White Labs Brewing Co - San Diego - San Diego, California

Sierra S.

As a scientist by day, coming to White Labs was an absolute treat. If you haven’t been here before, White labs is a premier yeast maker for commercial and home brewers across the globe. They do tours of their facility on Friday and Saturday at 2pm and 3:30pm. Our tour was with Matt who was a wealth of knowledge about brewing, yeast, science, and the history of the business. I was enthralled for the 30ish minute tour.

The tasting room is unique in comparison to others in “beeramesa” - they had a huge range of beers that are split and brewed with different strains of yeast to show you how much the yeast makes a difference in color, taste, viscosity, etc.

We tried several dual beers including the Kolsch, the 20C, the Heff, and the Buchner IPA. My favorite was the Buchner for its crisp flavor and citrus tones. The heff has a lot of banana in it, and the Kolsch definitely has a bit of Belgian funk to it.

I will certainly be back with friends in tow. This is a perfect place for a casual hang or to bring people from out of town. Loved the beer, the people, and the atmosphere!

Tiffany O.

Really cool concept that aims to show the difference that different yeasts can make on the final product.
(+) Vibe - nice indoor and outdoor area. Dog friendly.
(+) Beers - really cool side by sides to show the yeast differences.
(+) Pizza - the white mushroom pizza was really good, we added sausage.
(+) Friendly service.

Would go again.

Craig S.

It was…pretty good. We were excited to get the tour, which is supposed to start at 1:00 and 3:00. We arrived at 2:45, only to find that they randomly chose to start the tour way early that day. Bummer. They said they’d take us through a bit later and we waited (drinking beers of course) for 90 minutes, but they never followed through. Aside from that, the beers were pretty good. Not amazing, which I guess is expected since it’s a yeast specialty place more than a brewery?

Sharon B.

Not much of a beer drinker but my friend took me here for the pizza and it was delicious. I wish we came with more people so that we could have ordered more food to try.

Got a nice cider on tap. We ordered the Cesar salad and funghi pizza. The Cesar salad was the only salad on the limited food menu. It was a nice portion with crispy romaine and high on the salty anchovies.
The funghi mushroom with pistachio pesto (Yum!) was crispy and very delicious. I'm still thinking of the pizza now!

There are high bar height tables with chairs inside. We sat outside on their heated covered patio with regular tables. There are plenty of parking but business was a bit slow on a Thursday evening.

Joji B.

Haven’t had pizza crust this good ever since moving from the east coast. Unique experience of drinking beers as you can have the same beer but have different yeasts.

Brady J.

Super nice brew house. Pizza was beyond expectations. This place is tip-top.
One of the features they do is to brew the same beer formula with different yeast varieties.

Pizza department is the best. The yeast in the crust is from their yeast varieties.

10/28 Back again. Had pizza again. Was even better than the first time.

Beers are pretty f-----in good, also.

Gavin Z.

Interesting microbrew pub. They brew beers with same ingredients except they use different types of yeasts. They serve food also

Jesse B.

Awesome brewery that really gets into the science behind brewing. They have a unique side by side option to try the same beer but brewed with different yeast strains. Its really adds a special element to their brews. Overall the brewery had great beer, food options, and merch. The parking is somewhat limited but the indoor and outdoor seating options are great.