Green Flash Brewing Company has just opened a new San Diego brewery where it will eventually brew, bottle and serve more than 100,000 barrels per year of its award-winning craft ale.Green Flash Brewing Company comes complete with a beer garden and 30-tap tasting room from which the brewing operation can be seen (and smelled). Known for its seasonal and limited-edition releases—like February’s aptly named Palate Wrecker—Green Flash also regularly brews nine other styles ranging from the fruity, Belgian-style Trippel (awarded a silver medal at the 2007 Great American Beer Festival) to the spicy, unfiltered farmhouse-style Saison Diego, as well as barrel-aged beers. While the brewery runs 24 hours a day, five days a week, the tasting room is only open to the public Wednesday-Sunday. Call ahead for exact hours and to ask about brewery tours. 6550 Mira Mesa Blvd., Mira Mesa, 858.622.0085. greenflashbrew.com
