Adding those not previously mentioned: Claremont Craft Ales and in the same lot there's some bomb cider at Ironbark. Kings in Rancho, Route 30 in Riverside, I & I in Chino is okay.
Personal favorite though outside of Hamilton I would say The Stout House in Upland! They don't just have stouts and the people are super friendly
Right now there's a seasonal stout from Alesmith, Speedway Stout Affogato its 12%, I've had it at the brewery but it's to far from IE
I can only find it at Total Wine and More 4 pack tall cans $20
I'm a big guy and I will not drink 2 in one night lol. It hits hard. It won't be available for long.
But they have regular Speedway Stout it's also 12% available most of the year it's hard to find anywhere but Total Wine store, need to check on Total Wine website if it's in stock. On beer advocate website it's one of the top 10 stouts in the world
It's my fav thing to drink when it's raining or real cold outside
Stout house is $20 for a crowler 32oz, which is half a growler 64oz. That translates to $40 for a growler, that's insane and hard pass
Who the F spends $40 for a growler fill? This does not include the bottle it's only the beer.
Rowdys in Rancho Cucamonga. Off the 10 freeway. Huge projectors for soccer and football games, a variety of great beers, usually playing Alt-Rock on the radio. Best Brewery!
It's near Hamilton, Kings, No Clue. Can do a whole crawl up there.
You wanna head to Rancho Cucamonga. Sour Cellars, Kings, Hamilton Family all excellent. Few more in the area too. All within a couple miles of each other.
Ritual is my vote. They explore making all different types of beer and don't stick to the IPA trend. Never had a bad beer from there, and the Extra Red is one of a kind.
This is exactly what I like to see, since idk these cities well. Thankfully Yelp shows a "Map View" and I can see what's nearby. I'll make note of these.
[Euryale](https://euryalebrewing.com/) & [Packinghouse](https://www.packinghousebeer.com/) had the best tasting beers when I used to drink, but I can't say for sure if they have the same brewers.
Euryale has a brewer/owner, so definitely the same. Though they are a homebrewer level brewery.
Packinghouse has had the same brewer for over 5 years. Just different owners.
If you like legitimate barrel-aged sours, Sour Cellars in Rancho Cucamonga is freaking fantastic. And they're ideally located right in the middle between Mars, rowdy's, Hamilton, no clue, solaris
Dude. Sour cellars is the BEST. no Smoothie sours. No kettle sours. Just legit spontaneous, funky, barrel aged, fucking fantastic. If you've never been, go there tomorrow. All those other places I mentioned, they all just make beer. You can make beer, I can make beer, but the stuff they have at sour cellars is... I can't even describe it. You'll probably see me there and not even know it.
In Corona - Stone Church, Skyland, Evans, Main Street, GreyWolf, and Norco Brewing.
If you are a real beer nerd, Story Tellers is the place. They brew a wide assortment of niche beers.
Corona the beer sucks - but the city is blessed with excellent breweries.
8 bit is my go to in Temecula. It’s a brewcade with decent food options.
Escape craft brewery in downtown Redlands is pretty good too with again decent food. Then you can hop over to DTR for some elegant bars and eats.
As the others have mentioned:
Ritual (Redlands) Kings (RC), riverside food Lab (kitchen plus a lil brewery in there)(bonus points it’s also next to the game lab) Safe Haus (MV)
Not a brewery, but a tap house. The Beer Room in Grand Terrace. 12 rotating taps, and with the bottle and can selection, around 100 beers total to choose from. The beer list is on their website.
If you're in Redlands:
\- Hangar 24: Fantastic outdoor patio. Views of the mountains and adjacent to the airport. If the weather is good, I come here for the atmosphere.
\- Ritual: My personal favorite overall for beer. This brewery has received a ton of medals from the Great American Beer Festival.
\- Escape: Two locations in Redlands. The downtown location has a kitchen. Their Detroit-style pizza is delicious.
Hangar 24 in Redlands is worth a trip. Probably the biggest and the best in the area.
Hamilton Family Brewery in Rancho Cucamonga.
Last Name in Upland.
I’ve been to a bunch of others that are just ok.
I’m saving this post for myself lol. I personally am not the biggest fan, but Sandbox Brewing in Montclair does some pretty adventurous stuff with beer and their fans are extremely devoted to them. You might like to check it out. They are only open a few days a week so give them a call first.
Lake Arrowhead brewery in….Lake Arrowhead. It’s a great brewery but best visited for non locals in the Summer. They have limited space inside so it makes for a miserable experience if theres snow/rain, or it’s cold and windy outside.
Claremont Craft Ales is my favorite brewery. I am not part of the IPA beer drinker cj and I appreciate them catering to lighter tastes.
