Belching Beaver Tasting Room

Superb brew, staff is extremely knowledgeable and friendly. This is the type of place that makes me proud to call San Diego home. Jared behind the bar makes this the type of place you want to come back to. Dog friendly!!!

I am sorry, but there are too many other breweries in my neighborhood to keep coming back to this one where the service is unbelievably slow, the lighting is too bright, and the beer isn’t that great. It should not take 15 minutes or more to get a beer EACH time.

I’m not really a fan of beer but the beaver has some amazing stuff. Tried a flight of 4 different beers and the ODB and PB stout were my favs. I also tried their «liquid gold» which is peanut butter stout with Reese’s ice cream… droooollll.
This place also has games and comp snacks as well.

Great atmosphere great beer great location shitty parking… For a Saturday night date with my other half we headed to North Park to try out the Belching Beaver. We both enjoy drinking beer and especially trying new ones, and we both settled on this delicious IPA «Here comes Mango» 6.5% it was so taste we had the bar keep’ em coming for the rest of the night. We also got taster flights beavers milk, p-​nut butter stout, me so honey and the imperial horchata stout. I’ve already had all this beers before but not from tap just bottled and I have to say all good especially the P-​nut stout. Great atmosphere lots of room chairs tables. Lots of board games and decks of cards. We played Checkers, Uno and Jenga. I lost big in checkers and uno but I killed it at Jenga I’m the Jenga queen hahaha! I really enjoyed this place.

I’m never excited about coming to North Park. I don’t fit in here. All of my friends think that because I am a true nerd, wear glasses, mostly contacts, dress like I don’t give a rats ass, and have a «chill» personality they claim me as a hipster. Now if you know anything about Hipsters, you know that’s not the case. Hipsters and nerds can be confused as being the same but their not. Hipsters are just indie versions of stuck up rich people. Stuck up, glasses, toms or vans shoes, and succeeding in music or brewing their own beer. I’m not here to discriminate I’m mostly saying this to tell you why «I» personally don’t like hipsters. Doesn’t make my thoughts true or false. Just shows «MY» opinion.
Anyways… I came here with a childhood friend to chill. When I first came in there was a tall man and a tall skinny blonde behind the counter. It took them 10 minutes to say, «We will be right with you» and when they said it, there was no smile and they didn’t even make eye contact with me. Iv’e worked in retail and food for 8 years now, and I can already tell customer service was not on the top of their list. When I was asking questions about the menu the tall blond groaned. Are you serious? Your gunna groan at a customer? Hun I’m not here to be your parent and teach you manners I’m here to order a beer with a friend and just chill. Your attitude isn’t wanted. She kept walking away while mid talking to us to talk to other customers and eventually I just asked the man for help instead.
Once we finally got our drinks we sat down and got some board games to play while we talked. After a while we left and no, «Thanks for coming in!» as we exited the door. I enjoy their Peanut Butter stout which is why I wanted to come to the brewery instead of grabbing a bottle at the grocery store. But after this snob fest of a visit, I wont be coming back. Peanut Stouts are good and you can get them at other bars on tap and Bevmo, but if your not a hipster, coming her wont be pleasant.

Very cool spot. Great vibe, cool staff. Absolutely have to check this off your must-​try Brewer list!

Board games, chill atmosphere, plenty of tables, tasty beer. Not a bad place to hang out with friends for a couple hours.
Careful if you have food allergies they have lactose in many of their beers.
Hubby really liked the coffee beer. Me so honey beer was ok. Did not like the horchata beer.
Cool place to hangout.

The place is small and cozy. Overall the employees were helpful in picking a beer I would like. The peanut butter stout is amazing! I came during happy hour and paid 18 bucks for 4 beers. They have board games and areas to lounge around while drinking your beer. I couldn’t really ask for more. They don’t have a kitchen but they have a food truck outside and a menu to delivery. I will definitely return to try the beer floats that looked delicious.

Ugh. That name.
I honestly thought I’d never set foot in this place.
Belching beaver conjures up images of complete and total douchbaggery in my mind. All the beers having subtle sexual connotations… ‘Easy beaver’ to name one. I feel this place requires you to have an IQ less than your shoe size… except for trivia night, of course.
Speaking of trivia night… It was way too loud to hear anything. So many drunks talking over each other and the MC. It was a total headache. Fitting for this clientele.
My team ended up leaving half way thru…
Probably will never return…
And there’s no reason to… The beer was pedestrian. Very flat footed and one dimensional. Why pay $ 6 for a pint? Not worth it. So many stouts! Why?! And as far as selection is concerned, there was none.
Go elsewhere, Unilocalers. This town has plenty of better brews.
And where the hell are they getting all these 5 star reviews? From the people with five brain cells? Jesus Christ… The laws of the universe must not pertain to this freak anomaly of a place.

