Abnormal Beer Company
Microbrewery
in
San Diego,
California,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: The Cork and Craft (Abnormal Beer Company)
Established in 2014
Contact
Description
As San Diego's first and only Brewery/Winery/Restaurant, we pride ourselves on putting everything we have into the things we do and push the boundaries of creative products to share with our guests.
Our beers are focused on drinkability, merging inspirational flavors from our restaurant and winery to create one of a kind products.
Our tasting room is attached to our restaurant, The Cork and Craft. We're open every day except for Monday, including lunch during the work week, and brunch on Sundays. We not only offer our own beers on tap, but many other guest beers from around the world that we share our 40 taps with. We feature flights of our own beers which can be enjoyed in the bar, restaurant or on our heated outdoor patio.
Come in for the beer, stay for the food, and discover your Abnormal side.
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Abnormal, pours a semi-hazy bright golden orange with a small white head. Aroma has so much tangy, white wine-like hoppy goodness, plenty of dankness, and sweet biscuity malt underneath. Flavour is every bit as impressive, with a wonderful sauv blanc hop character, plenty of tanginess, and just enough sweet biscuity malt to back. Tangy, vinous and nicely bitter. Excellent expression of the NZ hops.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Apr 2023
at 20:39
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Abnormal, pours a clear bright red with a small white head. Aroma brings out tart blackberries, light lacto, and a touch of sweetness. Flavour is tart and fairly sweet, with tart blackberries, vanilla, a hint of cinnamon, and lactose. Tart, fruity, and with plenty of vanilla and cinnamon on the finish. Very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Apr 2023
at 20:38
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at BitterCreek, Boise a glowing peach/orange pour and a full fluffy bright white head intense tropical orange and tangerine aromas and flavors. Pleasant light stinging hop bite. Terrific
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Mar 2023
at 19:11
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Aromas are the standard cocoa, roast, dark malt and a little mineral. Flavors are like nose, good balance between bitter, sweet and carbonation. Some coffee in there. Slightly sweet in the finish. Nice dark beer but nothing special.
Tried
on 27 Feb 2023
at 04:37
7.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can from San Diego Wine Co. Clear golden, thinning, off-white head. Aroma of pine, dank pineapple, mango, melon, mandarin zest, artisan jam. Taste has sweetish melon & mango; sourish citrus flesh, bitter pine and a dry-biscuity maltiness. Piney, slightly floral hoppy finish with citrus peel and grapefruit. Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation. An ideal West Coast IPA.
Tried
on 11 Jan 2023
at 15:47
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can
Tried
from Can
on 29 Dec 2022
at 19:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
16oz can from Tavour. Wanted to like this, but was really weird - funky flavor that didnt mesh.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Dec 2022
at 22:15
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Slightly hazy orange-red. Cherries, lime, sourish, a bit of lacto, sweetish note. Decent.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Dec 2022
at 12:45
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from Tavour. Pours clear, brassy gold with a largish white head. Aroma of berry, earth, citrus/pine, floral and tropical. Med body. Dry, but earthy/juicy. West Coast (new school) bitter. Flavor is very complex. Flavor is very, very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Nov 2022
at 01:33
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Black, bubbly thick head. Cinnamon and vanilla on this is nice. Rich chocolatey malt, lots of cinnamon and vanilla…chocolate horchata, light influences of barrel. Decent residual sweetness.
Tried
on 15 Oct 2022
at 04:50