
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only in
Solana Beach
Solana Beach (''Solana'', Spanish for "sunny side") is a beach city in San Diego County, California, on the South Coast. Its population was at 12,940 at the 2020 U.S. census, up from 12,867 at the 2010 census.
History
The area was first set ...
. They installed a seven-
barrel
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brewery
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and served their first handcrafted
beer
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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
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, including 5 gold medals. In 2010, the Pizza Port family of breweries won 6 awards for its beers at the
World Beer Cup
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, 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
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.
At the 2024
World Beer Cup
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, two of its beers won **gold medals:
* Junk In Da Trunkel Dunkel (Pizza Port Ocean Beach) – Gold in the *South German-Style Dunkel Weizen* category.
* 24th Annual Strong Ale Festival Blend (Pizza Port Carlsbad) – Gold in the Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer* category.
Gallery
See also
*
California breweries
This list of breweries in California, both current and defunct, includes both microbrewery, microbreweries and larger industrial scale breweries. Brewing companies range widely in the volume and variety of beer produced, ranging from small brewe ...
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.pizzaport.com
Beer brewing companies based in San Diego County, California
Companies based in San Diego County, California