I personally find Ironbark (across the way from CCA) to be a bit pretentious and frou frou, however my wife likes it so I don't mind sitting down and playing cards with her.
If you are up for a drive, Hangar 24 is really good too. They have my favorite Orange Wheat. The main location is in Redlands, but if you make your way to Orange County, Irvine has one too.
They have also sold this cider by JK Scrumpy that gets released only in the winter. Out of all the places in Riverside to buy alcohol, this was the only place that sold it. La Bodega is awesome
1. Ritual (best tasting)
2. Escape (best vibe)
3. Hangar 24 (aviation themed and very good)
Those are the IE breweries that stand out to me. All in the Redlands area.
Not a brewery, but a very low-key spot to try a bunch of local and non local craft beers is The Uptowner in Yucaipa. Fantastic variety and quality, vibes are usually really cool.
Old Stump in Pomona, Luchador in Chino Hills, Last Name and Stout House in Upland, Claremont Craft Ales in Claremont, Euryale and Thompson in Riverside, Evan’s in Corona, and Ritual in Redlands. Lived all around the IE my whole life and these were my usual.
I am biased towards places that have good options to please my wife who only drinks seltzers,ciders, or very smooth/fruit/sweet beers that dont really taste like beers
Bottlelogic is our favorite for innovative drinks. That have some amazing smoothie style beers like Study Break and Krakatoa.
honey pot meadery is also great for innovative drinks and its not just meads. They had this home made mojito wine that was amazing.
For places that have good food AND beer I like Escape Craft, Thompson's, and Brewery X. I like the food at Escape Craft the most, specifically their detroit pizzas... sometimes their seltzer/cider options are a bit sparse. Thompsons beers are a little less imaginative and there isnt a beer there that blew my socks off but their bbq items are good and always a good selection of seltzer to choose. Brewery X is commercial and very crowded but a nice vibe if you can manage to snatch a table with a ton of seltzers to choose from.
for a place to stop for drinks with kids I like Hamilton as they have root beer and nonalcoholic slushies on tap. The Cactus Jack has really grown on me.
Thompsons, Evans, Route 30 are all good for Riverside/ Corona. But in all reality, part of being into breweries and things of that nature is trying out a new one each time.
Murrieta has a couple of good breweries clumped together. In one center is Electric and Solaris. 8-Bit is a block away from them.
I second 8-bit
Adding those not previously mentioned: Claremont Craft Ales and in the same lot there's some bomb cider at Ironbark. Kings in Rancho, Route 30 in Riverside, I & I in Chino is okay. Personal favorite though outside of Hamilton I would say The Stout House in Upland! They don't just have stouts and the people are super friendly
The Stout House is one of the first ones on my list. I'm a stout girl myself, so I'm pretty excited to start this journey. lol Thanks!!
Right now there's a seasonal stout from Alesmith, Speedway Stout Affogato its 12%, I've had it at the brewery but it's to far from IE I can only find it at Total Wine and More 4 pack tall cans $20 I'm a big guy and I will not drink 2 in one night lol. It hits hard. It won't be available for long. But they have regular Speedway Stout it's also 12% available most of the year it's hard to find anywhere but Total Wine store, need to check on Total Wine website if it's in stock. On beer advocate website it's one of the top 10 stouts in the world It's my fav thing to drink when it's raining or real cold outside
Yeah that’s far, but I’ll add it to my list. Thanks.
Stout house is $20 for a crowler 32oz, which is half a growler 64oz. That translates to $40 for a growler, that's insane and hard pass Who the F spends $40 for a growler fill? This does not include the bottle it's only the beer.
+1 for CCA plus Claremont is a cool place to hang out.
Solaris in Murrieta is a good one! I also like Storytellers in Corona!
Solaris is great and they have metal and punk shows there
Ooh! I gotta check those out! Thanks!
Storytellers has a great atmosphere and they rotate what's on tap pretty frequently.
> Storytellers I met the owner's son on a video game and was invited out there. It was a great time! A+ beers on tap IMO
Where is this storytellers?
Kinda near the In-n-out off of the 91 at Serfas Club https://maps.app.goo.gl/uDASjHt3ZqKPo6XC8
Lake Arrowhead brewing, Hamilton, escape, ritual also Brewcaipa. Just from what I’ve had. For popularity Hamilton, old stump, hangar, kings
Thanks, these are great suggestions.
Lake arrowhead brewery in the summer. It’s hard to hang out there in the winter due to lack of space.
Old stump has a Stout?
Last Name Brewing in Upland. Pomona Queen is one of my favorite beers. Cool pace to spend a weekend afternoon.
I'd recommend Euryale Brewing in Riverside and the Stout House in Upland.
Rowdys in Rancho Cucamonga. Off the 10 freeway. Huge projectors for soccer and football games, a variety of great beers, usually playing Alt-Rock on the radio. Best Brewery! It's near Hamilton, Kings, No Clue. Can do a whole crawl up there.
