What I find most amazing about BajaBrewLabs is the fact that they built all their brew equipment themselves – the kettles, the fermenters, everything. Especially noteworthy: the draft handles made out of dildos! □īajaBrewLabs, as well as Azteca Craft Brewing, is in a little shopping mall just off Avenida Revolución, the main tourist drag in Downtown Tijuana. Their brewery is a bit out of the way, but you can check out their tasting room at Plaza Fiesta. La Belga Sicotica is an amazing beer and if you ever have a chance to try it, do and thank me later □ I am starting off with my favorite one: Border Psycho Brewery makes some amazing Beers! They have a dark Saison that was so good, I smuggled a growler back over the border with me to share with the hubs and it was one of my favorite Beers I have ever tried. Here are some of my favorite Breweries in Tijuana and I highly recommend checking them out, if you head down to TJ and like Craft Beer! Border Psycho Brewery The breweries in Tijuana still had the flair and passion of Homebrewers and instead of channeling their efforts into marketing and fancy schmancy tasting rooms, they focus on creating good beers. The brewers in TJ have to work with what they got and it makes them quite innovative. They are the Silicon Valley of today, with all the angel investors and pie charts and overnight millionaires. Many of the breweries in the US have a ton of money behind them through loans and investors. Steve Jobs making beer, ahm, computers out his garage in the good ‘ol days. It felt a little like Silicon Valley in the 70s. What I really liked about them was the fact that they were smaller and a bit less established. The breweries that I did get to visit were really cool and made some amazing beers. I definitely have to go back and try some more, especially since the poor husband had to stay home and work that day □ I just had one day in Mexico, so I could only sample a few select Craft Beer Breweries in Tijuana. Breweries in Tijuana and San Diego have a unique and different feel to them and while you can see the influence on each other, they stay true to their own style. Stone worked with Cervezeria Insurgente to create Xocoveza a deep and rich Chocolate Stout Collaboration Brew that makes you want to dunk your churros in your beer.īut what I love the most about the Brew scenes in both cities is that they don’t just copy each other. But there are also some smaller ones that are making a name for themselves, like Modern Times, AleSmith and Societe.īut did this trend swap over San Diego’s neighbor city of Tijuana? It certainly has and the connection between these two cities and their breweries is quite evident, once you start looking for it. They throw some pretty big names into the ring of Craft Beer Breweries, like Stone, Green Flash, and Ballast Point. San Diego is the Craft Beer capital of California. And who could say no to some yummy Mexican food together with some cold brews? The San Diego Connection I heard some rumors and decided to dig a little deeper by going on a little Craft Beer and Brewery Tour in Tijuana to see for myself what was brewing in TJ. Was there a Craft Beer scene at all? I have to admit, I had no idea that there were any micro breweries in Tijuana. So during my recent visit to San Diego, I decided to head South over the border and see what the breweries in Tijuana were up to. The husband and I love to visit breweries, check out craft beer tasting rooms, heck, we even brew our own beer at home. I mean, it is hardly a secret on my blog.
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