This was the first brewery I tried on my self-​propelled San Diego brewery tour. I figured 30^th was a great place to start, and the reviews for Belching Beaver were pretty off the chart. And plus, it was a fun name to tell the Über driver.
The place had a young, heavily female to male ratio which is unusual for most breweries I’ve been to. Loud music and women making fried chicken sandwiches in a both off to the side made the place pretty hoppin. There was plenty of seating and art available for purchase on the walls.
It was fun to write down the tasters in the flight, which included the the Peanut Butter Milk Stout, Horchata, Mango IPA, Pina Colada IPA and the Pumpkin Ale. I was so excited to try such extreme flavors in beer, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I found much of the selection to be a little sweet, especially the Pumpkin and Horchata, and there wasn’t a clear flavor of Pina Colada or Mango present. (Take my palate with a grain of salt, I love sours/​saisons). This is beer that is often topped with ice cream and cookies, so I imagine it works well for the tasting room and both the demographic present to have sweeter beer.
Overall, this was a great place to start out North Park beer tour and get the fun vibe of a young, inventive San Diego brewery.

Beer tasting in North Park isn’t complete without a stop at Belching Beaver. This last time I got 4 tasters for $ 12. (Me So Honey, Mango IPA, Peanut Butter Porter, & Rabid Beaver IPA) My favorite was the Me So Honey and the Peanut Butter Porter. What I like most about this place is the atmosphere. Last time I was here it was a rainy day, so we sat by the fireplace and tasted our beers off of wine barrels serving as tables. Perfect for groups of all sizes, there is plenty of seating from bar stools by the windows to couches. It felt homey and sophisticated at the same time. Staff is super friendly and makes helpful recommendations when picking out your beer flight. Belching Beaver is also dog friendly and there is usually a food vendor if you want something to eat.

This place rocks ! Belching beaver has amazing unique beers for a decent price. Around $ 6 a beer. Beers go from milk beers, stouts (I recommend the peanut butter stout), IPA’s (I recommend the mango IPA), two nitro beers (PB stout and Beaver’s milk, taster flights as well as two floats (liquid gold — PB stout, PB ice cream whipped cream and PB cup, and a Milk and Cookies Stout).
Nice jamming music Everytime and parking is a breeze since it’s not in the center or North Park. There are two lounge couches and about 10 tables with seating.
One TV sits in the back area that plays the top headlines sports.
Barrel décor and garage looking Windows completes the feel of this tasting room.
Yes !

Came here with a group of dudes for a bachelor party.
They have a bunch of games here (card against humanity, jenga, etc) and we ended up playing cards against humanity.
This place was hot and poor air flow. They seriously need to install an ac.

Nice place. We typically stop by when we’re in North Park. Decent beers, good prices, and great service. Nice atmosphere too.

I am not a beer drinker however a coworker invited my husband and I to happy hour. When he told me the name of the place I thought to myself well what fresh hell is this.
Happy to say I was wrong. When we walked in I noticed it was a place you could bring your dog and just relax. Although there was no food service you could order food and have it delivered as well as bring snacks.
Well the pièce de résistance was the peanut butter stout. Now mind you I don’t like beer much less stout however this was amazing. I wasn’t sure what I was drinking since it was so smooth and tasty.
Highly recommended.

And so our next stop takes us to Belching Beaver. Known for their peanut butter stouts, the tasting room is small but mighty! They have a pretty well-​rounded list of stouts, beer floats and a kitchen for beer grub.
Even though I felt a bit burned out and tired from all the beer I had throughout the day, I couldn’t leave without trying something. However, I probably got the biggest thing they had to offer — a beer float. The Liquid Gold sounded completely amazing and too good to pass on, so YAS. I was sold!
Peanut butter stout, Reese’s peanut butter ice cream, whipped cream and mini Reese’s peanut butter cups. It was awesome and it was completely annhilated in 10 minutes. After that, I was super food coma’d.
If and when I come back, I’d definitely would like to try all their mac n cheese variations! They got like 5 different options! Sorry for the yelling, but the excitement is real. Until next time :)