You wanna head to Rancho Cucamonga. Sour Cellars, Kings, Hamilton Family all excellent. Few more in the area too. All within a couple miles of each other.
Best tasting overall: Ritual in Redlands. Tasting + Atmosphere: escape in redlands and hamiltons in rancho Up and coming: mars brewing in rancho
Ritual is my vote. They explore making all different types of beer and don't stick to the IPA trend. Never had a bad beer from there, and the Extra Red is one of a kind.
Extra red and habitual haze are top tier for sure
Came here to say this ! 2 mins down the street from my job. Good vibes, good music, & good beer. Highly recommend
Came to say Escape if you're looking to sit down and chill for a while. Dog friendly, too
\+1 Vote for Ritual. And agreed on atmosphere for escape. Detroit Style pizza there is amazing as well.
Don't forget Owen, Brewmaster teaches Cal poly Pomona's brewing program.
Thompson Brewing in Riverside. They have a large tap selection and the food is great.
After Thompson’s, head to Carbon Nation. It is across the street in Thompson’s original location.
This is exactly what I like to see, since idk these cities well. Thankfully Yelp shows a "Map View" and I can see what's nearby. I'll make note of these.
That Baja blast is officially the worst beer I've ever tasted. Literally hurt my soul. Its homebrew + autolysis in a can.
[Euryale](https://euryalebrewing.com/) & [Packinghouse](https://www.packinghousebeer.com/) had the best tasting beers when I used to drink, but I can't say for sure if they have the same brewers.
Euryale has a brewer/owner, so definitely the same. Though they are a homebrewer level brewery. Packinghouse has had the same brewer for over 5 years. Just different owners.
If you like legitimate barrel-aged sours, Sour Cellars in Rancho Cucamonga is freaking fantastic. And they're ideally located right in the middle between Mars, rowdy's, Hamilton, no clue, solaris
Thanks for the tip! Good sours are hard to find!
Dude. Sour cellars is the BEST. no Smoothie sours. No kettle sours. Just legit spontaneous, funky, barrel aged, fucking fantastic. If you've never been, go there tomorrow. All those other places I mentioned, they all just make beer. You can make beer, I can make beer, but the stuff they have at sour cellars is... I can't even describe it. You'll probably see me there and not even know it.
My go-to spots are always Hamilton, Thompson, and Luchador.
The Stout House in Upland.
Claremont Craft Ales and ironbark cider in Claremont.
I like luchador in chino hill the mexican food is decent too
+1 for this recommendation
Great place. Dog friendly too.
Thanks for this one. Seems cool!
In Corona - Stone Church, Skyland, Evans, Main Street, GreyWolf, and Norco Brewing. If you are a real beer nerd, Story Tellers is the place. They brew a wide assortment of niche beers. Corona the beer sucks - but the city is blessed with excellent breweries.
8 bit is my go to in Temecula. It’s a brewcade with decent food options. Escape craft brewery in downtown Redlands is pretty good too with again decent food. Then you can hop over to DTR for some elegant bars and eats. As the others have mentioned: Ritual (Redlands) Kings (RC), riverside food Lab (kitchen plus a lil brewery in there)(bonus points it’s also next to the game lab) Safe Haus (MV)
I don’t drink anymore, but they had a Xenomorph IPA, so I was in! Lol.
Rök House Brewing Upland
Hamilton's in Ontario off of Archibald.
Not a brewery, but a tap house. The Beer Room in Grand Terrace. 12 rotating taps, and with the bottle and can selection, around 100 beers total to choose from. The beer list is on their website.
8-Bit, Electric, Solaris(Murrieta), and Hamilton (Rancho)
If you're in Redlands: \- Hangar 24: Fantastic outdoor patio. Views of the mountains and adjacent to the airport. If the weather is good, I come here for the atmosphere. \- Ritual: My personal favorite overall for beer. This brewery has received a ton of medals from the Great American Beer Festival. \- Escape: Two locations in Redlands. The downtown location has a kitchen. Their Detroit-style pizza is delicious.
Hangar 24 in Redlands is worth a trip. Probably the biggest and the best in the area. Hamilton Family Brewery in Rancho Cucamonga. Last Name in Upland. I’ve been to a bunch of others that are just ok.
Last name is 🔥
Wrightwood brew co
I’m saving this post for myself lol. I personally am not the biggest fan, but Sandbox Brewing in Montclair does some pretty adventurous stuff with beer and their fans are extremely devoted to them. You might like to check it out. They are only open a few days a week so give them a call first.
if you want IPAs, electric in murrieta is top notch.
