I'm going to be in the Hemet (Sun City, Menifee) California area for a few months and a more wretched hive of scum and villainy never existed. I can't find a brewery or brew pub to save my life. There has to be a decent place around here to get a beer. Help save my life and restore my faith in humanity; point me in the direction of malty oasis in this desert of mediocre brews!!! TIA, Weazoe
Within Hemet or the adjacent cities I'm sure you can find a place with a couple decent beers using yelp or google, but I'm sure you tried that. Otherwise I think you have to travel 30'ish miles up to Redlands or down to Temecula to find halfway decent beers.
Mega Liquor on State has a bunch of outdated beers. I think the best bet is to go to Temecula or Redlands. Even Riverside. Idyllwild has a wine shop with a good tap list.
there's lots of breweries/bars in temecula, if you're willing to make the drive. Sorrel usually has good stuff on tap, I go for happy hour, 3-6pm weekdays. 5.50$ for a pour. I frequent black market and refuge a lot. there's also ironfire, wiens and karl strauss in the same vicinity. thursday is cask night at karl strauss and it's usually something different and tasty. i hope this helps!
Geez....I was just driving thru Menifee last weekend when i saw this huge sign from the highway that said ..."BEER HUNTER"....... It sounded promising ...so I looked it up when i got home.......the place has a huge bottle and tap list....but I tell you what...it's the largest UN-INSPIRING thing I have ever seen, sure theres a couple decent ones but overall....damn. It's listed under the menu tab.......and if you drink 75 of their beers you get into their "Hall of Foam"....pretty funny. http://www.thebeerhunter.net
Beer Hunter was the only place to go for good beer out in the IE... 15 years ago. I think the one in Menifee is the newest location. The one in Rancho closed a few years back but the original out in La Quinta is still there. I used to hear good things 10 years ago but that was possibly because getting a Chimay White on tap in the desert was unheard of. If youre in the shopping center in Menifee then there is also a BJs and a Bevmo there, not that those are amazing alternatives. Anyway, there is actually a brewery in Menifee now called Mason Jar Brewing. Looks like a small time ferment-in-a-fridge set up. I added it to RateBeer a little while back but it looks like no one from either site has gone there yet to add any beers. https://www.facebook.com/themasonjarbrewingcompany Other than that, as mentioned by everyone else, either head north to Riverside/Corona (and possibly over to Redlands) or head south to Temecula. **edit: since there really aren't any specific suggestions for the Riverside area listed, here goes breweries (all, some OK, some god awful) Taps - Corona Sons of Liberty - Norco/Corona Skyland - Corona Brew Crew (actually 4 different small homebrewer setups using the same license/space) - Riverside Wicks - Riverside (next door to Brew Crew) Thompson - Riverside Area 51 - Riverside Packing House - Riverside Heroes - Riverside Inland Empire - Riverside 3 Iron - Colton (opens this Saturday if you're interested in checking out a brewery opening) Kat Daddy - Moreno Valley (not sure if these guys are open anymore to be honest) **BJs and Oggis in Corona only semi count since they don't actually brew anything there, but they have house beers ***Mars Brewing - Riverside. Not open yet but they might be soon, who knows. bars/restaurants (the good ones) D Dogs - Riverside Salted Pig - Riverside W Wolfskill - Riverside (more focused on cocktails than beer, minimal food, but around the corner from Salted Pig) Heroes - Riverside (mentioned above, fun place, decent food, meh beer)