North Park Beer Crawl!
While it’s been long-​established now that San Diego is a craft beer Mecca, a more recent development has been the emergence of North Park as a craft beer Mecca within the craft beer Mecca. On a recent weekend trip down to SD from NorCal, I made the rounds of North Park’s burgeoning craft beer presence.
So it’s no mystery, I love me some Beaver! Oh yeah, I think it’s fair to say that I’ve got the Beaver fever! That’s why the Belching Beaver Tasting Room was the 1^st stop on this epic North Park Beer Crawl. Back in town with the homebrew partner, we’d both been to Belching Beaver in Vista a couple times & were looking forward to checking out their newer location.
It’s street parking only, as apparently, according to signs posted, «they will 100% tow your car» if you park in the lot next to the building. We found a street spot easily enough on an early Sunday afternoon around the corner in front of Vons. Walking in on a hot day, the Beaver was all cool on cool. Which is to say, it’s a clean/​well-​decorated space with lots of eclectic art & the a/​c was crankin’.
We grabbed a couple seats at the bar & looked over the 14 beers available on tap. Staff was friendly, attentive, & accommodating. Getting right down to it, I picked out a flight of samplers. Again, having already been to Belching Beaver in Vista, I’d already tried at least a ½ dozen of their beers so I focused my choices on stuff I hadn’t tried yet. Below are my notes from Untappd:
* Great Lei: 4.25÷5, nice combo of coconut & hoppy
* Me So Honey: 3.5÷5, ok, not so sweet
* Passion & Berry Berliner Weisse: 3.75÷5, nicely tart, light on the fruit & body, decent
* Honey Butter: 4.5÷5, mostly Peanut Butter, basically a Peanut Butter lite, still better than most other Peanut Butter stouts/​porters
* Pumpkin Spice Milk Stout: 3/​5, not making out much pumpkin, more roasty than anything else
* Peanut Butter Milk Stout: 5/​5, on nitro
* Beavers Milk: 4.5÷5, on cask with pomegranate & molasses, can actually make out both
For the 7 tasters, by my personal scoring, that’s an average just shy of 4.1 out of 5. That would end up being the highest average of our whole North Park Beer Crawl. In addition to the tasters, I couldn’t leave without taking my favorite Belching Beaver beer in 22oz. bottles: Peanut Butter Milk Stout. I split an entire case with the homebrew partner. Hey, at this point, I can’t find that stuff fresh in NorCal. Yup, I really do love me some Beaver! & I love the Belching Beaver Tasting Room in North Park.

Three stars from just the logo alone. Can it get anymore adorable?
Another star for their flagship beer, the Peanut Butter Milk Stout. I know it’s probably talked to death on here but hear me out– I like coffee, chocolate, vanilla, etc… Basically everything that goes into most stouts. But I HATE stouts. They’re heavy and strong and just not enjoyable to me. That is until I tried this little guy. Light enough to drink but with a rich nutty flavor and a hint of cream… Mmmmmmm. There’s just something in there that makes it amazing! Try it on nitro for an even creamier kick.
Besides the stout, Belching Beaver has a solid IPA amongst other varieties. If you’re feeling like being truly decadent, I saw they now have ice cream floats. The peanut butter milk stout was paired with a peanut butter cup ice cream, whipped cream and a peanut butter cup on top! Definitely something that’s necessary to share, but I could only imagine how great it tastes. The tasting room is a decent size with plenty of seating and also offers food from a nearby restaurant. Just pick up the menu, call the number listed and they will deliver it right to you. Super easy. If you have a free afternoon, Belching Beaver is a great stop on the 30^th St beer trail right smack between Fall Brewing and Hess. They’re also dog friendly. Definitely worth checking out, even if just for the stout!

PEANUT BUTTER STOUT! One of my newer addictions. If a weekend goes by without me having one, it’s not a proper weekend. My beer snob friends scoff at me and call it a gimmick. But whatever, I drink what I want! And I drink this because it is delicious! So PPBBBLLLT! ;P Yes it sounds weird, but don’t knock it til you’ve tried it: It’s not sweet or cloying — it’s a dark earthy stout with just a hint of chocolate and nuttiness at the end that is reminiscent of a Reese’s peanut butter cup. Not overpowering at all, it’s really just a suggestion of that flavor that teases your tongue into wanting more.
Anyway… enough about Peanut Butter Stout. YES they have other beers and these are nice as well… other nice beers that even my beer snob friends can get behind. This tasting room is charming and comfortable and a fun stop to have a couple of beers, and maybe even grab a bite at one of the food trucks they often have parked in front. Service is friendly and it’s a warm and welcoming vibe.
Great way to spend a weekend afternoon!

Fans of puns and suggestive beer labels need look no further than Belching Beaver Brewery. Their creatively named Me So Honey Wheat Ale and Great Lei Pineapple IPA not only bring a smirk to your face, but also satisfy your senses.
There’s a culinary angle to their ales; so savoring, smelling or swirling these will most likely make you ravenous. Luckily next door neighbor, Crazee Burger, can kill your cravings for game meats like antelope, ostrich and *shhh don’t tell any Australians — kangaroo. Using a local lens one could call the North Park neighborhood where the tasting room is located, the Wynwood of the West. A five minute stroll around the community might connect you with a farmer’s market, cold brew coffee shop or the Ray Street Arts District.