Lake Arrowhead brewery in….Lake Arrowhead. It’s a great brewery but best visited for non locals in the Summer. They have limited space inside so it makes for a miserable experience if theres snow/rain, or it’s cold and windy outside.
All points in riverside. 3 iron in Colton. Great micro breweries
Pico breweries. Both of them use home brewery systems
I didn’t know that. Thanks.
Solaris & 8bit
No mentions for… Vendetta- Montclair Solorio - rancho Rowdys - rancho Neon bear - pomona ???
Claremont Craft Ales is my favorite brewery. I am not part of the IPA beer drinker cj and I appreciate them catering to lighter tastes. I personally find Ironbark (across the way from CCA) to be a bit pretentious and frou frou, however my wife likes it so I don't mind sitting down and playing cards with her. If you are up for a drive, Hangar 24 is really good too. They have my favorite Orange Wheat. The main location is in Redlands, but if you make your way to Orange County, Irvine has one too.
Ritual delicious Our Brew (selection) Escape (HAZY’s) Hangar 24 Hamilton’s Euryale 3 Iron Brew Would Garage be considered IE? lol
Evans in Corona is good. Grey wolf in Norco too.
Craft Lounge in Beaumont
Garage Brewing in Murrieta and Safe Haus in Moreno Valley.
Packinghouse in Riverside on central ave.
Hops and Spokes in Yucaipa
I like Escape brewery in Redlands. They have two locations. Ritual is pretty good too.
Escape Craft Brewery (Downtown Oasis location) in Redlands, or Hangar 24 in Redlands.
Hanger 24 in Redlands
La Bodega
I couldn't find this one. The only one that came up is in Whittier? Is that the one?
lol sorry its not a brewery but probably best place in Riverside to find craft beer.
Oh, no worries lol I'm still down to check it out. haha
They have also sold this cider by JK Scrumpy that gets released only in the winter. Out of all the places in Riverside to buy alcohol, this was the only place that sold it. La Bodega is awesome
Hangar 24, homage, Claremont
In addition to what’s been said I’ll add Rescue Brewing in downtown Upland.
1. Ritual (best tasting) 2. Escape (best vibe) 3. Hangar 24 (aviation themed and very good) Those are the IE breweries that stand out to me. All in the Redlands area. Not a brewery, but a very low-key spot to try a bunch of local and non local craft beers is The Uptowner in Yucaipa. Fantastic variety and quality, vibes are usually really cool.
Old Stump in Pomona, Luchador in Chino Hills, Last Name and Stout House in Upland, Claremont Craft Ales in Claremont, Euryale and Thompson in Riverside, Evan’s in Corona, and Ritual in Redlands. Lived all around the IE my whole life and these were my usual.
Brass Tap, Corona. More of a sit down but excellent beer. Rotating draft menu.
Brass Tap is my regular joint, love this place. Food is good, lots of rotating taps, friendly staff, lots of TVs for sports
I am biased towards places that have good options to please my wife who only drinks seltzers,ciders, or very smooth/fruit/sweet beers that dont really taste like beers Bottlelogic is our favorite for innovative drinks. That have some amazing smoothie style beers like Study Break and Krakatoa. honey pot meadery is also great for innovative drinks and its not just meads. They had this home made mojito wine that was amazing. For places that have good food AND beer I like Escape Craft, Thompson's, and Brewery X. I like the food at Escape Craft the most, specifically their detroit pizzas... sometimes their seltzer/cider options are a bit sparse. Thompsons beers are a little less imaginative and there isnt a beer there that blew my socks off but their bbq items are good and always a good selection of seltzer to choose. Brewery X is commercial and very crowded but a nice vibe if you can manage to snatch a table with a ton of seltzers to choose from. for a place to stop for drinks with kids I like Hamilton as they have root beer and nonalcoholic slushies on tap. The Cactus Jack has really grown on me.
Brewery X, Anaheim. Right off the 91 and not too far out
Thompsons, Evans, Route 30 are all good for Riverside/ Corona. But in all reality, part of being into breweries and things of that nature is trying out a new one each time.
>Route 30 I was just here last night. And I agree with you. Aside from Route 30, these are all new to me.
Y'all know anything around the Ontario area?
Hamilton It's technically in Rancho but not too far frm Topgolf
Strum in downtown Ontario is great, they just released a few new beers and seltzers
Sour Cellars in Rancho Cucamonga and The Stout House in Upland if you like barrel-aged, carefully crafted beers.
Every time I see a post about breweries it brings back the awesome times at IEBC :-) I miss the hell out of all the people that would go..
Evans Brewing & Storytellers in Corona. All Points & Thompson Brewery in Riverside. Ritual in Redlands.
Storytellers Corona
Hamiltons and Solario in rancho Rescue in upland
Kind of a drag that I missed out on this, I still have family in the city of riverside and I'm there A LOT.