The Best Breweries In San Jose, California

Josh Wright

The craft beer movement has taken the US by storm, and San Jose has been swept along with it. The city’s breweries offer a wide range of beer varieties, with many running a taproom alongside their brewing operation so that fans and new initiates alike can sample their latest concoctions. It can get mighty hot in California, so what better way to cool off than by sipping an ice-cold beer? Here is our guide to the best.

IPA

1. Mission Creek Brewing Co.

Bar, Market, Sushi

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Mission Creek operate a brewpub in an outbuilding connected to one of San Jose’s Whole Foods Markets. Their 19 taps of craft beer are composed of their own hop-heavy brews, like the Punch List pale ale and Off the Rail IPA, as well as a rotating selection of guest beers from elsewhere in California and microbrew hotspots Oregon and Colorado. They also have their own kitchen, serving up delicious appetizers and entrées like pizza, sushi, chicken wings, mac and cheese, and jalapeño poppers.

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