Alpine Beer Company in Alpine, Calfiornia definitely puts the 'micro' into Microbrewery. As you step into the tasting room at Alpine Beer Company it's difficult to tell if you have just entered a microbrewery, or the garage of an overly-enthusiastic home brewer. From the moment you step through the front door, until a half second later when you bump into the wall on the far end of the the tasting room, it's clear you've arrived at a 'cozy' operation.
There is a ‘proper’ tasting room in the works next door but until they’re able to get through the red tape set out by the city of Alpine, a small space separated from the fermenting tanks by a thin wooden bar serves as the tasting room. In house tasting is limited to four tastes per guest, sold at one dollar per taste. With over a dozen beers on tap the 4-tastes-per person limitation requires some serious weighing of options.
Now, it should be said that Alpine Beer Company was our first stop on the SoCal brewery tour and I was thirsty and sober. It should also be said that when you’re sober and extremely thirsty, you are prone to make poor choices about which beer to drink.
That said, I though it would be a good idea to try ‘Willy Vanilly’ an ultra-sweet, vanilla infused beer. Not only did this request incur ridicule from my tour-mates, but our bartender politely informed me that the Willy Vanilly was referred to by the staff as the L.P.D. or, liquid panty dropper... Great.

Beyond the LPD mishap I throughly enjoyed everything that Alpine made, and by the steady stream of people coming in to fill growlers, it appears the locals enjoyed Alpine as well.
Because of its tiny size you’d be hard pressed to find this stuff anywhere outside of Southern California but if you’re in the greater San Diego Area, you owe it to yourself to make the trip to Alpine, CA.
Sign up for their news letter here and be the first to know when they finally get their proper tasting room open!
Now, it should be said that Alpine Beer Company was our first stop on the SoCal brewery tour and I was thirsty and sober. It should also be said that when you’re sober and extremely thirsty, you are prone to make poor choices about which beer to drink.

Beyond the LPD mishap I throughly enjoyed everything that Alpine made, and by the steady stream of people coming in to fill growlers, it appears the locals enjoyed Alpine as well.
Because of its tiny size you’d be hard pressed to find this stuff anywhere outside of Southern California but if you’re in the greater San Diego Area, you owe it to yourself to make the trip to Alpine, CA.
Sign up for their news letter here and be the first to know when they finally get their proper tasting room open!
-Prost!
D.Lux
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