Hidden Barrel Tours offers a unique way to experience San Diego's North County local brewery scene. Guest will ride in a 1982 custom VW Vanagon for a 4 1/2 hour chauffeured ride while we visit three top-rated North County breweries for the day. This tour package includes one tasting or 16oz beer per person is included in the price at one Brewery, typically the driver's choice with Snacks and waters provided throughout the trip.
1 hr - First brewery stop for the day, you will be greeted at the bar where you can choose to seat inside or out. A server will then take your beer order. After when seated your driver will be checking in with the group and taking you around to take pictures.
1 hr - Second stop, upon arriving you will have the option of seating inside or out. With the option to play a couple of games of pool, then your driver will be taking you around showing you the brewery equipment and cold room.
2 hr - Our final stop will be at Jacked up Where the owner Michale will be giving you a full inside brewery tour of his facility then we will be seated to music playing while you have a flight on us! **Guests pay for additional beers or tasters**.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Sitting at a table in the rear of a vintage VW “vanagon’ while drinking Prosecco and cruising down the roads of Southern California was nothing short of epic. Add in an awesome playlist and feel free to feel jealous. It was that good! Your host will drive you to three different wineries where you can purchase wine by the glass, flight, or bottle. At our second stop, our host served us each an individual charcuterie board featuring treats by Stone Brewery. We sat near a warm fire; eating, drinking, and being merry. Miguel was the perfect host and I highly recommend this tour if you are lucky enough to visit this lovely area.
WOW! What a fun day! Seriously, I cannot stress this enough... WHAT A FUN DAY! Sean is a great host and he scheduled a full day of brewery visits - most of them we had never been to. The van is clean and he had it stocked with water and chips for us. We brought our own beer and snacks so we ate and drank all day even when we were on the road. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
What an amazing day!!! Hubby and I hail from Washington state in the heart of Hop country and Hidden Barrel Tours did NOT disappoint!! From Sean helping arrange our pick-up as we were staying in San Diego, to the awesome music he played in the VW Van -- the day and the beers were a hit!! We hit 3 breweries and all were amazing. Hubby commented how good the beers were, and while I'm usually a wine girl, the flavored beers were amazing as well (Wild Barrel has a white-wine and a red-wine lover option and they were both great). Jacked Up Brewery has amazing owners as well (trust me, we enjoyed everywhere we went) -- but got the tour and great conversation by the owners (she makes beer that tastes like a raspberry wine spritzer AND they make their own seltzer!) Again, Sean was a gem -- ended up just being my hubby and myself and he was an absolutely amazing tour guide! We plan on coming back and look forward to trying the wine tour, the wine & beer combined tour, and I think I saw something about a (dive) bar tour as well! My pleasure to recommend this company to anybody looking for an experience and an awesome day! (AND did I mention the yellow VW Van!!!) (I was able to upload a couple of photos but having issues with phone -- hopefully Tripadvisor might let me upload more once I iron the problem out!j)
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