On our way to San Diego we made a 20-minute detour to go check out the one and only Stone Brewery. At first we weren’t sure if we were at the right place because there was no sign indicating what establishment you were at. We eventually decided to just walk in and sure enough we were greeted by a room full of Stone Brewery apparel and taps galore.
We got tickets for the noon tour and just roamed the brewery until then. We were only with 4 other people(the 2 o’ clock tour had about 20) The tour was nice but it definitely wasn’t the best part. When we returned from checking out all the tanks and bottling machines we got to try samples.
We got to try their pale ale, smoked porter, IPA, Arrogant Bastard, Jules had Levitation instead of Arrogant Bastard. All were delicious except I wasn’t too crazy about the smoked porter. After the tastings we decided to grab a bite to eat at their restaurant, Stone World Bistro. Lunch was sooo good and we even got a few free items. They felt they took too long to get to us, saying there was a miscommunication, they really didn’t make us wait long but they gave us a free round of beers and 2 appetizers for free. We ordered some ribs, which were fantastic, and some shepherd’s pie, also great even though it was tofu or something.
We left after stuffing our faces but not without buying a bunch of beer, fresh and ready to go. On the drive into San Diego we found a few hotels we liked but we ended up going for something different this time. We chose a Colonial style Mansion built in the 40s. It’s pretty neat and we landed a room that was just remodeled. After checking in we went out to see the area. While checking out our new surroundings we drove around a found a few caches. We had a few Triple D places to go to eat at here so despite having a bunch of left overs from Stone Brewery we went to Pizzeria Luigi.
Got 3 slices of which all were pretty good. However, nothing that your average NY Pizzeria wont have. Exhausted, from our day we went back to the hotel, re-stuffed our faces and went to bed. We wanted to be fully rested as the next day was the Zoo.
